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Towards the 4th industrial revolution: networks, virtuality, experience based collective computational intelligence, and deep learning
PublicationQuo vadis, Intelligent Enterprise? Where are you going? The authors of this paper aim at providing some answers to this fascinating question addressing emerging challenges related to the concept of semantically enhanced knowledge-based cyber-physical systems – the fourth industrial revolution named Industry 4.0.
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Cross-domain applications of multimodal human-computer interfaces
PublicationDeveloped multimodal interfaces for education applications and for disabled people are presented, including interactive electronic whiteboard based on video image analysis, application for controlling computers with mouth gestures and audio interface for speech stretching for hearing impaired and stuttering people and intelligent pen allowing for diagnosing and ameliorating developmental dyslexia. The eye-gaze tracking system named...
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Constructing autonomous agents using the cognitive-emotional architecture of the mind
PublicationThe article discusses an important issue regarding the humanoid aspects of modern science related to the autonomy of systems and robotization. Particular attention is paid to the basic aspects of cognitive architecture. After a short introduction, the Intelligent Decision Making System, developed at the ETI Faculty of the Gdańsk University of Technology, is described.
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Energy roadmaps for the city of Gdańsk
PublicationThe paper presents energy roadmaps for Gdansk in three time perspectives: short-term (the year 2012), medium-term (2020) and long-term (2050). The paper is a result of the research carried out under the PATH-TO-RES project, supported by European Commission programme SAVE Altener Intelligent Energy Europe.
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Bass Enhancement Settings in Portable Devices Based on Music Genre Recognition
PublicationThe paper presents a novel approach to the Virtual Bass Synthesis (VBS) applied to mobile devices, called Smart VBS (SVBS). The proposed algorithm uses an intelligent, rule-based setting of bass synthesis parameters adjusted to the particular music genre. Harmonic generation is based on a nonlinear device (NLD) method with the intelligent controlling system adapting to the recognized music genre. To automatically classify music...
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A Survey of Vehicular Network Systems for Road Traffic Management
PublicationIn this survey, we analyze the proposals of vehicular communication systems in the context of road traffic management. Starting with the definition of communications between vehicles (V2V), vehicles-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicles-to-everything (V2X), we first focus on the requirements and current standards for the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), including the maximum communication delay, the communication range and the...
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Prototype and design of six axis robotic manipulator
PublicationThe paper presents a design of six axis manipulator. The design consists of specially designed solutions for housing, planetary gearboxes and electronics. The manipulator is controlled by a supervisory control system. The use of a series of measuring elements allows to track the current position of each axis and use this to create a cascade control loop with velocity and acceleration feed-forward. The implemented control algorithm...
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Experience-based Intelligence Augmentation with Decisional DNA: Upcoming direction
PublicationIntelligence amplification systems and technologies have gained significant interest from academia and industry during the past few decades. One of the main reasons behind this trend is the fact that most experts agree that truly intelligent artificial system is yet to be developed. The question increasing often asked is this: Is full replication of human intelligence desirable key aim in intelligence related technology and research?...
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Emotions Embodied in the SVC of an Autonomous Driver System
PublicationA concept of embodied intelligence (EI) is considered. None of such implementations can be fully identified with artificial intelligence. Projects that dare to approach AI and EI should be based on both the AI concepts (symbolic and sub-symbolic), in solving real problems of perception and decision-making. Therefore, the EI, in this paper, is understood as a methodology that uses all available resources and algorithms from the...
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Optimal state feedback controller for balancing cube
PublicationIn this paper, a nonlinear balancing cube system is considered, the concept for which is based on an inverted pendulum. The main purpose of this work was the modelling and construction of a balancing cube with the synthesis of the control system. The control objectives included swing-up and stabilization of the cube on its vertex at an unstable equilibrium. Execution of the intended purpose required, first, deriving a cognitive...
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Ścieżki energetyczne dla Gdańska.
PublicationW referacie zaprezentowano ścieżki energetyczne dla Gdańska w trzech horyzontach czasowych: krótkoterminowym (2012), średnioterminowym (2020) i długoterminowym (2050). Ścieżka energetyczna to propozycja przedsięwzięć dotyczących systemu energetycznego na danym obszarze. Referat jest rezultatem badań prowadzonych w ramach projektu PATHways TO Renewable and Efficient energy Systems (PATH-TO-RES), wspieranego przez program Komisji...
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Pipeline geometry defects in high resolution pig's data
PublicationMost of the pipelines have been inspected at least once using intelligent pigging. The problem of specific software for interactive presentation, analysis and comparison of features revealed during the consecutive geometry surveys is emphasized. Capabilities of a simultaneous measurement of internal geometry and metal loss features in a single run are illustrated. Advantages of application of statistical characteristics of both...
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Neurocontrolled Car Speed System
PublicationThe features of the synthesis of neural controllers for the car speed control system are considered in this article. The task of synthesis is to determine the weight coefficients of neural networks that provide the implementation of proportional and proportional-integralderivative control laws. The synthesis of controllers is based on an approach that uses a reversed model of the standard. A model of the car speed control system with...
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DETECTION OF BREATHING AND HEART RATE USING AN ECG SIGNAL MEASURED WHILE BATHING IN THE BATHTUB
PublicationNowadays a new area of interest is gaining importance - it is home biomedical examination. Intelligent home can be supported by set of devices for habitants observation. It can be particularly useful for elders or person with some health risks but living alone. One of critical locations within the house is bathroom. One of utilities in the bathroom is a bathtub which is sometimes preferred over shower. There are reports of problems...
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Concept description vectors and the 20 question game
PublicationKnowledge of properties that are applicable to a given object is a necessary prerequisite to formulate intelligent question. Concept description vectors provide simplest representation of this knowledge, storing for each object information about the values of its properties. Experiments with automatic creation of concept description vectors from various sources, including ontologies, dictionaries, encyclopedias and unstructured...
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Power electronic systems as a crucial part of Smart Grid infrastructure - a survey
PublicationThis article gives a tutorial overview of the most important issues related to the use of power electronic systems in power engineering, with respect to the urgent need for modernization of existing grids in the direction of intelligent networks. The main problems and conditions bound up with the construction of Smart Grids and the location, as well as functioning in them of the most important power electronic systems are presented...
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AUTOMATED NEGOTIATIONS OVER COLLABORATION PROTOCOL AGREEMENTS
PublicationThe dissertation focuses on the augmentation of proactive document - agents with built-in intelligence to recognize execution context provided by devices visited during a business process, and to reach collaboration agreement despite conflicting requirements. The proposed solution, based on intelligent bargaining using neural networks to improve simple multi-issue negotiation between the document and thedevice, requires practically...
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Harmony Search to Self-Configuration of Fault-Tolerant Grids for Big Data
PublicationIn this paper, harmony search algorithms have been proposed to self-configuration of fault-tolerant grids for big data processing. Some tasks related to big data processing have been considered. Moreover, two criteria have been applied to evaluate quality of grids. The first criterion is a probability that all tasks meet their deadlines and the second one is grid reliability. Furthermore, some intelligent agents based on harmony...
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Analysis of economical lighting of highways in the environment of SMOL language
PublicationThe paper puts forward and implements a method of designing and creating a modelling simulation environment for eztensive and complete analysis of economical lighting on highways. From a general design viewpoint, the proposed solution explores the concept of a network description language (SMOL), which has been designed to describe the necessary network functions, mechanisms, and devices; for the purpose of their computer simulation...
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Realization, programming and controlling of the Stewart-Gough platform
PublicationThis paper presents realizaon, programming, and controlling of a low cost Stewart-Gough plaorm (SGP) with rotary actuators. The realized SGP is applied in a ball & plate control system. Developed dedicated software consists of embedded and applicaon soware for both the SGP posioning system and the ball & plate control. system. A ball posion is being obtained using computer vision. The paper contains tests results for both an SGP...
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Report of the ISMIS 2011 Contest : Music Information Retrieval
PublicationThis report presents an overview of the data mining contestorganized in conjunction with the 19th International Symposiumon Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2011), in days betweenJan 10 and Mar 21, 2011, on TunedIT competition platform. The contestconsisted of two independent tasks, both related to music information retrieval:recognition of music genres and recognition of instruments, for agiven music sample represented...
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Ontology Oriented Approach to Service Selection and Invocation in Complex Context Analysis
PublicationContext-aware applications running in the intelligent space are taken into account and their execution in the service oriented environment is considered. It has been presented where and how SOA services can be utilized during their execution: to analyze current context of the application and to support execution of strictly determined actions suitable for that context. The proposed mechanism of context-aware service selection and...
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A Study in Experimental Methods of Human-Computer Communication for Patients After Severe Brain Injuries
PublicationExperimental research in the domain of multimedia technology applied to medical practice is discussed, employing a prototype of integrated multimodal system to assist diagnosis and polysensory stimulation of patients after severe brain injury. The system being developed includes among others: eye gaze tracker, and EEG monitoring of non-communicating patients after severe brain injuries. The proposed solutions are used for collecting...
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Support Vector Machine Applied to Road Traffic Event Classification
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to present results of road traffic event signal recognition. First, several types of systems for road traffic monitoring, including Intelligent Transport System (ITS) are shortly described. Then, assumptions of creating a database of vehicle signals recorded in different weather and road conditions are outlined. Registered signals were edited as single vehicle pass by. Using the Matlab-based application...
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New Materiality-towards ‘Media Environments
PublicationArticle presents media solutions providing new materiality of architectural spaces. Media solutions in architecture evolve in new forms. Articlepresentsboth the developmentof new technological solutionsas well as new ways of application of media solutions in relation toarchitectural form. The aim of the article is to show technical aspects of new materiality - intelligent materials, allowing transmission of changeable visual content...
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From Sequential to Parallel Implementation of NLP Using the Actor Model
PublicationThe article focuses on presenting methods allowing easy parallelization of an existing, sequential Natural Language Processing (NLP) application within a multi-core system. The actor-based solution implemented with the Akka framework has been applied and compared to an application based on Task Parallel Library (TPL) and to the original sequential application. Architectures, data and control flows are described along with execution...
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Style Transfer for Detecting Vehicles with Thermal Camera
PublicationIn this work we focus on nighttime vehicle detection for intelligent traffic monitoring from the thermal camera. To train a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) detector we create a stylized version of COCO (Common Objects in Context) dataset using Style Transfer technique that imitates images obtained from thermal cameras. This new dataset is further used for fine-tuning of the model and as a result detection accuracy on images...
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Towards a Smart Sustainable City Roadmap
PublicationThis workshop of the CAP4CITY (Erasmus+ Strengthening Governance Capacity for Smart Sustainable Cities) project is to promote and stimulate the discussion and networking in the area of Digital Government. Smart Sustainable Cities and related concepts of Digital, Intelligent and Smart Cities represent a progression of how cities around the world apply digital technology to serve their populations, pursue sustainable socio-economic...
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Collective citizens' behavior modelling with support of the Internet of Things and Big Data
PublicationIn this paper, collective human behaviors are modelled by a development of Big Data mining related to the Internet of Things. Some studies under MapReduce architectures have been carried out to improve an efficiency of Big Data mining. Intelligent agents in data mining have been analyzed for smart city systems, as well as data mining has been described by genetic programming. Furthermore, artificial neural networks have been discussed...
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Komunikacja M2M i kooperacyjny inteligentny system transportowy
PublicationW referacie scharakteryzowano komunikację M2M w kontekście przyszłych systemów 5G. Ponadto przedstawiono przyjętą w marcu 2018 roku rezolucję Parlamentu Europejskiego w sprawie wdrażania Kooperacyjnego Inteligentnego Systemu Transportowego C-ITS (ang. Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems). System ten pozwoli na uruchomienie komunikacji typu V2X na obszarze całej Europy. W artykule zawarto zalecenia komisji do Parlamentu Europejskiego...
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Next generation ITS implementation aspects in 5G wireless communication network
PublicationIn the paper the study of Intelligent Transportation systems implementation in the 5G wireless communication network is presented. Firstly, small-cell concept in Ultra Dense Heterogeneous network was analyzed. Secondly, the 5G network requirements were presented which are important from the point of view of transportation systems development. Next, the study on the 5G network architectures proposals dedicated to the ITS systems...
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Intelligence Augmentation and Amplification: Approaches, Tools, and Case Studies
PublicationMost experts agree that truly intelligent artificial system is yet to be developed. The main issue that still remains a challenge is imposing trust and explainability into such systems. However, is full replication of human intelligence really desirable key aim in intelligence related technology and research? This is where the concept of augmented intelligence comes into play. It is an alternative conceptualization of artificial...
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Adding Interpretability to Neural Knowledge DNA
PublicationThis paper proposes a novel approach that adds the interpretability to Neural Knowledge DNA (NK-DNA) via generating a decision tree. The NK-DNA is a promising knowledge representation approach for acquiring, storing, sharing, and reusing knowledge among machines and computing systems. We introduce the decision tree-based generative method for knowledge extraction and representation to make the NK-DNA more explainable. We examine...
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Vibration surveillance for efficient milling of flexible details fixed in adjustable stiffness holder
PublicationThe paper presents the results of research related to the possibility of using an intelligent workpiece holder with adjustable stiffness, during end milling process. Machining a one side supported flexible workpiece will be performed with constant spindle speed and feed speed. In order to avoid hazardous vibration, stiffness of the especially designed spring (mounted in a workpiece holder) will be modified off-line. In order to...
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Impact of ITS services on the safety and efficiency of road traffic
PublicationThis paper describes the project entitled: “Impact of the use of Intelligent Transport Systems on the level of road safety” (agreement no. DZP/RID-I-41/7/NCBR/2016), implemented as part of the Road Innovations Development (RID) programme, funded by the National Centre for Research and Development and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA). The project is run by a consortium comprising the Motor Transport...
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Examining the Impact of Distance Between VSL Road Signs on Vehicle Speed Variance
PublicationVariable speed limit (VSL) is an intelligent transportation system (ITS) solution for traffic management. The speed limits can be changed dynamically to adapt to traffic conditions such as visibility and traffic volume, curvature, and grip coefficient of the road surface. The VSL traffic sign location problem and attempts to solve it using computer simulation are presented in this paper. Experiments on a selected road segment,...
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On mechanics of piezocomposite shell structures
PublicationThis study presents an original and novel investigation into the mechanics of piezo-flexo-magneto-elastic nanocomposite doubly-curved shells (PFMDCSs) and the ability to detect the lower and higher levels of electro-magnetic fields. In this context, by utilizing the first-order shear deformation shell model, stresses and strains are acquired. By imposing Hamilton's principle and the von Kármán approach, the governing equations...
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System for monitoring road slippery based on CCTV cameras and convolutional neural networks
PublicationThe slipperiness of the surface is essential for road safety. The growing number of CCTV cameras opens the possibility of using them to automatically detect the slippery surface and inform road users about it. This paper presents a system of developed intelligent road signs, including a detector based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and the transferlearning method employed to the processing of images acquired with video...
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Computational collective intelligence for enterprise information systems
PublicationCollective intelligence is most often understood as a kind of intelligence which arises on the basis of a group (collective) of autonomous unites (people, systems) which is taskoriented. There are two important aspects of an intelligent collective: The cooperation aspect and the competition aspect (Levy 1997). The first of them means the possibility for integrating the decisions made by the collective members for creating the decision of...
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Propagation Loss and Interference Analysis for 5G Systems in the Context of C-ITS System Implementation
PublicationThe article presents the concept of implementing subsequent phases of services for the C-ITS system (the Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems), based on the European Parliament resolution of March 2018. Next, the 5G systems, in the context of their possible cooperation with C-ITS systems, were discussed. Numerical propagation analysis was performed for V2V and V2I type communication based on two different propagation models....
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Rule-Based Model for Selecting Integration Technologies for Smart Cities Systems
PublicationThe aim of this article is to present the stages of development for an information technology integration model for the design of systems for smart cities. The Introduction explains the need for integration technologies and presents a model for selecting integration technologies and the conditions for its use in designing smart cities systems. Then two verification stages of the presented model are discussed. In the first stage,...
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An application of acoustic sensors for the monitoring of road traffic
PublicationAssessment of road traffic parameters for the developed intelligent speed limit setting decision system constitutes the subject addressed in the paper. Current traffic conditions providing vital data source for the calculation of the locally fitted speed limits are assessed employing an economical embedded platform placed at the roadside. The use of the developed platform employing a low-powered processing unit with a set of microphones,...
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An Approach to Bass Enhancement in Portable Computers Employing Smart Virtual Bass Synthesis Algorithms
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to present a novel approach to the Virtual Bass Synthesis (VBS) algorithms applied to portable computers. The developed algorithms are related to intelligent, rule-based setting of synthesis parameters according to music genre of an audio excerpt and to the type of a portable device in use. To find optimum synthesis parameters of the VBS algorithms, subjective listening tests based on a parametric procedure...
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Kształtowanie programu projektów ITS - studium przypadku
PublicationInteligentne systemy transportowe ang. intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to nie jednorazowe wdrożenia, ale program projektów którym należy zarządzać. Istnieją metodologie dotyczące zarządzania wieloma projektami. Nie odpowiadają one w pełni potrzebom zarządzania programem projektów ITS. Rodzi się zatem pytanie, jak dokładać nowe projekty i działania o charakterze operacyjnym do programu inteligentnych systemów transportowych?...
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Verification of the Parameterization Methods in the Context of Automatic Recognition of Sounds Related to Danger
PublicationW artykule opisano aplikację, która automatycznie wykrywa zdarzenia dźwiękowe takie jak: rozbita szyba, wystrzał, wybuch i krzyk. Opisany system składa się z bloku parametryzacji i klasyfikatora. W artykule dokonano porównania parametrów dedykowanych dla tego zastosowania oraz standardowych deskryptorów MPEG-7. Porównano też dwa klasyfikatory: Jeden oparty o Percetron (sieci neuronowe) i drugi oparty o Maszynę wektorów wspierających....
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Selective monitoring of noise emitted by vehicles involved in road traffic
PublicationAn acoustic intensity probe was developed measures the sound intensity in three orthogonal directions, making possible to calculate the azimuth and elevation angles, describing the sound source position. The acoustic sensor is made in the form of a cube with a side of 10 mm, on the inner surfaces of which the digital MEMS microphones are mounted. The algorithm works in two stages. The first stage is based on the analysis of sound...
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Analogue CMOS ASICs in Image Processing Systems
PublicationIn 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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The Application of the IODA Document Architecture to Music Data
PublicationThis paper is concerned with storing music data with the use of document architecture called Interactive Open Document Architecture (IODA). This architecture makes it possible to create documents which are executable, mobile, interactive and intelligent. Such documents consist of many files that are semantically related to each other. Semantic links are defined in XML files which are a part of a document. IODA documents with music...
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Qualia: About Personal Emotions Representing Temporal Form of Impressions - Implementation Hypothesis and Application Example
PublicationThe aim of this article is to present the new extension of the xEmotion system as a computerized emotional system, part of an Intelligent System of Decision making (ISD) that combines the theories of affective psychology and philosophy of mind. At the same time, the authors try to find a practical impulse or evidence for a general reflection on the treatment of emotions as transitional states, which at some point may lead to the...
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SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PublicationNowadays the issue of electric energy saving in public transport is becoming a key area of interest which is connected both with a growth in environmental awareness of the society and an increase in the prices of fuel and electricity. It can be achieved by improving the usage of regenerative breaking. In 2016 the Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Trolejbusowej (PKT, Trolleybus Transport Company) in Gdynia began practical implementation...