The author discusses how helicopters may fly autonomously using fuzzy logic, without crashing too often. He reviewes the added value of sensor fusion in military observation systems. Sensor fusion is motivated by the expected qualitative and quantitative improvement of observations and thus of situation …

The author illustrates how partial and soft decisions are aggregated via non-linear schemes. Fuzzy logic is used to formally describe sensor fusion. Although intuitively appealing, one may conclude that data fusion has not yet brought about the expected breakthrough. Several explanations for this can …

This document entails the activities performed by Daniël Leffelaar during his graduation period at Humanetics Europe GmbH in Delft. The goal of the project was to create a test set-up with which the behavior of measurement instruments under dynamic circumstances could be evaluated. This was done by first …

A Dutch healthcare organisation modernizes its real estate portfolio to meet today’s requirements and acquired an office building for conversion into a nursing home for elderly with dementia. The purpose of the research has been to study the design principles for elderly with dementia, for innovative …

With Brexit looming, start-ups in the London ecosystem may ask themselves whether they are still in the right place for their business. Are they considering a move to the continent due to the ambiguous Brexit developments? This research analyzes the probability of international start-ups based in the …

Current urban design and urban planning aim to facilitate global, regional and local urbanization programs. This implies most of the planning documents give room to the types of land use that seem to require space ‘here and now’. The amount of new housing, office and other industrial and commercial space, …

Higher education institutions are more and more attempting to connect research to teaching. One way of enhancing this connection is within the work of academics. Currently it is unknown if research and teaching are connected in the work of academics and if this relationship differs between new and old …

The indoor climate is considered a common key concern within the FREM-field. The indoor climate is one of the most important factors for end-user satisfaction with the indoor environment, which in its turn influences job satisfaction and (perceived) productivity of office workers. One of the causes for …

Various barriers, which include a stereotypical provisional labour institution and a difficulty in balancing work and childcare or nursing care, stand in our ways even if Japanese office workers hope to accomplish something, is at the root of the bottleneck hindering Japanese office worker 's Work-life …

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