The thesis is done! Chapters 1 through 6 have been reviewed by my supervisors Ben and William. Although the conclusion has not yet been reviewed, I feel confident that it's ok.

The viva is over and I passed with minor corrections. Now These corrections need to be applied according to the documents in the README/post-viva directory. My plan is to finish all corrections by the 22nd of June 2018, to still graduate in July 2018.

UPDATE: It appears as if there is more to do that I hoped for. 4 week after having sending the complete corrections (or 5 weeks when counting from the day when I sent the corrections of chapters 1-6), I received a reply from my Examiner. The issues being raised were:

• there are too many spelling errors
• there is too much equivocation
• the paragraph structure is not making it easy on him

Therefore, I spent the past days re-writing chapter 7 (again) and having it proofread by Timur (following further amendments). Tomorrow, on 10th of June, I will prepare the response to my Examiner and send it first thing on Monday.

1. Received corrections - 24 April 2018

   • Identify scope of added discussions and corrections
   • Prepare response to internal examiner with intended changes
   • Assure scope will satisfy examiner before applying corrections

2. Finished contribution chapters - 30 April 2018

   • All corrections may be found on in Dropbox here (link will expire once thesis is submitted)
   • The proposed changes to the conclusion/discussion section will be drafted
   • Proof of corrections is included in the README/post-viva, too

3. Applied further corrections to chapter 7 - 7 June 2018

   • I found some mistakes and typos throughout the chapter -> corrected
   • Long sentences in 7.3 and 7.4 are shortened to avoid obscure language
   • Paragraphs relating to the same topic in 7.4 are combined
   • The PDF is backed up on Dropbox but is still subject to change

4. Further proofreading - 8 June 2018

   • Found several past tense vs present tense mistakes throughout chapter 7. Everything regarding the project is now past tense.
   • Simplified more formulations in Section 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5.
   • Still awaiting Timur's remarks (then I'll send it off to my Examiner)

5. Even more proofreading - 9 June 2018

   • Applied Timur's comments and read through Chapters 1, 2 and 7 for better clarity.
   • I switched to fair instead of markup version
   • Tomorrow, I will highlight the relevant sections for my Examiner and send the response email

6. Final corrections (hopefully) - 10 June 2018

   • I highlighted all paragraphs that were changed noticeably (neglecting "e.g." and smaller smaller typos)
   • The conclusion is reworked as demanded by my Examiner
   • All in all, I addressed the main criticism as best as I could (especially regarding Chapter 7):
     • there are too many spelling errors
     • there is too much equivocation
     • the paragraph structure is not easy to follow
   • Tomorrow I will sent the response email.

7. All done - 14 June 2018

   • I just received my Examiner's OK - given that I fix one last sentence in section 5.2.2
   • I applied the amendment and removed all highlights (\hl{...} occurrences)
   • Now my thesis is finished! It took me 3 years, 8 months, 24 days.

1. Abstract

• Declaration
• Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents
• Table of Figures
• Abbreviations & Nomenclature
• Ch 1 Introduction
• Ch 2 Literature Review of Storage Control
• Ch 3 Improving network performance by adjusting battery operation at sub-half-hourly resolution
• Ch 4 Real-Time Adjustment of Battery Operation using MPC Guided Schedule Deviation
• Ch 5 Effects of Control Instruction Desynchronisation in a Distributed MAS of Smart-Charging Batteries
• Ch 6 Cooperative Operation of Distributed Batteries without Communications Infrastructure Needs
• Ch 7 Conclusion
• Bibliography

• A1 : Additional results
• A2 : Multi-agent system information
• A3 : OpenDSS interface (optional - not written)