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Ou, Y. (author)Trucks are largely used in road transportation worldwide in recent decades, and make great contributions to the GDP. Statistics shows that a large number of truck-involved accidents occur related to the ramp in merging manoeuvres on the highway. The accidents involved in trucks can lead to a considerable economic cost. The development of...master thesis 2016
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Moreno Gonzalez, Andres (author)Low-thrust propulsion's main advantage is its efficient propellant usage. This holds for manoeuvres as well as for major orbital changes, both for LEO/MEO/GEO satellites and for interplanetary missions. In designing such missions, extensive numerical models as well as less demanding analytic first-order approximations can be used. A specific...master thesis 2020
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Tak, Seger (author)Pedestrian trajectory prediction is essential for developing safe autonomous driving systems. Such trajectories depend on various contextual cues, among which surrounding objects. <br/><br/>This work proposes the first pedestrian trajectory prediction method in the 2D on-board domain that models interactions between the pedestrian and...master thesis 2022
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De Vogeleer, B.J.T.V. (author)Some problems in Astrodynamics, such as the ones posed in the several editions of the Global Trajectory Optimisation Competition, include both a combinatorial and a trajectory optimisation problem. The combinatorial problem consists of finding the sequence of a fixed number of asteroids that will allow to find the optimal trajectory. The...master thesis 2008
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Leemans, Gijs (author)This thesis demonstrates the usability of differential dynamic programming (DDP) to obtain, for the first time, globally optimal Earth-centred solar-sail trajectories. To this end, DDP is combined with a global optimisation heuristic, monotonic basin hopping. The dynamical model is implemented as a two-body problem, augmented with an ideal solar...master thesis 2021
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Ottenhoff, Matthijs (author)As a result of the current evolution in the ATM system, a fundamental shift in the ATC work domain is foreseen from ad-hoc tactical to more strategic, 4D (i.e., space and time) trajectory management. Both the SESAR programme in Europe<br/>and the NextGen programme in the US envision a central role for the human operator, to be aided by high...master thesis 2020
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Çavdar, Irmak (author)The development of reusable launch vehicles in space exploration is a significant paradigm shift in the aerospace industry. Among numerous approaches to fully reusable launchers, a flyback booster, complemented by the emerging importance of spaceplanes, stands out as a viable solution. To outweigh the drawbacks associated with the cost, a...master thesis 2023
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Sekoor Lakshmana Sankar, Prajish (author)Wheeled-legged (hybrid) robots have the potential for highly agile and versatile locomotion in any real-world application requiring rapid, long-distance mobility skills on challenging terrain. The ability to walk and drive simultaneously is an attractive feature of these hybrid systems, but is unexplored in literature. This thesis work presents...master thesis 2019
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Klaassen, Pim (author)The contemporary trend shows a shift from rule-based algorithms to deep learning. In the last few years, this field has been developing rapidly and its popularity has increased to a large extent. This happened for a good reason, since deep learning was able to solve some of the hardest problems in fields like image recognition, natural language...master thesis 2019
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De Ridder, S. (author)The unpowered entry of a winged re-entry vehicle, such as the HORUS-2B, consists of a hypersonic atmospheric re-entry phase, a Terminal Area Energy Management (TAEM) phase and a approach and landing phase. The TAEM is the subject of this thesis study. During the TAEM, the vehicle is brought to the correct interface position with the landing...master thesis 2009
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van der Velde, Geert (author)For increasing the safety of quadcopters the development of recovery control algorithms is crucial. A common cause of quadcopter crashes is collisions. To validate recovery control algorithms on collisions, the quadcopter has to reach the post-collision state. <br/>For this, the principle of 'endpoint control' is introduced, bringing the...master thesis 2023
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Raipuria, Geetank (author)An autonomous vehicle should be able to operate amidst numerous other human-driven vehicles, each driving on its own trajectory. To safely navigate in such a dynamic environment, the autonomous vehicle should be able to predict trajectories of the vehicles operating in its vicinity and use these to plan its own path. Most related work uses a...master thesis 2017
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Sakyi-Gyinae, Master (author)With the increasing trend in air traffic demand and evidence of large deviations from filed flight plans, airspace capacity is not being optimally utilized. In order to improve air traffic flow and capacity management systems, so that air traffic control operators can handle more aircraft safely, air traffic predictability needs to be improved....master thesis 2019
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Acciarini, Giacomo Acciarini (author)In the context of metaheuristic global optimization, we present the definition and development of two new ant colony optimizers (ACO): a single-objective mixed-integer one, called ACOmi, and a multi-objective hypervolume-based one, called MHACO. In particular, after having performed a verification and validation phase over a wide set of problems...master thesis 2019
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van der Drift, Victor (author)This thesis presents a comprehensive approach to integrating a trajectory planner and follower for autonomous vehicles (AVs) using model predictive contouring control (MPCC). The planner generates collision-free trajectories with a kinematic bicycle model, while the follower tracks them using a dynamic bicycle model with a smaller integration...master thesis 2023
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Al Jawahiri, Amir (author)Trajectory generators are designed to create reference paths that are parametrized by time as well as by velocity or acceleration. In the literature, it has been noted that often path planners are the last step in the planning module of autonomous truck-trailer vehicles, which results in a collision-free track. A trajectory generator can improve...master thesis 2018
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Overkamp, Jean-Luc (author)Accurate 4D trajectory predictions are required for the implementation of Trajectory Based Operations. In addition, decentralized, free routing can make medium- to long-term flight trajectories more difficult to predict. Novel trajectory prediction techniques are needed, independent of waypoint-to-waypoint navigation and air traffic control...master thesis 2021
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Cowan, Sean (author)While the space industry expands rapidly and space exploration becomes ever more relevant, this thesis aims to automate the design of Multiple Gravity-Assist (MGA) transfers using low-thrust propulsion. In particular, during the preliminary design phase of space missions, the combinatorial complexity of MGA sequencing is large and current...master thesis 2023
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Galletti, Elena (author)The increasing interest in solar electric propulsion techniques, that enable significant propellant mass savings for a wide class of transfers, has brought about a revolution in the approach to trajectory design and optimization, as a result of the complexity and diversity of the problem. To date, solutions of different nature exist, but...master thesis 2017