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POPULATION-BASED MULTI-AGENT APPROACH TO SOLVING MACHINE LEARNING PROBLEMS
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Middle Eastern Christian Spaces in Europe: Multi-sited and Super-diverse
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Analysis of electrical patterns activity in artificial multi-stable neural networks
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Bilateral multi-issue negotiation of execution contexts by proactive document agents
PublicationA proactive document can react to its actual environment by autonomously selecting and performing actions integrated into its body and interact with its user. When migrating over a network of execution devices it may encounter diverse execution contexts, each one set up according to temporal characteristics of a receiving device and preferences of its owner. A concept to augment proactive documents with negotiation capability is...
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A Multi-Antenna Scheme for Early Detection and Mitigation of Intermediate GNSS Spoofing
PublicationThis article presents a method for detecting and mitigating intermediate GNSS spoofing. In this type of attack, at its early stage, a spoofer transmits counterfeit signals which have slight time offsets compared to true signals arriving from satellites. The anti-spoofing method proposed in this article fuses antenna array processing techniques with a multipath detection algorithm. The latter is necessary to separate highly correlated...
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An application of the TCRBF neural network in multi-node fault diagnosis method
PublicationPrzedstawiono nową metodę samo-testowania części analogowej w systemach elektronicznych sterowanych mikrokontrolerami. Układ badany pobudzany jest przebiegiem sinusoidalnym przez generator zamontowany w systemie, a jego odpowiedź jest próbkowana w wybranych węzłach przez wewnętrzny przetwornik A/C mikrokontrolera. Detekcja i lokalizacja uszkodzenia jest dokontwana przez sieć neuronową typu TCRBF. Procedurę diagnostyczną zaimplementowano...
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Mitigating Traffic Remapping Attacks in Autonomous Multi-hop Wireless Networks
PublicationMultihop wireless networks with autonomous nodes are susceptible to selfish traffic remapping attacks (TRAs). Nodes launching TRAs leverage the underlying channel access function to receive an unduly high Quality of Service (QoS) for packet flows traversing source-to-destination routes. TRAs are easy to execute, impossible to prevent, difficult to detect, and harmful to the QoS of honest nodes. Recognizing the need for providing...
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A city is not a tree: a multi-city study on street network and urban life
PublicationChristopher Alexander, a British-American scholar, differentiated an old (natural) city from a new (planned) one by structure. The former resembles a “semilattice”, or a complex system encompassing many interconnected sub-systems. The latter is shaped in a graph-theoretical “tree”, which lacks the structural complexity as its sub-systems are compartmentalized into a single hierarchy. This structural distinction explains why, or...
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Multi-Criteria Early Warning System Against Enteprise Bankruptcy Risk
PublicationW artykule tym autor porównuje skuteczność opracowanego przez niego wielokryterialnego systemu wczesnego ostrzegania firm z tradycyjnym modelem analizy dyskryminacyjnej prognozowania upadłości. System wczesnego ostrzegania oparty został na metodzie logiki rozmytej. Badania te są jedną z pierwszych prób na świecie wykorzystania logiki rozmytej w prognozowaniu zagrożenia bankructwem firm. Uzyskane wyniki świadczą o dużym potencjale...
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Solving Multi-Ship Encounter Situations by Evolutionary Sets of Cooperating Trajectories
PublicationAutor zaproponował nowe podejście do sytuacji kolizyjnych na morzu. Polega ono na zastąpieniu ewolucyjnej trajektorii własnej ewolucyjnym zbiorem trajektorii wszystkich obiektów. Podejście to umożliwia predykcję manewrowania obiektów obcych przy jednoczesnym zachowaniu efektywności algorytmów ewolucyjnych. Dodatkowo, opracowany już wstępnie przez autorów zbiór kryteriów, ograniczeń i operatorów specjalizowanych powinien zapewnić...
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Ad Hoc Multi-WLAN: A Game-Theoretic Model of Correlated Play
PublicationZakładając pewien rozkład prawdopodobieństwa długości sesji danych, scharakteryzowano punkt równowagi korelowanej w przypadku wielodostępu w sieci bezprzewodowej z wieloma sieciami lokalnymi i dokonano porównania wydajności z punktem równowagi mieszanej dla różnych liczb terminali.
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Bilateral Multi-Issue Negotiation Between Active Documents and Execution Devices
PublicationMobile document-agents are often in conflict with execution devices when attempting to perform activities of the business process they implement, since preferences of device owners may change depending on their current location and the actual class of the device in use. The paper proposes a bilateral negotiation mechanism based on a simple bargaining game that can effectively resolve such conflicts without any third party support.
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Multi-Option Model of Railway Traffic Organization Including the Energy Recuperation
PublicationThe article presents the issue of organization of railway traffic within the station, taking into account energy recuperation. We identified a number of factors which affect the energy efficiency of recuperation, including the issue of transfer of energy technology between a few vehicles. We presented some aspects of the decision problem of graphic train timetable construction with regard to recuperation. As an indicator of quality...
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The use of numerical methods for the analysis of phase phenomena in multi element antennas.
PublicationW artykule zostały zaprezentowane wyniki analizy wpływu wzajemnej i własnej impedancji promieniowania na fazę sygnału odbieranego przez antenę wieloelementową. Obliczenia dokonano dla elektrycznego modelu zastępczego Mason`a przetwornika ultradźwiękowego.
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Compact scheduling of zero-one time operations in multi-stage systems.
PublicationRozważamy szeregowanie zwarte na maszynach dedykowanych z zero-jedynkowymi operacjami w modelu otwartym, przepływowym i mieszanym. Harmonogramy zostały zmodelowane przy pomocy pokolorowań krawędzi grafu konfliktów z pewnymi dodatkowymi ograniczeniami. Dowodzimy NP-trudności problemów w przypadku ogólnym oraz prezentujemy przegląd znanych wielomianowych algorytmów szeregujących dla systemów o specyficznej budowie.
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Fixed point theorems for weakly commuting and compatible multi-valued mappings.
PublicationW pracy podano twierdzenia o wspólnych punktach stałych czwórki odwzorowań: dwóch jednowartościowych T i S oraz dwóch wielowartościowych F i G, spełniających nieliniowy uogólniony warunek kontrakcyjny, przy pewnych założeniach dotyczących uogólnionej komutatywności T,S i F,G. W pracy zamieszczono przykłady ilustrujące udowodnione twierdzenia.
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Sounding Mechanism of a Flue Organ Pipe—A Multi-Sensor Measurement Approach
PublicationThis work presents an approach that integrates the results of measuring, analyzing, and modeling air flow phenomena driven by pressurized air in a flue organ pipe. The investigation concerns a Bourdon organ pipe. Measurements are performed in an anechoic chamber using the Cartesian robot equipped with a 3D acoustic vector sensor (AVS) that acquires both acoustic pressure and air particle velocity. Also, a high-speed camera is employed...
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On the Business Analyst's Responsibilities in an Agile Software Project - A Multi-Method Study
Publication[Context] Agile methods are now used in the majority of software projects, but the definitions of such methods rarely include the role of a business analyst (BA). [Objective] This paper investigates the responsibilities assigned to BAs participating in agile software projects. [Method] We identified potential responsibilities through a systematic literature review (3 databases) and interviews with 6 practitioners. The most commonly...
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Towards an efficient multi-stage Riemann solver for nuclear physics simulations
PublicationRelativistic numerical hydrodynamics is an important tool in high energy nuclear science. However, such simulations are extremely demanding in terms of computing power. This paper focuses on improving the speed of solving the Riemann problem with the MUSTA-FORCE algorithm by employing the CUDA parallel programming model. We also propose a new approach to 3D finite difference algorithms, which employ a GPU that uses surface memory....
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Global EM-Driven Optimization of Multi-Band Antennas Using Knowledge-Based Inverse Response-Feature Surrogates
PublicationElectromagnetic simulation tools have been playing an increasing role in the design of contemporary antenna structures. The employment of electromagnetic analysis ensures reliability of evaluating antenna characteristics but also incurs considerable computational expenses whenever massive simulations are involved (e.g., parametric optimization, uncertainty quantification). This high cost is the most serious bottleneck of simulation-driven...
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PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE POLISH VERSION OF THE GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7-ITEM SCALE (GAD-7) IN A NON-CLINICAL SAMPLE OF EMPLOYEES DURING PANDEMIC CRISIS
PublicationObjectives: The COVID-19 outbreak is an example of a crisis that triggered an increase in generalized anxiety disorder. The study aims to validate the Polish version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) by Spitzer et al. among a non-clinical sample of employees and examine the invariance depending on the gender and age of working adults. Material and Methods: For assessing factor structure of the Polish version...
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Scale-consistent approach to the derivation of coarse-grained force fields for simulating structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of biopolymers
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Principles for the Application of Vibration Intensity Scale for the Prediction and Assessment of Impact of Actions of Exploitation Mine on Buildings and People
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Biostability of Tap Water—A Qualitative Analysis of Health Risk in the Example of Groundwater Treatment (Semi-Technical Scale)
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Large-Scale and Highly Efficient Production of Ultrafine PVA Fibers by Electro-Centrifugal Spinning for NH3 Adsorption
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PAID-PL—The Polish Version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale: Perfect Reliability and a One-Factor Structure
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Multidimensional attitudes scale toward persons with disabilities: factor and exploratory analysis for a Ukrainian version (MAS-UA)
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Evaluation of the scale-consistent UNRES force field in template-free prediction of protein structures in the CASP13 experiment
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Bioreactor shoot cultures of Rhododendron tomentosum (Ledum palustre) for a large-scale production of bioactive volatile compounds
PublicationRhododendron tomentosum Harmaja (Ledum palustre), a peat bog plant from Ericaceae family, has been used in traditional medicine as the anti-arthritis agent. Although modern researches confirm its anti-inflammatory properties, it remains threatened by habitat degradation and possibilities to collect this endangered species from its natural environment for further biological activity studies are limited. Therefore, R. tomentosum...
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The level of spiritual care competence of Polish nurses and the psychometric properties of the spiritual care competence scale (SCCS)
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Prediction of energy consumption and evaluation of affecting factors in a full-scale WWTP using a machine learning approach
PublicationTreatment of municipal wastewater to meet the stringent effluent quality standards is an energy-intensive process and the main contributor to the costs of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Analysis and prediction of energy consumption (EC) are essential in designing and operating sustainable energy-saving WWTPs. In this study, the effect of wastewater, hydraulic, and climate-based parameters on the daily consumption of EC by...
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Large-scale DFT calculations in implicit solvent-A case study on the T4 lysozyme L99A/M102Q protein
PublicationW ostatnich latach zaproponowano szereg modeli typu implicit solvent, ktore bazują na bezpośrednim rozwiązaniu niejednorodnego równania Poissona w przestrzeni rzeczywistej. Modele te charakteryzują się elegancją, ponieważ wnęka, w której umieszczona jest molekuła substancji rozpuszczanej zdefiniowana jest bezpośrednio w funkcji gęstości elektronowej, a rozkład ładunku jest w sposób samouzgodniony polaryzowany dzięki reakcji dielektryka,...
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Atomic-Scale Finite-Element Modeling of Elastic Mechanical Anisotropy in Finite-Sized Strained Phosphorene Nanoribbons
PublicationNanoribbons are crucial nanostructures due to their superior mechanical and electrical properties. This paper is devoted to hybrid studies of the elastic mechanical anisotropy of phosphorene nanoribbons whose edges connect the terminals of devices such as bridges. Fundamental mechanical properties, including Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and density, were estimated from first-principles calculations for 1-layer, 3-layer, and...
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Calculations of fracture process zones on meso-scale in notched concrete beams subjected to three-point bending.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki numeryczne MES modelowanie belek betonowych z nacięciem na poziomie skali mezo. Beton został opisany na poziomie skali mezo jako stochastyczny materiał 3-składnikowy złożony z kruszywa, zaczynu cementowego oraz stref kontaktu. Obliczenia wykonano przy wykorzystaniu modelu degradacji sztywności z nielokalnym osłabieniem. Zbadano wpływ stochastycznego rozkładu kruszywa, średnicy, kształtu oraz zagęszczenia...
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Bandwidth-size design trade-offs for compact spline-parameterised patch couplers by means of electromagnetic-driven multi-objective optimisation
PublicationBroad bandwidth and small size are the key performance figures for contemporary microwave couplers. These requirements are conflicting, i.e. improvement of one generally leads to degradation of the other assuming fixed topology of the circuit at hand. From a designer's perspective, the knowledge about available design trade-offs is indispensable as it permits for tailoring the circuit for particular applications as well as comparing...
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Expedited Re-Design of Multi-Band Passive Microwave Circuits Using Orthogonal Scaling Directions and Gradient-Based Tuning
PublicationGeometry scaling of microwave circuits is an essential but challenging task. In particular, the employment of a given passive structure in a different application area often requires re-adjustment of the operating frequencies/bands while maintaining top performance. Achieving this necessitates utilization of numerical optimization methods. Nonetheless, if the intended frequencies are distant from the ones at the starting point,...
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Reduced-cost optimization-based miniaturization of microwave passives by multi-resolution EM simulations for internet of things and space-limited applications
PublicationStringent performance specifications along with constraints imposed on physical dimensions, make the design of contemporary microwave components a truly onerous task. In recent years, the latter demand has been growing in importance, with the innovative application areas such as Internet of Things coming into play. The need to employ full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simu-lations for response evaluation, reliable yet CPU heavy, only...
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CDKN2A common variant and multi-organ cancer risk—a population-based study
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A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins
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WiMA: Towards a Multi-Criterion Association in Software Defined Wi-Fi Networks
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Conditional Value-at-Risk Vs. Value-at-Risk to Multi-Objective Portfolio Optimization
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Lexicographic and weighting approach to multi-criteria portfolio optimization by mixed integer programming
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Multi-Label Classification for AIS Data Anomaly Detection Using Wavelet Transform
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Dynamic Analysis of an Enhanced Multi-Frequency Inertial Exciter for Industrial Vibrating Machines
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Multi split functional model of geodetic observations in deformation analyses of the Olsztyn castle
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Integration of multi-interface conversion channel using FPGA for modular photonic network
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Comprehensive comparison of compact UWB antenna performance by means of multi-objective optimization
PublicationAn optimization-based procedure for comprehensive performance comparison of alternative compact UWB antenna topologies is discussed. The assessment of the antenna performance is conducted with respect to the structure size and its reflection response. More specifically, the best possible tradeoffs between these two figures of merit are identified through multiobjective optimization at the level...
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Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources in a Young Glacial Multi-Aquifer System
PublicationThe aim of this study was to evaluate the trends of climate change on the Kashubian Lake District and to determine the impact of expected trends on groundwater resources. The analysis of trends in temperature and precipitation was conducted for the six-decade history of meteorological measurements at the weather station in Koscierzyna. The analysis shows the trend of temperature increase of +0.0182ºC/year. The highest increase...
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Benchmark of the traffic congestion in electrical transport by means of multi criteria decision analysis
PublicationCongestion of the road traffic is an important aspect related to the issues of energy consumption in public transport. Due to the multiattribute nature, the expression of traffic congestion in a quantitative valueis difficult to achieve. The article presents a method of estimation of traffic congestion by means of a multiattribute decision analysis.
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Makespan minimization of multi-slot just-in-time scheduling on single and parallel machines
PublicationArtykuł podejmuje problem szeregowania zadań przy założeniu podziału czasu na sloty jednakowej długości, gdzie każde z zadań ma ustaloną długość oraz czas jego zakończenia, który jest relatywny do końca slotu. Problem znalezienia uszeregowania polega na dokonaniu przydziału zadań do poszczególnych slotów, przy czym w ogólności długość zadania może wymuszać sytuację, w której zadańie jest realizowane nie tylko w slocie, w którym...