Efficient communication during crisis response situations is a major challenge for involved emergency responders. Lack of relevant information or too much irrelevant information hampers the emergency responders’ decision-making process, workflow and situational awareness. Despite efforts to better centralize …

In deze afstudeeropdracht is onderzocht hoe een marteloscope kan functioneren in een douglas opstand op Kroondomein Het Loo. Het concept marteloscope geeft inzicht in de bosbouwkundige processen en haar financieel-economische gevolgen. Door middel van de software van de marteloscope kan worden berekend …

As the impact of our actions on the climate become more and more clear and environmental awareness is rising, the quest for increasing efficiency and lower environmental impact becomes very important. Efficiency is particularly important in the field of electricity consumption, which keeps on rising …

Simulation transparency is becoming more crucial in the decision making process when quantitative computer tools are used to justify some strategies.

Agent-based models (ABMs) are important tools for predicting infectious disease epidemics and for designing effective interventions. ABMs take into account individual differences, for instance in contact rate. The drawbacks of ABMs are high complexity and low performance. In this paper, we present a …

This report examines the possibilities of using a solar chimney in a highland tropical climate to promote thermal comfort, air‐quality and energy consumption. The study is carried out using modeling and simulation techniques and is conducted at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. A model is …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) such as prednisolone are potent immunosuppressive drugs but suffer from severe adverse effects, including the induction of insulin resistance. Therefore, development of so-called Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulators (SGRM) is highly desirable. Here we describe a non-steroidal …

Gestuwd gebied ligt bijna per definitie op hoger zand. Het freatische vlak kent daar een grotere dynamiek en verhang. Dit is waarom het zo moeilijk is om een hydrologisch systeem te simuleren. Er is een groots opgezette multicriteria-analyse uitgevoerd en een zeer veelbelovende Amerikaanse code gevonden …

This paper investigates strategies to generate levels for action-adventure games. For this genre, level design is more critical than for rule-driven genres such as simulation or rogue-like role-playing games, for which procedural level generation has been successful in the past. The approach outlined …

A few years ago the Maritime Pilots Institute Netherlands (MPIN) was asked to carry out practical research aimed at developing a simple method to predict wind loads on huge constructions. For practical reasons the method should not be time consuming. Some reasons for the initiative were the following. …