Optimize the indescribable: A Look at the Unification between Machine Learning and Optimization

Packages to encode Machine Learned models into optimization problems is an underdeveloped area, despite the advantages is could provide. The main draw of implementing Machine Learned models into optimization models, is that it allows the optimizer to better account for the human experience.<br/>Maragno D., Wiberg H. et al. constructed an...

Simulation Model for Atomic Ensemble based Quantum Repeaters and the Optimization of their Positioning

The quantum internet will allow for communication via qubits, enabling for improved clock synchronization, blind quantum computing and quantum key distribution. Key components of such a quantum network are quantum repeaters, which help to overcome the exponential loss of photons in optical fibers. In this thesis we focus on one type of quantum...

Oplossingen voor Dreshers hoger lager spel voor N <= 980

Melvin Dresher beschouwde in zijn boek uit 1961 over speltheorie een getallenraadspel over N getallen. Hij liet zien hoe de optimale strategieën van beide spelers kon worden gevonden met behulp van lineair programmeren. Later toonde Selmer Johnson oplossingen voor N&lt;=11 en merkte op dat de berekeningen steeds complexer werden bij toenemende N...

Business case optimisation for the development of energy neutral residential neighbourhoods: Linear programming applied in a decision support tool for business case optimisation of multi-actor decision-making processes in the realization of energy neutral residential neighbourhoods consisting of all-electric, single-family and owner-occupied dwellings from the viewpoint of the real estate developer

Context – The stricter regulations on energy-efficient developments to prevent climate change and resource depletion, the expected rising energy prices and hence the rising monthly living costs for households, the changing process in urban area development, the demand for housing in the western part of the Netherlands and the increasing...

Towards a closed material cycle in the infrastructure: A Reverse Logistic network model for processing demolition waste

The construction industry is a large generator of waste. The interest in improving the resource efficiency is growing. A move towards a Circular Economy (CE) has been assigned as the solution for a more efficient use of resources in the construction industry. The aim of a circular economy is to create a system in which waste and energy leakage...

Tailored SID & Profile Allocation for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Currently, only one Standard Instrument Departure (SID) track and one flight procedure is used per runway departure fix combination. In contrast to tailored arrivals, the potential benefit of tailored departures has been left relatively undiscovered. The research objective is to quantify the potential benefit of tailored SID-s and profile...

Flexible Arrival & Departure Runway Allocation Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming: A Schiphol Airport Case Study

Runway capacity of a complex runways system can be limited by several factors. Currently, the runway usage at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) is described by a preference list established by multiple stakeholders. It makes an important trade-off between minimizing noise exposure to the environment and maximizing capacity. The existing model...

Maximizing operational readiness in defense aviation by optimization of flight and maintenance planning

The primary objective of a defense aviation operator or air force, is to maximize its continued readiness to successfully perform military flight operations, whenever and wherever the home state or international community calls for it. In order to maintain a satisfactory level of operational readiness, air forces need to ensure that sufficient...

The AS-Tool: A decision supporting tool for choosing an accommodation plan, in order to implement the new ways of working

A study to construct a computer tool that helps organizations to align their real estate to the demands of the involved stakeholders, created by the new ways of working. The tool takes into account feasibility and desirability in order to provide the optimal solution. The case study for the municipality of Rotterdam shows how the AS-tool can be...

The AS-Tool: A decision supporting tool for choosing an accommodation plan, in order to implement the new ways of working.

A study to construct a computer tool that helps organizations to align their real estate to the demands of the involved stakeholders, created by the new ways of working. The tool takes into account feasibility and desirability in order to provide the optimal solution. The case study for the municipality of Rotterdam shows how the AS-tool can be...

NedTrain Planner: Construeren van Flexibele Roosters

Het bedrijf NedTrain beschikt over software om roosterproblemen op te lossen. De wens van NedTrain en het doel van dit project is om deze software uit te breiden met de functionaliteit om flexibele schema's te berekenen. Deze roosterproblemen hebben te maken met het probleem dat ook wel bekend staat als het Resource Constrained Project...

Optimising Juridical-financial Flexibility of Corporate Real Estate

Societal developments are timeless and occur at an ever increasing pace that affects demand for Corporate Real Estate (CRE). Real estate flexibility, as part of a CRE strategy, enables anticipation on those uncertain societal developments. Many studies refer to real estate flexibility, which could be grouped into physical, technical,...

Een selectie algoritmen voor lineair programmeren (A selection of algorithms for linear programming)

In dit verslag zijn enkele algoritmen voor lineair programmeren (LP) beschouwd en afgeleid, in het bijzonder het relatief nieuwe relaxatiealgoritme van S. Chubanov dat sterk-polynomiaal is voor een specifieke klasse LP-problemen.

'Multimodal location Rotterdam Noordrand': Using a Linear Programming model to conduct the optimal strategy for the development of a new central place within the northern part of Rotterdam

At the northern part of Rotterdam, the City Region Rotterdam and the province of South Holland are creating possibilities to strengthen the economic structure of the South Wing of Randstad Holland. With the launch of the Spatial Plan Region Rotterdam 2020, efforts towards a comprehensive development of this part of the city are made. The area...

Congestion management within and between the Dutch and German transmission networks

Electricity is an essential service that can be seen as a utility necessary for modern life. It is typically generated in large scale power plants, and must then be transported through a capital intensive infrastructure known as the transmission grid. It can not be easily stored for later use, which implies that supply and demand of it must be...