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Diran, D.D. (author)In this study an economic, environmental and sustainability assessment is conducted on a potential large scale biofuel industry in Suriname, South America, by applying System Dynamics. Suriname faces important energy related questions for the future, this with the eye on the growing economy and energy demand and the responsibility in terms of...bachelor thesis 2015
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D' Hont, F.M. (author)The provision of water and sanitation services to citizens living within the municipal boundaries is a struggle for the Sundays River Valley Municipality (SRVM), South Africa. In this municipality, the interrupted operation of the water distribution system has led to perceptions of systemic social injustice that are rooted in the apartheid on...bachelor thesis 2013
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Vijay Wargiya, Sanuj (author)There has been a rapid development in the growth of Wind power generation in the last decade. This has led to wind power becoming a major contributor to the modern electrical grids. For the grids that are still based on conventional sources of energy, integrating wind power causes a serious impact on their performance. While the Windfarm must...master thesis 2020
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Van Kersbergen, R.J. (author)The Dutch government supports the academic research workforce through public research funding. However, while this support is needed for continued economic growth, current trends suggest that present funding and career policies have a transitory effect on the workforce of which mainly permanent researchers benefit. In this study a model is...master thesis 2015
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Logtens, T.W.A. (author)This research focuses on the effects demographic aging has on the welfare state in The Netherlands. It aims on providing an overview of the welfare state system and analyzing this system taking into account deep uncertainty that exists within the system. This is done by using a combination of Exploratory System Dynamics and Exploratory Modeling...master thesis 2011
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Steinmann, Patrick (author)Many societal, environmental and technological challenges can be characterized as wicked problems by virtue of being difficult to understand, define and solve. examples include sustainable management and consumption of resources, resilient technical infrastructure or curbing plastic pollution of the oceans. One method of tackling such wicked...master thesis 2018
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Hassan, Yassmin (author), Peco, Igor (author)One of the most common hurdles especially in large infrastructure projects is scope change. Scope changes negatively affect time, quality and usually lead to cost overruns due to underestimating the change order impacts on the project. There are two main categories through which the impacts could be quantified: the first and second order effects...master thesis 2021
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Wieringa, S.H.P. (author)Mass events are becoming more popular worldwide, with rising visitor numbers as an effect. The accommodation of larger crowds in the public urban space is not met with the available road capacity. The question is how to maintain crowd safety while continuing to organize massive festivities in the public urban space. Therefore, research has been...master thesis 2015
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K?vári, A. (author)This project’s commissioner, the head of ING’s emerging markets credit trading desk developed a loan structure called Revenue Participation Loan to fit the needs of SMEs in emerging markets. He now wants to combine this new product with innovation in his approach to uncertainty. With these types of loans SMEs agree to pay a fixed percentage of...master thesis 2013
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Matienzo Carcases, Y. (author)Article: Quantitative modeling approaches to support strategic workforce planning Workforce planning is an activity performed by organizations to ensure that investments in human capital lead to effective achievement of organizational goals. At a strategic level, it tries to proactively design strategies to reduce gaps between demand and supply...master thesis 2013
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Salome, Stefan (author)In the military field, detailed simulation models are often used to get insight in the consequences of choices regarding the composition of a force and the extent to which it can be kept deployable. With detailed models, the main idea is to capture all real-world complexity relevant for decision-making processes. However, detailed models tend to...master thesis 2021
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van Deelen, Julie (author)With the population growing and countries becoming more affluent, diets shift. These global dietary shifts contribute greatly to increasing greenhouse gas emissions because of their higher carbon and water intensities. This development is problematic considering both the growth in our global economy as well as our population. It is therefore...master thesis 2021
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de Korte, kasper (author)Wind farms are currently built in the North Sea in the Netherlands. The grid connecting the off-shore wind farm to the main-land distribution grid must be protected against short-circuits and other electrical disturbances. In this project is studied if electrical protection of a grid is suitable for grids connecting renewable energy sources to...master thesis 2019
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Morales-España, G.A. (author)Sustainable energy development is an important topic nowadays, where new ways to obtain and use the energy are worldwide researched with a common objective, to mitigate the global warming. Two of the main CO2 polluters are the electricity and the transportation sectors. While some renewable energy technologies are taking place in the electricity...master thesis 2010
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Arnason, S.J. (author)An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a comprehensive set of integrated software solutions. It is used for example to allow companies to improve their performance by streamlining business processes and to manage the companies’ resources. An ERP system incorporates a central database that supports the various functions of a company by...master thesis 2012
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van Vliet, Job (author)The growing demand for parcel deliveries is causing significant problems for freight logistics, particularly in cities. The increasing number of delivery vehicles leads to traffic congestion, high emissions, and rising costs. To address these problems, new and sustainable delivery methods must be implemented for<br/>the parcel last-mile. However...master thesis 2023
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Bildik, Y. (author)Diffusion of renewable technologies are in the policy makers’ minds since the 1970s to deal with depleting resources and finding solutions to environmental concerns. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms behind a diffusion process becomes quite important for policy makers to manage the process effectively. A new understanding of innovation...master thesis 2014
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Zeef, T.R. (author)This research deals with identifying policies that can stimulate the transition of private combustion vehicles to electric vehicles in Amsterdam, the Netherlands by 2040. As the problem owner, the Municipality of Amsterdam is responsible for improving the air quality of the city. Since road traffic has the largest share in pollution (i.e. 68%),...master thesis 2012
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Fase, Joep (author)The Netherlands is becoming increasingly diverse, amongst other things, due to ethnicity, religion, and urbanity. These diverse societies cluster in districts all across the Netherlands. There is an increase in tension between social groups, especially between people with and without migration background. Data analysis is used to measure the...master thesis 2019
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Mannaerts, A. (author)With a sizeable expected growth of demand for rail transport in the Netherlands the coming decades, and limited resources for expansion of the rail network, intensified utilization of the infrastructure is to be expected. To adequately manage this growth a ppropriate tools for policy analysis are needed. Because of the unstructuredness of many...master thesis 2013