The role of DSSs in decision-making processes characterized by time pressure, uncertainty and dynamism: an agent-based modeling approach

The effect of using decision support systems in decision-making processes characterized by time pressure, uncertainty, and dynamism is still very limited and debated among researchers. By utilizing a case study that concerns the employment of a DSS to assist the procedures of intercepting fugitives undertaken by the Dutch National Police, this...

The power of policy towards a hydrogen-powered Dutch inland waterway transport sector: An economic decision-making simulation on ship level

Hydrogen offers opportunities to develop a sustainable energy system and is essential to support the EU’s commitment to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. Hydrogen is a solution for heavy transport sectors that struggle to reduce emissions by direct electrification, such as the Dutch inland waterway transport (IWT) sector. However, the lack of...

Rationalising the Structural Material Choice Process for High Rise Buildings in the Netherlands

The goal of this thesis is to create a decision-making framework for the structural material choice for high rise buildings (between 70 m and 250 m) in the Netherlands. The main research question is: How is the structural material for a high rise building in the Netherlands chosen and how can this process become structured? Currently of the...

Improving decision-making in road widening projects: A real option tool?

Many road widening projects are only profitable when there is a high growth in traffic intensity in the future which is uncertain. Therefore, it could be beneficial to apply real option analysis in which the costs and benefits of flexible alternatives, e.g. in delay and phasing, can be assessed. Real option analysis is not often applied in...

Developing a framework to structure and improve the decision-making process from an asset manager perspective: A study towards the information flow for asset acquisition decisions at Allseas Engineering

Towards responsible governance of energy projects: A dynamic analysis of values, interactions and events in the decision-making process on shale gas in Lancashire, UK

Research Problem Energy projects are developed and executed in a complex network of interconnected actors, whom depend on each other’s resources for reaching their individual interests and goals with regard to the project. These actors have a diversity of values (convictions or beliefs of what is worth striving for society to be good),...