Actual Cleaning and Simulated Cleaning Attenuate Psychological and Physiological Effects of Stressful Events

The human mind harbors various mechanisms for coping with stress, but what role does physical behavior play? Inspired by ethological observations of autogrooming activity across species, we offer a general hypothesis: cleaning attenuates effects of stressful events. Preregistered behavioral and psychophysiological experiments (N = 3,066 in...

Naar een inclusieve energietransitie. Limburgse energiearmoede in kaart

In een eerlijke energietransitie kan iedereen meedoen Net als de rest van Nederland staat Limburg met de energietransitie aan het begin van een grote verandering. Een van de grote uitdagingen hierbij is het realiseren van een inclusieve en rechtvaardige energietransitie; een transitie waarin iedereen mee kan doen. Ruim een half miljoen...

Rapportage Community of Practice werksessies 2021: Werken aan een inclusieve energietransitie

Energievraag van ruimtekoeling in woningen

De verwachting is dat het energiegebruik voor ruimtekoeling zal toenemen door warmere zomers, beter geïsoleerde woningen en een toename van de installatie van airco’s en warmtepompen. Koeling krijgt vooralsnog weinig aandacht in de energietransitie. Om deze reden heeft TKI Urban Energy een 'Ronde tafel overleg’ geïnitieerd waar geconcludeerd is...

Discussion on Soft Computing at FLINS '96

This is a report on the discussion about soft computing (SC) during FLINS'96. The discussion is based on the five questions formulated by X. Li, viz. (1) What is SC? (2) What are the characteristics of SC? (3) What are the principal achievements of SC? (4) What are the typical problems of SC and what are the solutions? and (5) What is the...

Speed-Up of the Monte Carlo Method by Using a Physical Model of the Dempster-Shafer Theory

By using the Monte Carlo method, we can obtain the minimum value of a function V(r) that is generally associated with the potential energy. In this paper we present a method that makes it possible to speed up the classical Monte Carlo method. The new method is based on the observation that the Bolzmann transition probability and the concept of...

A Data Model for the Morphogenetic Neuron and its Analogy with the Physical Model of Belief and Plausibility Measures

The classical motivation for data fusion is the presumption that high quality primary data are of paramount importance to the success of all subsequent stages.

The Importance of Softcomputing Methods for Military Observation Systems

In this paper we discuss the difficulties that are encountered in designing

Controlling the power output of a nuclear reactor with fuzzy logic

The application of fuzzy logic control (FLC) in the domain of nuclear industry presents a tremendous challenge. The main reason for this is the public awareness of the risks of nuclear reactors and the very strict safety regulations in force for nuclear power plants. The very same regulations prevent a researcher from quickly introducing novel...

A plea for a proper focus in robotics research

Classical research in first generation robotics has been mainly directed towards industrial robotics using very basic methods in sensing (e.g. in vision). This is not surprising because robots were initialy primarily considered to replace humans in work that was either dìrty, dangerous, or debilitating. With the ongoing increase in afordable

The potential of soft-computing methods for mission systems: A tutorial

In the past decade information processing in general and signal processing in particular has undergone a revolutionary shift from pure Al-oriented methods towards a wide diversity of nonlinear, soft-computing methods that often hare a paradigm in biological systems. Among the chief characteristics of these methods are their ease of application,...

Controlling the Power Output of a Nuclear Reactor with Fuzzy Logic

The application of fuzzy logic control (FLC) in the domain of nuclear industry presents a tremendous challenge. The main reason for this is the public awareness of the risks of nuclear reactors and the very strict safety regulations in force for nuclear power plants. The very same regulations prevent a researcher from quickly introducing novel...

Application of the concept of local equilibrium to solve the Fokker-Planck equation