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Ahmad, Amna (author)The Bayesian approach is a very important approach for tackling problems in statistics. It involves choosing a distribution that reflects the prior knowledge and thus takes all knowledge into account in contrast to the frequentist approach. It also assumes that the parameters (the regression coefficients) follow a distribution called the...bachelor thesis 2023
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Doan, Kevin (author)The 21st century has seen a significant increase in the global prevalence of mental health problems, affecting almost a billion people. These conditions not only reduce the quality of life for individuals but also lead to stigmatization, discrimination, and social isolation. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated mental health issues,...master thesis 2023
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Mussert, Rosalie (author), Claesen, Mathilde (author), Ursem, Leon (author), Kerkhof, Joost (author)Arribadas, a phenomenon of mass nesting behavior of sea turtles, attract millions of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) to Playa del Ostional, a nesting beach in Costa Rica. The timing and size of these arribadas are influenced by various environmental factors, including temperature, tides, and moon phase [1]. The sea turtles are...student report 2023
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Schriemer, Sterre (author)Frequentist statistics and Bayesian statistics are the two main approaches to statistical inference. The frequentist approach is commonly integrated into academic curricula, while the Bayesian approach is less frequently employed. However a comparison of the approaches, further investigating their shortcomings and advantages, might give a better...bachelor thesis 2023
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RUIZ ALBA, MAITE (author)<b>Background and purpose</b>: One of the main challenges in external beam radiotherapy treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer patients is dealing with bladder and rectum filling. Organ filling causes interfraction motion of the uterus, requiring large treatment planning volumes, or a plan library. Current assessment of tumor position is...master thesis 2022
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Sengalrayan, Patrick (author)In baseball, pitchers have a high rate of throwing arm injury, which could lead to disability and less training time. This paper aims at investigating whether upcoming injuries of youth baseball pitchers can be detected before the athlete experiences injury symptoms. A total of 118 elite youth baseball pitchers from the Dutch national baseball...master thesis 2020
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Verbruggen, Roderik (author)Research and Objective: In the recent years the online grocery sector experienced an enormous uplift and evolved to a highly competitive business sector. Within this demanding environment, the need for strategic information has become extremely important, as it greatly enhances decision-making processes and the optimisation of the supply chain....master thesis 2020
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Tideman, Leonoor (author)Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is a multiplexed chemical imaging technique that enables the spatially targeted molecular mapping of biological samples at cellular resolutions. Within a single experiment, IMS can measure the spatial distribution and relative concentration of thousands of distinct molecular species across the surface of a tissue...master thesis 2019
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Hartel, Wout (author)This thesis is a research into the relationship between performance and sales of new financial contracts of financial products providers in the employer’s market. This thesis is written in collaboration with IG&H Consulting. Combining the performance scores given by advisors on financial providers and the production of new contracts over the...master thesis 2019
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de Jong, Alex (author)This study aims to provide insight into how factors relating to privacy and incentives influence people's willingness to participate in sharing their vehicle based sensing data with governmental parties for the purposes of improved dynamic traffic management in the Netherlands. Through the use of a stated preference experiment data is gathered...master thesis 2019
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Kaak, Davey (author)During a digital fraud investigation the search for relevant information in mailboxes of custodians is like finding a needle in a haystack. This time consuming task can, on various levels, be improved and made more efficient. Technology Assisted Review (TAR) is already one of the available machine learning algorithms that helps speeding up the...master thesis 2019
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BHAT, MADHUKESHWAR (author)With the rising global pollution and rising concern over sustainable operations, manufacturing companies are under tremendous pressure from its stakeholders to adopt Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM). However, companies in addressing SSCM, largely focus on the economic aspects neglecting the other two crucial pillars of sustainability....master thesis 2018
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Septian Gilang Permana Putra, Septian (author)Credit analysis is required in a wide variety of decision of a modern economy.<br/>It includes understanding the credit risk of small-medium enterprises (SMEs),<br/>which today is the most significant contributor to the economy of almost every<br/>nation. Creditors usually use credit scoring as a tool to predict the probability of<br/>the SMEs...master thesis 2018
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Wijs, Ronald (author)Cables and pipes are critical infrastructure systems (CISs) which are mostly located in the very crowded subsurface. Especially in urban areas, a typical road includes five to ten infrastructure systems which are all owned and managed by different entities. The CISs are spatially interdependent as these are highly interconnected due to the close...master thesis 2018
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Verkade, Joost (author)Managing credit risk is a vital part of financial institutions. While the research into credit risk models is extensive, transaction data is a relatively untapped data source in these models. We investigate the explanatory value of transaction data for the Bank by developing default classification models for their small medium enterprises (SME)...master thesis 2018
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Van Oosterhout, D. (author)In the last decades, measurement while drilling, or MWD, technology has set foot in the drill and blast tunnelling industry. Penetration rate, thrust, torque pressure, percussive pressure, rotation speed, water flow and water pressure are registered on a centimetre scale and processed to parameters more dependent on geology. These parameters...master thesis 2016
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Bouwmeester, A. (author)Banks and service companies in general are facing problems with multi-channel management, especially in the context of outbound communication. Problems are the high costs of the multi-channel systems, unsatisfied cus-tomers, and few customers who interact with companies. Personalization of the selection of communication channel to reach a...master thesis 2016
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Van den Bos, G. (author)Continuous Risk Management (CRM) is a practice in which there is a continuous assessment of the risks that exist or could arise. In addition, in CRM it is determined which risks have priority to be dealt with and strategies are considered that could be implemented to deal with the risks. This thesis demonstrates how CRM of (mortgage) customers...master thesis 2014
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Van der Gaag, Michael (author)A shift in consumer needs from predominantly functional to more psycho social needs, resulted in a new era within the Western economy: the Experience Economy. The ability to create experiences which keep speaking to ones imagination has become an indispensable ‘art’ of management, which is already being widely applied within the retail,...master thesis 2011