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  • An Investigation of the Thermal Transitions and Physical Properties of Semiconducting PDPP4T:PDBPyBT Blend Films

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    - Materials - Year 2022

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  • Physical modelling of water flow in 'Wild River' type water slide

    Przedstawiono wyniki fizycznego modelowania przepływu w zjeżdżalni wodnej typu Dzika Rzeka. Badania dotyczyły obiektu należącego do parku wodnego "Świat Wodny Nemo" w Sopocie. Eksperymenty przeprowadzono w Laboratorium Hydrauliki i Inżynierii Środowiska Politechniki Gdańskiej. Zaobserwowany w systemie kanałów i zbiorników przepływ wody można ocenić jako szybkozmienny. Wskutek zmian spadku dna kanałów oraz łuków trasy zjazdu obserwowano...

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  • Law regulations against physical calculations - problems in water and sewage management

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    • M. K. Skuza
    • A. Kondziela

    - Year 2005

    W pracy zostały opisane przykłady trzech typów problemów w zakresie gospodarki wodno-ściekowej, z jakimi można spotkać się w związku z wejściem w życie przepisów uwzględniających obowiązujące w tej dziedzinie dyrektywy Unii Europejskiej. Są to m.in. problemy ze zbyt szeroką możliwością interpretacji pewnych zapisów, problemy związane z nieuwzględnianiem w przepisach praw fizyki, a także brak ustawowej regulacji pewnych zagadnień.

  • Single crystal growth and physical properties of MCo2Al9 (M= Sr, Ba)

    Single crystals of SrCo2Al and BaCo2Al9 were grown using a self-flux method. A LeBail analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction patterns show that both compounds crystallize in a hexagonal (P6/mmm) crystal structure with lattice parameters: a ​= ​7.8995(1) Å, c ​= ​3.9159(1) Å for SrCo2Al9, and a ​= ​7.9162(2) Å, c ​= ​3.9702(1) Å for BaCo2Al9 aluminide. The low temperature analysis of the heat capacity measurements give a Sommerfeld...

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  • Towards automating repairs of IT systems

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    - Year 2009

    This paper presents formal description of working principles of the repair library, being the essential component of the Repair Management Framework (RMF), which aims at automating the process of repairing IT systems, and consists also of the Repair Management Model (RMM) and the Repair Management System (RMS). RMM introduces two mathematical models (model of monitoring and model of repair processes), general enough to cover the...

  • PUBLICZNE ŚRODKI TRANSPORTOWE A SAMOCHÓD ELEKTRYCZNY W OBSŁUDZE PODRÓŻY MIEJSKICH W METROPOLII TRÓJMIEJSKIEJ

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    - Year 2017

    Metropolia trójmiejska ma wyjątkowo negatywne uwarunkowania terenowe dla funkcjonowania i rozwoju sieci komunikacji publicWyznej. Dzielnice położone w tzw. dolnym tarasie są dobrze skomunikowane za pomocą linii SKM i tramwajowych. Jedynie te środki komunikacji szynowej, przy częstotliwości połączeń nie większej niż co 10 minut, są konkurencyjne dla indywidualnych dojazdów samochodami osobowymi. Natomiast autobusy i trolejbusy utykające...

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  • The analysis of turbine propulsion systems in nuclear submarines

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    The article systematises submarines, which are presently in service, according to their propulsion types (both conventional and nuclear), power output, and submersion depth. Contemporary types of propulsion systems installed and used in submarines are discussed. Calculations were performed for the PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) type nuclear propulsion system and the supercritical turbine propulsion system (supercritical reactor...

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  • Chemical structures, rheological and physical properties of biopolyols prepared via solvothermal liquefaction of Enteromorpha and Zostera marina biomass

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    In this work, liquefied biomass from the Baltic Sea was used for the preparation of rigid polyurethane (PUR) foams. The biomass contained 10 wt% of Enteromorpha macroalgae and 90 wt% of Zostera marina seagrass characterized by a high content of cellulose. The influence of time, temperature and the type of solvent on the efficiency of the liquefaction process and properties of biopolyols was determined. Obtained materials were analyzed...

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  • Towards Cognitive and Perceptive Video Systems

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    • T. Akgun
    • C. Attwood
    • A. Cavallaro
    • C. Fabre
    • F. Poiesi
    • P. Szczuko

    - Year 2014

    In this chapter we cover research and development issues related to smart cameras. We discuss challenges, new technologies and algorithms, applications and the evaluation of today’s technologies. We will cover problems related to software, hardware, communication, embedded and distributed systems, multi-modal sensors, privacy and security. We also discuss future trends and market expectations from the customer’s point of view.

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  • Camera sabotage detection for surveillance systems

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    Camera dysfunction detection algorithms and their utilization in realtime video surveillance systems are described. The purpose of using the proposed analysis is explained. Regarding image tampering three algorithms for focus loss, scene obstruction and camera displacement detection are implemented and presented. Features of each module are described and certain scenarios for best performance are depicted. Implemented solutions...

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  • On the Importance of Resilience Engineering for Networked Systems in a Changing World

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    • D. Hutchison
    • D. Pezaros
    • J. Rak
    • P. Smith

    - IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE - Year 2023

    Resilience is featured increasingly often in the media, usually applied to society when faced, for example, with disasters such as flooding and the enormous challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic posed. There are now many resilience-related discussion groups worldwide, and some standards initiatives devoted in particular to city resilience. However, there is relatively little explicit interest in resilience engineering for communication...

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  • Design and Configuration of Context-aware VoIP Telephony Systems

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    - Year 2013

    Voice over IP is a widely used concept with regard to a realization technology of different types of telephony systems, including those that are used in enterprises. Such systems of a call procesing component and a set of desk endpoints that are pervasove from a user perspective. Those andpoints are usually not mobile, but in result can deliver a much greater set of functions needed in an everyday office work. Those functions also...

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  • The guidelines and principles for planning and design of road restraint systems

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    - MATEC Web of Conferences - Year 2017

    The project RID 3A Road Safety Equipment (RoSE) implemented by the Gdansk University of Technology within the RID programme, aims to conduct a comprehensive study and analyses of different vehicle containment systems (PN-EN 1317) and types of support structures (PN-EN 12767) and their performance. Within the project an analysis will be conducted of available research reports...

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  • Analysis of the Suitability of Selected Data Tranmission Systems in RSMAD

    This paper analyses the suitability of the selected radio communication systems currently used for data transmission, or usable in the future, in Radio System for Monitoring and Acquisition of Data from Traffic Enforcement Cameras (in short RSMAD). The paper also presents the advantages and disadvantages of each systems, paying particular attention to features that directly affect the suitability of the solution in the RSMAD system....

  • Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe: The Policy Evaluation Network promoting a multidisciplinary approach

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    • J. Lakerveld
    • C. Woods
    • A. Hebestreit
    • H. Brenner
    • M. Flechtner-Mors
    • J. M. Harrington
    • C. B. Kamphuis
    • M. Laxy
    • A. Luszczynska
    • M. Mazzocchi... and 10 others

    - FOOD POLICY - Year 2020

    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. As the social and economic costs of NCDs have escalated, action is needed to tackle important causes of many NCD’s: low physical activity levels and unhealthy dietary behaviours. As these behaviours are driven by upstream factors, successful policy interventions are required that encourage healthy dietary behaviours, improve physical activity levels and...

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  • Optoelectronic properties of curved carbon systems

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    - CARBON - Year 2017

    Systematic investigation of optoelectronic properties of curved carbon systems has been performed and the results have been compared with the representatives of flat carbon systems. Moreover, the application of third order dispersion corrected density functional tight binding method (with third order corrections of self-consistent charges) including Becke-Johnson dumping (DFTB3-D3(BJ)) has been validated in order to obtain reliable...

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  • Renewable Energy in the Pomerania Voivodeship—Institutional, Economic, Environmental and Physical Aspects in Light of EU Energy Transformation

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    In the era of globalization and rapid economic growth, affecting most world economies, increased production and consumption are leading to higher levels of energy production and consumption. The growing demand for energy means that energy resources from conventional sources are not sufficient; moreover, its production generates high costs and contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases and waste. In view of the above, many...

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  • Analogue CMOS ASICs in Image Processing Systems

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    - Metrology and Measurement Systems - Year 2013

    In this paper a survey of analog application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for low-level image processing, called vision chips, is presented. Due to the specific requirements, the vision chips are designed using different architectures best suited to their functions. The main types of the vision chip architectures and their properties are presented and characterized on selected examples of prototype integrated circuits (ICs)...

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  • Differential-algebraic systems with initial time difference

    O funkcjach występujących w zagadnieniu zakładano m.in. warunek typu Perrona uzyskując pewne wyniki porównawcze dla zagadnień różniczkowo-algebraicznych startujących z różnych punktów początkowych. Wyniki porównawcze uzyskano również wykorzystując odpowiednią funkcję typu Lapunova. Sformułowane zostały warunki dostateczne na to aby rozwiązanie było stabilne.

  • Modal Reduction and Analysis of Gyroscopic Systems

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    The paper introduces the method of the modal reduction of systems that experience the Coriolis acceleration or gyroscopic effect component. In such cases corresponding system equations are non-self-adjoined. To solve the problem modal reduced model is built up for the system without Coriolis acceleration or gyroscopic effect terms. These phenomena are included by application of any lumping technique. Hence, the final reduced model...

  • Smart systems integration: toward overcoming the problem of complexity

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    W pracy omówiono modelowa propozycję integracji systemu opartą na zastosowaniu sztucznej inteligencji w celu rozwiązania problemu złożoności systemowej.

  • Decisional DNA based embedded systems: a new perspective

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    - SYSTEMS SCIENCE - Year 2010

    Omówiono nowe kierunki i perspektywy badań w zakresie systemów podporządkowanych opartych na decyzyjnym DNA.

  • Application of Aqueous Biphasic Systems Extraction in Various Biomolecules Separation and Purification: Advancements Brought by Quaternary Systems

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    - SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS - Year 2023

    Aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) extraction is a simple, selective, efficient and easy to scale-up technology that, over the years, has attracted a considerable attention from the researcher community as an alternative methodology in downstream processing of a wide variety of biomolecules. This review summarizes and discusses the fundamental features of ABS, as well as its advantages and disadvantages, as a separation and purification...

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  • Local information as a resource in distributed quantum systems.

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    - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS - Year 2003

    Zaproponowano nowy paradygmat dla kwantowego paradygmatu odległych laboratoriów w których informacja jest zasobem. W tym schemacie obserwatorzy dokonują destylacji informacji lokalnych stanów czystych.

  • Perforating systems in shale gas recovery

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    Hydraulic fracturing is common method of shale gas recovery. Due to environmental, economical and technological problems many alternative technologies have been developed. One of the most promising group of technologies is based on perforating systems. This paper describes theoretical and practical aspects of best known technologies used to create perforations. New perforating/fracturing technologies which can replace hydraulic fracturing...

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  • Biopolymer based nanomaterials in drug delivery systems: A review

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    - Materials Today - Year 2018

    Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal toxicological effect and these systems consists of liposomes, microspheres, gels, prodrugs and many. Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing multi-disciplinary science that ensures the fabrication of the polymers to nanometer scale for various medical applications. Uses...

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  • Nanoparticles preparation using microemulsion systems

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    Metallic nanoparticles become of current interests because they exhibit unique properties compared with those of metal atoms or bulk metal due to the quantum size effect and their large surface area, which make them attractive for applications in optics, electronics, catalysis biology and medicine. TiO2 has been used for environmental remediation purposes such as in the purification of water and air and also solar-to chemical energy...

  • Optimization issues in distributed computing systems design

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    - Year 2014

    In recent years, we observe a growing interest focused on distributed computing systems. Both industry and academia require increasing computational power to process and analyze large amount of data, including significant areas like analysis of medical data, earthquake, or weather forecast. Since distributed computing systems – similar to computer networks – are vulnerable to failures, survivability mechanisms are indispensable...

  • Software tool for modelling of mechatronic systems with elastic continua

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    - Year 2011

    The paper presents a systematic computational package for modelling and analysis of complex systems composed of multiple lumped and distributed parameter subsystems. The constructed computer program enables the frequency domain analysis of a class of linear systems and to obtain reduced order model in the form of bond graph. Obtained modal bond graph can be directly exported into 20-Sim package to further processing including nonlinear...

  • Practical Evaluation of Internet Systems' Security Mechanisms

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    A proposed Internet systems security layer with context-oriented security mechanisms reduces the risk associated with possible vulnerabilities. A metric of the system trust level is proposed, and then evaluated according to a university Internet system.

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  • Financial Markets and Bankruptcy Systems: Is there a Relationship?

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    - European Research Studies Journal - Year 2021

    Purpose: Filling the cognitive gap in the theory of ex-post transaction costs, i.e., at the stage of enforcing market transactions by examining the relationship between friendliness/severity of the bankruptcy and restructuring law towards debtors, the level of development of financial markets, the effectiveness of the judicial system and the rate of debt recovery. Design/Methodology/Approach: In the research, the following methods...

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  • Affect-awareness framework for intelligent tutoring systems

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    - Year 2013

    The paper proposes a framework for construction of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), that take into consideration student emotional states and make affective interventions. The paper provides definitions of `affect-aware systems' and `affective interventions' and describes the concept of the affect-awareness framework. The proposed framework separates emotion recognition from its definition, processing and making decisions on...

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  • The use of LiFePO4 technology in autonomous PV systems

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    - Year 2014

    Battery manufacturing based on the flow of lithium ions is currently the fastest growing and the most promising technology. It is used in many applications - from the smallest electronic devices to the large-scale energy trays. However, in the PV systems lead-acid batteries are still the most commonly used. As they are much cheaper they also come with a number of significant disadvantages. It is anticipated that they will be replaced...

  • Reliable testbed for indoor positioning systems

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    This paper proposes a test environment for indoor localization system, based on radio wave propagation prosperities. The following sections presents variety of problems from the assessment of the existing localization system to the analysis of inconveniences which occur when comparison of different localization systems is implemented. The problem is associated with different testing environments presented in published papers is...

  • Numerical Test for Stability Evaluation of Discrete-Time Systems

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    - Year 2018

    In this paper, a new numerical test for stability evaluation of discrete-time systems is presented. It is based on modern root-finding techniques at the complex plane employing the Delaunay triangulation and Cauchy's Argument Principle. The method evaluates if a system is stable and returns possible values and multiplicities of unstable zeros of the characteristic equation. For state-space discrete-time models, the developed test...

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  • Complex multidisciplinary optimization of turbine blading systems

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    - ARCHIVES OF MECHANICS - Year 2012

    The paper describes the methods and results of direct optimization of turbine blading systems using a software package Opti_turb. The final shape of the blading is obtained from minimizing the objective function, which is the total energy loss of the stage, including the leaving energy. The current values of the objective function are found from 3D RANS computations (from a code FlowER) of geometries changed during the process...

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  • The concept of knowledge bases supporting the it systems integration model

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    - Year 2012

    This paper presents main concepts regarding the design of a knowledge base in order to support IT systems integration. The main goal of the research is to develop a universal method of integration of various systems concerning any possible area of interest. The concept is based on creating a generic mechanism which would support the decision regarding the choice of the integration model. The most important tasks include: key factors...

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  • Methodology of Affective Intervention Design for Intelligent Systems

    This paper concerns how intelligent systems should be designed to make adequate, valuable and natural affective interventions. The article proposes a process for choosing an affective intervention model for an intelligent system. The process consists of 10 activities that allow for step-by-step design of an affective feedback loop and takes into account the following factors: expected and desired emotional states, characteristics...

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  • Diagnostics of thermal processes in antenna systems of broadcast stations

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    - Przegląd Elektrotechniczny - Year 2014

    Diagnostics is an important element associated with the operation of a radio antenna systems, allowing earlier detection of potential damage. Thermography is one of the diagnostic tools, which allows for non-invasive assessment of technical condition. It brings together both financial savings associated with the removal of the damage and the potential effects caused by it. The article presents an example of using a thermal imaging...

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  • Application of BAN Network to Increase Security in Transport Systems

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    - Year 2017

    In the article general characteristics of the BAN network with M2M communications are presented. These are networks that enable the implementation of wireless transmission of signals using special sensors located on the body or implanted subcutaneously. These sensors allow monitoring of different type life parameters of a human. In the next part of work there is proposed the implementation of BAN networks to transport systems as...

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  • Impact of Innovative Financial Products on Financial Systems: Exchange Traded Products and the Polish Financial System

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    Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) are one of the most recent and most rapidly developing financial products. As their assets grow they have an increasing impact on financial systems in many countries, including USA, UK or Japan. Development of ETPs is linked with many opportunities and threats for the local financial systems. Their correct assessment is becoming more difficult due to the growing complexity of the available products,...

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  • Decentralized control of a different rated parallel UPS systems

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    The paper presents the single phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system with galvanic separated DC-AC-DC-AC converters operating in parallel. The CAN physical layer based system of communication between converters has been developed and applied, which allow to utilize a decentralized master-slave control providing high availability factor of the whole UPS system. The control system of particular converters has been developed...

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  • Fractional-order Systems and Synchronous Generator Voltage Regulator

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    - Acta Energetica - Year 2015

    Modern regulators of synchronous generators, including voltage regulators, are digital systems, in their vast majority with standard structures contained in the IEEE standard. These are systems described with stationary differential equations of integral order. Differential equations of fractional order are not employed in regulators for synchronous generator control. This paper presents an analysis of the possibilities of using...

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  • The use and development of e-learning systems in educational projects

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    - Year 2014

    The article introduces the problem of usage and development of e-learning systems among Polish universities. Easily accessible internet and IT development led to changes in education. Through the use of IT tools, e-learning has become an increasingly popular form of education. Presently, majority of Polish universities use an e-learning system of their own choosing designed to support the didactic processes. The goal of the article...

  • Integration of natural and artificial intelligence in production systems

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    - Year 2011

    Integration processes play an increasingly important role in modern economy, and seriously co-decide about the effectiveness of the company. Integration phase occurs in the system life cycle by preceding the final stages of its implementation and activation. In turn, used in software engineering (SE) iteration-evolutionary models, such as spiral model make that the integration activities can occur in varying degrees in all phases...

  • On noncausal identification of nonstationary stochastic systems

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    - Year 2011

    In this paper we consider the problem of noncausal identification of nonstationary,linear stochastic systems, i.e., identification based on prerecorded input/output data. We show how several competing weighted least squares parameter smoothers, differing in memory settings, can be combined together to yield a better and more reliable smoothing algorithm. The resulting parallel estimation scheme automatically adjusts its smoothing...

  • EFFICIENCY OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - THE DEA NETWORK APPROACH

    Healthcare systems in Europe are constantly undergoing reforms which adapt them to social, economic and political requirements. The aim of this article is to examine the efficiency of healthcare systems in 30 European countries in 2014. The Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) model was used. The efficiency of the countries’ overall health systems and their two main components were examined: the public health system and the...

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  • Pawlak's flow graph extensions for video surveillance systems

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    The idea of the Pawlak's flow graphs is applicable to many problems in various fields related to decision algorithms or data mining. The flow graphs can be used also in the video surveillance systems. Especially in distributed multi-camera systems which are problematic to be handled by human operators because of their limited perception. In such systems automated video analysis needs to be implemented. Important part of this analysis...

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  • Testbed for development and verification of hybrid localization systems

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    - Year 2011

    In this paper a testbed for development and verification of hybrid localization systems is presented. It allows for systematic analysis of hybrid localization methods and speed up the development of new schemes. The proposed testbed platform is composed of subsystem for sequential data collection and testing infrastructure that can be used for investigating the localization mechanisms in controllable environment.

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  • Listening to Live Music: Life beyond Music Recommendation Systems

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    - Year 2018

    This paper presents first a short review on music recommendation systems based on social collaborative filtering. A dictionary of terms related to music recommendation systems, such as music information retrieval (MIR), Query-by-Example (QBE), Query-by-Category (QBC), music content, music annotating, music tagging, bridging the semantic gap in music domain, etc. is introduced. Bases of music recommender systems are shortly presented,...

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