Small and medium-sized production companies face many challenges in decision making about planning, maintenance, and other operational processes due to challenges of high variety in customer demand, configurations of the production processes, technologies used and so on. Operation Digital Twinning is …

A modified genetic algorithm (MGA) optimization procedure, alongside time series machine learning (ML) classifiers, is proposed to minimize handovers in a digital twin-based visible light communication (VLC) system. Frequent handovers have a direct impact on the overall performance of the VLC system …

Dispersion is a critical process within the extrusion industry. The attention of this study is drawn to the deficiency in dispersive mixing quality in single screw extruders compared to their twin screw counterparts. This study outlines an approach that is used to evaluate and quantify the quality of …

In this paper, we explore the design of web-based advice robots to enhance users' confidence in acting upon the provided advice. Drawing from research on algorithm acceptance and explainable AI, we hypothesise four design principles that may encourage interactivity and exploration, thus fostering users' …

HAN's work in progress on the ZEFES "Right vehicle in the right duty" tool for the digital twin is presented in TRA2024.

In this study we use aggregated weighted scores of environmental effects to study environmental influences on well-being and happiness. To this end, we split a sample of Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) participants into a training (N =4857) and test (N =2077) sample. In the training sample, we use elastic …

The urban energy transition is crucial for a sustainable future. To support this transition, Digital Twins are employed in an increasing fashion, providing decision makers with data-driven insights from mainly technological perspectives. Based on a case study of a neighbourhood in a Dutch municipality, …

Evenals bij de organisatie van Koningsdag 2023 in Rotterdam, is er bij de Koningsdag 2024 in Emmen gewerkt met inzet van diverse digitale middelen om het werk van veiligheidsprofessionals te ondersteunen. Aan het Centre of Expertise Veiligheid en Veerkracht van Avans, daarbinnen het lectoraat Digitalisering …

Slomp, J. and Gupta, J.N.D., Lean Planning & Control in a High-Variety/Low-Volume Environment, 2024, in Challenging the Future, Proceeding of the European Lean Educator Conference, ELEC 2023, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, October 24–26, 2023, Editors Ton van Kollenburg, Alinda Kokkinou, and Olivia …

Due to the changing technological possibilities of services, the demands that society places on the level of service provided by the Dutch Central Government (DCG) are changing rapidly. To accommodate this, the Dutch government is improving its processes in such a way that they become more agile and …