How to drive regional development using a cooperative perspective

In this thesis, we develop mathematical models for the optimal deployment of security forces addressing two main challenges: adaptive behavior of the adversary and uncertainty in the model. We address several security applications and model them as agent-intruder games. The agent represents the security …

With 61% of wine consumer on a regular basis, the UK is the world sixth wine consumption market. It is one of the smallest wine producers but one of the largest wine importers in the world. Leading by the off-trade consumption, it is one of the most dynamic markets with a wide range of worldwide product …

The need to better understand how to manage the real logistics operations in Schiphol Airport, a strategic hub for the economic development of the Netherlands, created the conditions to develop a project where academia and industry partnered to build a simulation model of the Schiphol Airport Landside …

In most countries, the demand for integrated care for people with chronic diseases is increasing as the population ages. This demand requires a fundamental shift of health-care systems towards more integrated service delivery models. To achieve this shift in China, the World Health Organization, the …

Eurada is the name of the European Alliance of Regional Development Agencies with members in the EU and Turkey (82 members). Eurada selected the two most innovative innovation instruments in Europe over 2018 and one of them is our concept of the Gebiedscoöperatie Westerkwartier. Together with the research …

The Erasmus project Peat Valley+ was a coalition of the Hanze University of Applied Science, Vocational School Terra in the Netherlands, the Vives University of Applied Science in Belgium and the university of Skövde in Sweden. This Alliance worked on the development of an external structure in the region …

presentation on the annual Reframe conference of the initiative of the regional cooperative Westerkwartier to built new and next communities in their regional food chain

Oresentation at the regional meeting of REFRAME in Kopenhagen