Continuous-time System Identification: A Bilinear Optimization Approach

In the noiseless case, the identification of a grey-box model can be posed as a feasibility problem, i.e. determining if existent - and if so - finding a parameter vector such that the parametric model equals the actual model (or its associated input-output data). Being that in this thesis we are interested in continuous-time grey-box...

Sustainable structural design of high-rise: Life-cycle assessment of main load bearing structures of high-rise buildings in the Netherlands

High-rise buildings are a potential solution to the environmental impact caused by the built environment and the increasing demand for space in urban areas. As recent developments focus on reducing the impact by operational energy (OE) (heating, cooling, hot water and ventilation during use phase), impact by the embodied energy (EE) (production,...

The Cob - A Parametric approach for designing affordable & high density housing: A study towards improving affordable and high density housing, using the advantages of computerization in architectural practice

The subject of this paper looks into designing high density residential architecture that enables certain qualities, in order to improve the livability and perception of the design. A parametric design approach was chosen for this project in order to enable these qualities. First, several important conditions and criteria for this project were...

Applying the Flood Vulnerability Index as a Knowledge base for flood risk assessment

Floods are one of the most common and widely distributed natural risks to life and property worldwide. An important part of modern flood risk management is to evaluate vulnerability to floods. This evaluation can be done only by using a parametric approach. Worldwide there is a need to enhance our understanding of vulnerability and to also...

Hierarchical Methods for Shape Optimization in Aerodynamics: Multilevel parametric shape algorithms and additive preconditioners

This lecture is devoted to the presentation of two particular "hierarchical" approaches to numerical shape optimization in aerodynamics design: 1) multilevel parametric shape optimization algorithms; 2) additive preconditioners. The first approach is inspired from the classical geometrical multigrid method, except that here the geometrical...