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Blankenzee, Regino (author)The planning of railway operations is a very complex process, in which timetables and other logistical plans need to be both reliable and robust to effectively prevent and cope with disturbances. However, research in the robustness of initial stabling plans, designed in an earlier planning phase, during the following planning phases, has been...master thesis 2023
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Lok, Pieter (author)The performance of hydrostatic bearings is in part decided by their lubrication-film height shape. Imaging the shape can be done by dissolving fluorescent dyes in the layer. However, current imaging techniques are rooted in heuristics, and as such, their physics, design parameters, and error sources are not quantitively understood. To fully...master thesis 2022
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Bakker, Mathijs (author)Due to the expected increase in coastal replenishment along the Dutch coastline, and the need to decrease pollutant emissions in the Netherlands and worldwide, the Autonomous Low Energy Replenishment Dredger (ALERD) is developed. The ALERD is a sustainable and cost-effective solution to perform coastal replenishment work along the Dutch...master thesis 2022
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Herben, Bjarne (author)The breadth of theoretical results on efficient Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling schemes on discrete spaces is slim when compared to the available theory for MCMC sampling schemes on continuous spaces. Nonetheless, in [Zan17] a simple framework to design Metropolis-Hastings (MH) proposal kernels that incorporate local information about...bachelor thesis 2022
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Prins, Nina (author)Purpose - This development project is focused on the combination of project scheduling and risk mitigation for large infrastructure projects. The aim of this project is to develop a model that can automatically restructure the network schedule to enable that delay is mitigated as much as possible while the effects on multiple project criteria...master thesis 2022
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Klijnjan, Tim (author)Synchronisation is the remarkable phenomenon of in-phase movement of coupled oscillators during a prolonged period of time, which even occurs when these have different natural frequencies. This property is used in many fields like physics, biology and chemistry, to model various system behaviours, for instance: circadian rhythms in the chemistry...bachelor thesis 2021
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Reumer, Anne (author)Current challenges at Damen Technical Cooperation (DTC), regarding an imperfect procedure for documentation sharing, misalignment and quality issues in documentation flow, are the motivation for this master thesis. DTC is a company within the Damen Group that offers a unique service for shipyards; a variety of material and service packages to...master thesis 2020
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van Dam, Johan (author)New and existing bridges in the Netherlands must abide by structural safety codes, such as the Eurocode. In this code, structural safety is expressed through the reliability index 훽. For certain reference periods a threshold value for 훽 exists. When applying prescribed load models given in the Eurocode, the structure is guaranteed to at least...master thesis 2020
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Dotinga, Renger (author)The delivery of enriched icy grains has been proposed to explain the enrichment of Jupiter with noble gases. While consideration has been given to the formation composition of the ices, the release of species as grains migrates inward toward the forming planets has not been studied extensively. The accretion and subsequent desorption of noble...master thesis 2020
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Betge, Julian (author)The Distribution System Operator (DSO) Alliander has the ambition to explore possibilities of improving its predictive demand modelling applications. This research aims to contribute to one of these, the Advanced Net DEcision Support (ANDES) model, which provides detailed predictions for long-term capacity planning. This thesis pursues two main...master thesis 2020
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Erkan, K.E. (author)This thesis is about pricing European options using a Fourier-based numerical method called the COS method under the rough Heston model. Besides examining the efficiency and accuracy of the COS method for pricing options under the rough Heston model, it is also investigated if the rough Heston model produces the advantages of the so-called rough...master thesis 2020
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Colaco, Grevil (author)Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are significant sources of air pollution. Nitrogen oxides like Nitric oxide (NO) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are mainly responsible for the acid rain and smog. Nitrous oxide (N2O), also known as the laughing gas, is the major greenhouse gas that is responsible for the ozone layer's damage in the...master thesis 2020
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de Munck, Ron (author)Seismic design codes are currently moving from a force-based design approach to a performance-based design approach. For example, in a performance-based design approach it could be specified how many lanes must be available during the lifetime of a bridge...master thesis 2020
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Jansen, Johan (author)When designing a construction pit adjacent to a navigation channel, the event of a ship colliding with the structure is something to take into account in the design of the pit. However, several aspects regarding ship collisions, i.e. the probability of occurrence of a collision, the magnitude of the collision force and the influence on the...master thesis 2019
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Christianen, Mark (author)In this thesis we study the use of Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes (PDMPs), such as the Zig-Zag process and the Bouncy Particle Sampler, in rare event probability estimation. We introduce both processes and illustrate how the methods work. To estimate the rare event probabilities we use the splitting method. We also analyze this method...master thesis 2019
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Bouma, Wouter (author)To obtain unambiguous ground truth of water-ice residing in permanently shaded regions of the Moon and to characterise the local regolith, ESA considers a mission involving an instrumented penetrator implanted there by high-speed impact. Released into lunar orbit, the European Lunar Penetrator (ELUPE) Descent Module will autonomously traverse a...master thesis 2019
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Kisoensingh, J. (author)Over the last centuries, Dutch rivers such as the Rhine have been heavily trained for the purpose of the safe discharge of water, sediment and ice, and navigability. After the notorious flood events of 1993 and 1995 along the Rhine, new large-scale river works were initiated, such as the Room for the River (RfR) programme, to increase flood...master thesis 2015
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Van Adrichem, H.L.A. (author)Large-scale river projects are executed on the Dutch rivers to meet increased flood conveyance standards. Because the projects bring variation to the standardised river profile, they are expected to induce increased river dynamics. The consequences are higher dredging costs and more disruption to inland navigation. All river intervention plans...master thesis 2013
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Vrouenraets, J.M.R. (author)Procter & Gamble is an international producer and distributor of FMCG. The current inventory management practices at P&G, and for the Babycare category in particular, do not result in the target service and inventory levels. This thesis questions how the inventory management practices for the Babycare category should operate in order to achieve...master thesis 2013