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Pierotti, J. (author)One of the world’s biggest challenges is that living beings have to share a limited amount of resources. As people of science, we strive to find innovative ways to better use these resources, to reach and positively affect more and more people. In the field of optimization, we aim at finding an optimal allocation of limited sets of resources to...doctoral thesis 2022
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Beekman, Elwin (author)Background: With around 70 supermarkets, Hoogvliet is one of the smaller supermarkets in the Netherlands. During the past years, more companies have become aware of the importance of efficient reversed logistics (Senthil et al., 2018). By optimizing this return flow, the return hall of supermarkets plays an important role. With the expected...master thesis 2022
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Bakker, Lenny (author)Sometimes seaport capacity is a bottleneck during disaster relief operations. This research investigates a flexible, floating and modular seaport. This seaport is stored all around the world and when necessary it ships seaport handling capacity from those storage facilities to the disaster area in order to help with the disaster relief effort....master thesis 2022
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van Rijswijk, Jurriaan (author)This project is executed in collaboration with Eveon Containers, a young start-up in the online retail of containers, as part of my Master thesis. In consultation with Eveon Containers, I decided to integrate the project and implement the results directly within the current business processes and assignments. The ideas and results solved the...master thesis 2022
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Bhatia, Stavya (author)The recent decade has seen exponential growth in technology and information processing. This has enabled a paradigm shift in several logistical operations such as the introduction of on-demand same-day delivery of groceries.<br/><br/>One of the most relevant challenges in dynamic same-day pickup & delivery systems is related to uncertainty...master thesis 2022
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Iglesias, Sebastian (author)Nature-based initiatives have emerged as potential solutions to problems caused by saltwater intrusion in deltas found globally, but their successful implementation is enabled partly by a multi-stakeholder approach. The latter involves managing several parallel stakeholder objectives, which usually requires quantitative knowledge to understand...master thesis 2022
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Tjaberings, Jorick (author)The ever-increasing size of offshore wind turbine substructures and the development of wind farms at sites further offshore, with greater water depths and with extremer weather conditions, raise logistical challenges that have never been faced before. Additionally, the offshore wind industry has to deal with governments cutting subsidies, small...master thesis 2022
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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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Wijsman, Bram (author)This thesis project features a design method of an automated warehouse in an insect rearing system, where pallets are transported from storage to a feeding machine and back into storage. From seven material handling equipment concepts, the most promising concepts are selected through a combined expert panel evaluation of 7 criteria and a basic...master thesis 2022
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van Duin, Ron (author), Moolenburgh, Ewoud (author), van den Band, Nick (author)Due to population growth in cities the demand for the transport is rising and <br/>therefore a growth of transport movements by trucks and vans can be observed. <br/>These movements have a negative effect on air quality, liveability, noise and safety. LEFVs (Light Electric Freight Vehicles) can be a good solution for last mile deliveries. Today...journal article 2022
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Zhao, Lei (author), Zhou, Sifan (author), Zhong, Jinglin (author), Ao, Yibin (author), Wang, Yan (author), Wang, T. (author), Chen, Yunfeng (author)Earthquakes occur frequently in rural areas of Sichuan, China, causing huge damage and high mortality. The built environment plays a significant role in providing residents with safe and resilient settlements in such areas. There is yet little research on how rural families in developing countries cope with geological disasters like earthquakes,...journal article 2022
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van Duin, Ron (author), van den Band, Nick (author), de Vries, Alexander (author), Ouasghiri, Mohamed (author), Verschoor, Pieter (author), Warffemius, Pim (author), Wiersma, Mark (author)Het delen van ongebruikte en/of onderbenutte middelen kan nieuwe verbeteringen opleveren in de logistieke waardeketen. In vijf sectoren van het stedelijk goederenvervoer, te weten stadslogistiek, bouwlogistiek, transport & warehousing (retaillogistiek), zorglogistiek en servicelogistiek, worden concepten voor het delen van diensten...journal article 2022
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Motloung, Thato (author), Quak, Hans (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Anand, Nilesh (author)With the approach of the zero-emission zone implementation in 30-40 cities mandated by the Dutch climate agreement in 2025, comes the need to determine whether the SMEs located within these zones are aware of the coming changes. The zero emission zones are set to change how city logistics is currently being executed with the aim of decreasing...journal article 2022
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Karademir, C. (author), Alves Beirigo, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Atasoy, B. (author)This study considers an integrated water- and land-based transportation (IWLT) system for waste collection. Research on the issue is motivated by increased heavy street movements that damage quay walls as well as congestion. We present a novel two-echelon vehicle routing problem with satellite synchronization based on a two-index formulation and...conference paper 2022
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Savoldi, F. (author)This article focuses on the conflictual relationships between citizens and ports. It critically engages with logistics, challenging positivist views of the port growth as ‘business as usual’. I argue that logistical trends such as naval gigantism and the concentration of power in the shipping industry are increasingly influencing ports’...journal article 2022
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Nefs, Merten (author)Trade infrastructure and logistical activities have long been a source of prosperity as well as nuisance. The gains and pains of logistics, however, are not distributed equally across regions and cities. Important trade hubs such as Rotterdam or Chicago have built strong trade institutions and accumulated urban wealth, hereby making a successful...conference paper 2022
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Nadi Najafabadi, A. (author), Nugteren, Alex (author), Snelder, M. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), Rezaei, J. (author)This paper introduces an advisory-based time slot management system (TSMS) to control truck arrivals at seaport terminals with the aim to reduce congestion at terminal gates. A modeling framework is proposed, developed, and applied to assess the impact of a truck arrival shift for a case study in the Port of Rotterdam. This system is designed...journal article 2022
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van Duin, Ron (author), van den Band, N. (author), de Vries, A. (author), Verschoor, P. (author), Ouasghiri, M. el (author), Warffemius, P. (author), Anand, N. (author), Quak, H.J. (author)Many new logistics initiatives arise based on the principles of resource sharing through crowdsourcing. Sharing unused and/or underused resources can deliver new efficiencies in the logistics value chain in an industry where efficiency is the name of the game. The benefits of applying sharing economy concepts in logistics in terms of higher...conference paper 2022
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Tadesse, Mahlet Demere (author), Kine, Helen Zewdie (author), Gebresenbet, Girma (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Ljungberg, David (author)Performance evaluation in logistics is crucial in identifying improvement opportunities. This study assessed performance indicators (PIs) for import–export logistics chains, including transport, dry ports, transhipment and warehouses, focusing on Ethiopia. PIs were identified by means of a literature review. An expert survey based on the...journal article 2022
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van Duin, Ron (author), van Son, C.B.H. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), van Binsbergen, A.J. (author), Kee, Peter (author), Huitema, Edgar (author)Urban freight logistics currently have to deal with multiple unsustainable conditions. Physical Internet (PI) characteristics show promise in making urban freight logistics more sustainable. This paper explores the opportunities and barriers to implementing this concept. Q-methodology is a method used to reveal different stakeholder perspectives...journal article 2022