For five decades complex socio-technical systems have been studied in an attempt to understand and prevent the occurrence of accidents. In this paper, the authors define a concept for a System Complexity metric, comprising the total of all direct interactions between the system elements and the tools …

This paper introduces the AVAC-SMS maturity metric and its accompanying tool which were developed in the frame of a research project with the aim to suggest new safety metrics, especially for Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The metric is based on the ICAO Safety Management Manual, it was designed by …

The recently introduced Risk SituatiOn Awareness Provision (RiskSOAP) methodology suggested an indicator to measure the distance between the configuration of a real system and its ideal version or between various system versions. It considers the (in)existence or (mal)functioning of system components, …

We report on a first field test in which miniaturized sensor motes were used to explore and inspect an operational pipeline by performing in situ measurements. The spherical sensor motes with a diameter of 39 mm were equipped with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) measuring 3-D acceleration, rotation, …

De stagiaire krijgt aan het begin van opdrachtgever Mechatronica & Robotica Lectoraat een geroest, incompleet en niet functionerend feederstation toegereikt. Dit feederstation moet worden ingezet bij demonstraties in een mini-fabriek om het lectoraat op de kaart te zetten. Er zijn twee doelen voor de …

This study links business requirements and adaptability of existing software systems. Organizations expect flexibility of IT with regard to business requirements. We hypothesize that the flexibility of business requirements is difficult in IT systems, because of software dependencies in the way domain …

Om de vraag te beantwoorden wat de capabilitybenadering het sociale domein te bieden heeft, kijken we naar de bruikbaarheid van de capabilitybenadering voor het brede werkveld van welzijn, samenleven en zorg. Aandachtsgebieden van de capabilitybenadering die bruikbaar zijn voor het werkveld zijn: (1) …