Towards reusable building blocks for agent-based modelling and theory development

Despite the increasing use of standards for documenting and testing agent-based models (ABMs) and sharing of open access code, most ABMs are still developed from scratch. This is not only inefficient, but also leads to ad hoc and often inconsistent implementations of the same theories in computational code and delays progress in the...

Tailoring nanostructured NbCoSn-based thermoelectric materials via crystallization of an amorphous precursor

Tailoring nanostructures is nowadays a common approach for enhancing the performance of thermoelectric Heusler compounds by decreasing the thermal conductivity without significantly affecting the electrical conductivity. However, the most widely reported method for obtaining nanostructured thermoelectrics, an approach based on crushing as...

The Interior is The Exterior; The Exterior is the Interior: The Complex Fold between the "Public" and the "Private"

Within the context of Hong Kong, it is discovered that the extremely compressed landscape of Hong Kong gives rise to a potential that people would negotiate and define their territories through their habits. In a sense, the conventional practice of architecture in Hong Hong has been transformed and adapted to the notion of compression. Whereby,...

From things to systems, and back: A thing-centric approach to protein transition in the Netherlands

This master thesis shows that how to make a transition in everyday life and how to amplify the transition to the system level. Specifically, this research takes a practical case about 'protein transition' in the Netherlands. Based on Transition Design, practical theory, and thing-centric approaches, it designs a new framework for the change of...

Brownian Motion and the Airy Function

Deriving the location of the maximum of a Brownian Motion with downward quadratic drift. Proving it is welldefined then finding an algorithmic method to simplify expressions of the moments.

An activity theory analysis of boundary objects in cross-border information systems development for disaster management

One of the main challenges in cross-border disaster management is the development and use of information systems that cater the needs of heterogeneous relief agencies, policies, activities and cultures. Drawing upon activity theory, this paper examines cross-border information systems development for disaster management. We infuse the concept of...