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Bhat, Ullas (author)The use of small satellites, enabled by the standardization of the CubeSat specifications and miniaturization in electronics, has seen a rapid increase in the past decades. The low-cost and short development time of these satellites has made them an attractive option for both commercial and academic applications, making space exploration more...master thesis 2023
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Szkudlarek, Sacha (author)This thesis presents a novel formulation to study the qubit-mapping problem (QMP). The presented for- mulation redefines the problem in terms of density matrices which represent the quantum algorithm and the underlying architecture—allowing the implementation of techniques from quantum information theory to es- tablish a bounded metric space for...master thesis 2023
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Liang, C. (author)Caring for the elderly has always been a topic of great discussion. Demographic changes in an aging society have resulted in the growing phenomenon of the Sandwich Generation. The middle-aged generation cares for their aging parents and children and is usually one of the groups providing informal care. The burden of caregiving gradually harms...master thesis 2023
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Halman, Daniel (author)The urban area of Dakar (Senegal) is growing in its extents and population. Necessities to facilitate this growth include social, economic, environmental and governmental planning. Currently, underprivileged groups are not sufficiently included in large scale urban development plans by the public sector (Cissé, 2022 - p. 47). This paper analyses...master thesis 2023
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de Jong, Ivy (author)In this research, I delved into the dynamic role of TikTok in shaping democratic practices, with a particular focus on its effects on informed decision-making and activism. The rapid increase in social media usage has dramatically reshaped our lives, bringing several benefits but also significant concerns, especially regarding information spread...master thesis 2023
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Kooyman van Guldener, Gert-Jan (author)As digitization moves on, more data is produced and the value of this data increases. However, data is still transferred manually between different digital systems. Reason to manually transfer information is lacking interoperability between these systems. Huge costs are related to this lacking interoperability as they cause high data losses....master thesis 2023
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Turner, Ben (author)The continuous growth of material consumption places a high burden on the Earth's systems, causing harm to both humans and nature. Transitioning to a circular economy, in which all products and materials retain in cycles, has been promoted by the European Union as a countermeasure to this...master thesis 2023
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Yildiz, Ferhan (author)This research paper implements, evaluates, and compares two approaches, a machine learning (ML) approach and a rule-based approach, aimed to estimate intentions to speak. The ML approach trains lexical information extracted from time windows surrounding speech events. The rule-based approach looks for specific keywords or utterances to identify...bachelor thesis 2023
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Hautelman, Alex (author)Bayesian optimisation is a rapidly growing area of research that aims to identify the optimum of the black-box function, as it strategically directs the optimisation process towards promising regions. This paper provides an overview of the theoretical background used by the Entropy Search algorithms under study, mainly Predictive Entropy Search,...bachelor thesis 2023
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Vasilev, Kiril (author)The data used in machine learning algorithms strongly influences the algorithms' capabilities. Feature selection techniques can choose a set of columns that meet a certain learning goal. There is a wide variety of feature selection methods, however, the ones we cover in this comparative analysis are part of the information-theoretical-based...bachelor thesis 2023
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Weissenburger, Ron (author)The focus of this thesis is on the phenomenon of the informal settlement and its <br/>informal economy. The location of the graduation project called Tarlabası is an informal settlement in the middle of the city centre of Istanbul. The neighbourhood has been a shelter for the poor, refugees and minorities for generations. The district functions...master thesis 2023
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Anders, Nora (author)Due to the ongoing housing crisis in London, a significant number of low-income families at the risk of homelessness and displacement are currently placed in insufficient temporary accommodation while simultaneously autonomous developments like the ‘financialisation of housing’ and the ‘sharing economy’ result in an increasing number of...master thesis 2023
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Ammerlaan, Sophie (author)Productivity in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is lacking. Projects in the industry have become larger and complex, leading to increasing amounts of information involved in the life cycle of a project. The low productivity of the construction industry over the previous decades has been linked to a ‘lack of...master thesis 2023
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Avis, G. (author)The future quantum internet promises to create shared quantum entanglement between any two points on Earth, enabling applications such as provably-secure communication and connecting quantum computers. A popular method for distributing entanglement is by sending entangled photons through optical fiber. However, the probability of successful...doctoral thesis 2023
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de Rijke, Demi (author)This study focuses on optimizing the use of high-performance computing on public cloud infrastructure, along with information theory, for assessing water systems. These assessments are computationally intensive and can benefit from parallel computing and the evaluation of the collected data with information theory. A case study of a water system...master thesis 2023
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den Hollander, Babette (author)During the influx to mass events in the past, situations have regularly arisen that people experienced as unpleasant or even unsafe. Nowadays, many researchers focus on regulating this influx by influencing travel choices, where only little attention is paid to travellers’ preferences. This research identifies the preferences of different type...master thesis 2023
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Klinckhamers, Margriet (author)Bluebird, a Dutch airline company, was founded over 100 years ago. To this day, they aim to provide memorable experiences to their customers. To do so, Bluebird must service their customers well at every brand touchpoint. Even though digital self-service is becoming the norm, knowledgeable contact centre agents are important to ensure a seamless...master thesis 2023
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Boom, Marit (author)Lead time reduction of military supply chain (MSC) processes is essential for well-functioning military organisations. MSCs are complex and uncertain systems, including interdependencies between actors and processes. Flexibility is needed for MSCs to deal with complexity and uncertainty. Furthermore, reducing lead times contributes to the...master thesis 2023
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Salomons, Marin (author)The Netherlands is currently dealing with a housing shortage. Within this housing shortage, there is a specific shortage in suitable elderly housing. With the Reformation of Long-Term Care elderly need to live longer independently at home whereby an explicit appeal is made to the social network of the elderly for the provision of (informal) care...master thesis 2023
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Kaniewski, Tadeusz (author)The computational cost of high-fidelity engineering simulations, for example CFD, is prohibitive if the application requires frequent design iterations or even fully fledged optimization. A popular way to reduce the computational cost and enable fast iteration cycles is to use surrogate models that are trained to predict simulation results from...master thesis 2023