Due to the way Li & Lim generated the test instances, the number of tasks in these instances are different and slightly higher than the nominal value. Here you find instance definitions and the best known solutions (to our knowledge) for the 200 tasks instances of Li & Lim's PDPTW benchmark problems...
Almost four out of five travellers prefer solutions that offer automatic payment of toll fees and ferry tickets, even when these involve handing over personal data. The growing use of electronic registration and storage of data means that huge amounts of data are being gathered in connection with transport...
Exchanging electric power between Norway and Denmark is an old idea, but the link between the two countries only became feasible when developments in technology meant that we could lay a submarine cable across the Skagerrak. Laying a subsea power cable – in this case, to the Valhall platform in the...
...to us, and that they don’t break down naturally, says Per Stenstad at SINTEF. They accumulate in waste water and soil". Photo: Thor Nielsen. In a laboratory in Trondheim, researchers have managed to create minute particles with some very desirable properties, such as the ability to capture and break...
...the obstacle and creates a low-pressure zone on the other side. This is known as a "windwake" and can be seen in the sand patterns in the image above, which was taken at the Canary Islands. Photo: Daniel Krause/SINTEF Standard When the wind encounters an obstacle, it flows around it and creates a low-pressure...
Nanoelectronics technology is improving the way that batteries and motors in electric vehicles are controlled, giving them a longer range on each charge. Electric vehicles are fitted with one or several electric motors driven by energy stored in large batteries that may consist of thousands of small...
...different noise reduction measures, including application of air-lubrication, and providing validation data for the analytical and numerical models that will be developed in the project,” says Dr Kourosh Koushan, the PI for SINTEF Ocean and the Innovation Manager of the LOWNOISER project. Dr Luca Savio leads...
Long-distance transport by sea currently accounts for between 80 and 90 per cent of all global trade. This vessel is moored in Rotterdam. Stock photo: AlbertPego/iStock Notes Long-distance transport by sea accounts for between 80 and 90 per cent of all global trade. The enormous cargoes being transported...
...half complete, but we are already seeing the first fruits. A flexible and robust electricity grid The electricity distribution grid must adapt to the ever-changing ways we generate and use energy. To cope with these changes and the increased demand, better solutions have to be developed across many...
...signal to produce green hydrogen on an industrial scale will be given on July 2 2021. The new electrolyser will have a peak capacity of 10 megawatts and will be able to produce up to 1,300 tonnes of hydrogen per year. This corresponds to the amount of hydrogen required to drive about 16 million kilometers...
...number and location of cages). Detailed analysis can also give estimates of the maximal advisable production at a new site, with regard to avoiding an extended fallowing period between production cycles. Integration of numerical models from various disciplines has been a focus in CREATE, and this project...
Our respiratory system is complicated and differs from person to person. This makes the treating of sleep apnea a demanding exercise. Illustration: Shutterstock / Alex Kock Blog Sleep apnea occurs when the soft parts of the upper airways vibrate so violently that they collapse during sleep. Obstructive...
The special weathering steel described by the author of this article was used extensively in the construction of crossing bridges and road equipment, such as crash barriers and signage poles, along the stretch of road from Kolomoen to Dal near Gardermoen. Photo: Knut Opeide/Samfoto/NTB Viewpoints The...
Researchers fear that our personal and consumer data protection is being compromised by the growth of social media such as Facebook and Twitter. On behalf of the Norwegian Consumers’ Council, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg and Marika Lüders of SINTEF have been gathering knowledge of the challenges that new media...
...external domain experts and potential end-users. The first scenario that was evaluated is Shared Experience. Our first interviewee is a middle-age eager amateur photograph, an “ordinary” PC user, not data green-fingered. He is positive to the concept of service composition and had clear requirements regarding...
...cooperation between academia and industry, an approach for user-driven service composition. The approach builds upon theoretical foundations such as runtime semantic service discovery and runtime service validation. It will provide methods, development tool extensions, middleware and user composition tools...
...editors as soon as possible, and in any case, no later than May 31st 2021. Chapter format Each chapter must be written in textbook form and should function as a user guide and tutorial for a specific module. To this end, the chapter must motivate the module, why it is interesting, and what types of problems...
South Africa: Despite relative wealth universal and equitable access to health care yet to be attained Malawi: Chronic poverty and high disease burden compete for meagre resources Namibia: Population is highly dispersed Sudan: Large proportion of the population has been displaced Country Coordinators:...
...for STS operations, Fukuoka, 29 Oct. 2010 5th workshop on Nautical Aspacts and Guidance system Design, 3rd Workshop on CFD, Past project workshops 4th Workshop on Nautical Aspects and Guidance System Design, 2nd Workshop on CFD and PIV for ship-to-ship operations in Antwerp, 19 August 2008 2nd workshop...
...from data capture processes in complex systems into knowledge, and then present it in such a way that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From a control room at SINTEF’s offices in Brattøra in Trondheim, Research Manager Jan Tore Fagertun and his colleagues are currently demonstrating how so-called digital...