Will the Automotive era come to an end in the 21th century? Looking at today’s environmental and economic challenges of the use of last century technology cars and listening to some trend watchers one could think so. Cars can be regarded, as an old school status product indeed, for which there is no …

Cities’ sustainability strategies seem to aim at the reduction of the negative impacts of urban freight transport. In the past decades, many public and private initiatives have struggled to gain broad stakeholder support and thus remain viable. Researchers and practitioners have only recently recognised …

In 2016 is in het kader van het Sia Raak Pro INTRALOG (intelligent Truck Application in Logistics) onderzoek gedaan naar de praktische toepassingsmogelijkheden van zelfrijdende vrachtvoertuigen (Automatic Guided Trucks/ AGT) op de zogenaamde interne baan (CER) tussen de terminal op de 2e Maasvlakte onderzocht. …

De afgelopen jaren is de kolom Bevolkingszorg sterk geprofessionaliseerd (Van Duin & Van der Hulst, 2016). Het kennisprogramma Bevolkingszorg van het Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid is in 2016 opgezet om gemeenten en veiligheidsregio’s te ondersteunen bij hun bevolkingszorgtaken door middel van het ontwikkelen …

This study investigates whether a system of hub locations distributing goods across the water to the city of Amsterdam can be a potential future solution to guarantee same-day delivery to shopkeepers. A simulation model was developed to analyse the logistics performances and to optimise the number of …

A major challenge associated with the implementation of CL initiatives lies with their economic and financial long-term success. In this context, the business model concept can support assessing the business side of stakeholders’ decision-making processes as major determinants for such success. The purpose …

In deze publicatie beschrijft PACT de kwaliteit van een inclusieve pedagogische omgeving in de vorm van ijkpunten. Hiermee kunnen teams hun eigen werkwijze tegen het licht houden en verbetering inzetten. De kwaliteit vam de medewerkers is cruciaal. Er zijn T-shaped professionals nodig. PACT schetst het …

Most multi‑problem young adults (18–27 years old) have been exposed to childhood maltreatment and/or have been involved in juvenile delinquency and, therefore, could have had Child Protection Service (CPS) interference during childhood. The extent to which their childhood problems persist and evolve …

The increase in population, high standards of living and rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for food across the globe. The global trade has made it possible to meet this demand by enabling transport of different food products from one part of the world to another. In this trade, refrigerated …

Agent-based modeling is used for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous entities aiming to assessing their effects on the system as a whole. At an abstract level, an agent-based model (ABM) is a representation of the many simple agents and interactions among them. The decision making of …