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Implementation of the Concept of Flexicurity in the Selected Countries of Central Eastern Europe
PublicationThe CEE countries have to create their own flexicurity policies which would take into account the employment policy guidelines, cultural traditions and socio-economic development. The aim of this article is to examine and evaluate the implementation of the flexicurity concept on the basis of the adopted set of composite indicators. The study covers 9 countries of the CEE region, and the research period covers the years 2007 and 2013....
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Feedback control of water quality
PublicationSformułowano problem sterowania jakością wody w sieciach wodociągowych i następnie zaproponowano podejście do projektowania sterowania stężeniem chloru w takich sieciach, bazujący na estymacji parametrów oraz sterowaniu adaptacyjnym. Podejście wykorzystuje założenie, że w sieci wodociągowej istnieją punkty wstrzykiwania chloru. Zależność typu wejście-wyjście pomiędzy stężeniem chloru w węźle dozowania i monitorowania jest modelowana...
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The Impact of Material Selection on Durability of Exhaust Valve Faces of a Ship Engine – A Case Study
Publicationwo alloys were used in order to extend the service life of marine engine exhaust valve head. Layers of cobalt base alloys were made of the powders with with chemical composition as follow: the layer marked L12; C-1,55%; Si-1,21%; Cr-29,7%; W-9%; Ni-2%; Mo<0,01%; Fe-1,7%; Co-54,83% and the layer marked N; C-1,45%; Co-38,9%; Cr-24,13%; Ni-10,43%; W-8,75%; Fe-7,64%; Mo-7,56%; Si-2,59%. Base metal was valve steel after heat treatment....
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The model of end-to-end call setup time calculation for Session Initiation Protocol
PublicationEnd-to-end call setup delay is one of the most important grade of service (GoS) parameters for VoIP networks with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). A typical subscriber wants to have a connection established as soon as possible. From the operator's perspective call setup time is also crucial because he needs to know how probability of successful packet transmission on SIP links is related to a call setup delay. Then he can make...
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Fiasko projektu inwestycyjnego spowodowane błędami rozpoznania stanu technicznego obiektu i wykonanej dokumentacji projektowej
PublicationRealizacja przedsięwzięć inwestycyjnych w istniejących obiektach budowlanych związana jest z koniecznością wykonania rzetelnej weryfikacji ich aktualnego stanu technicznego, użytych materiałów, wprowadzonych zmian oraz uszkodzeń powstałych w czasie eksploatacji. Pozyskane informacje są podstawą do podejmowania decyzji zarówno technicznych, jak i ekonomicznych związanych z planami inwestycyjnymi. Błędy popełnione przez inżynierów...
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Optymalizacja treningu i wnioskowania sieci neuronowych
PublicationSieci neuronowe są jedną z najpopularniejszych i najszybciej rozwijających się dziedzin sztucznej inteligencji. Ich praktyczne wykorzystanie umożliwiło szersze użycie komputerów w wielu obszarach komunikacji, przemysłu i transportu. Dowody tego są widoczne w elektronice użytkowej, medycynie, a nawet w zastosowaniach militarnych. Wykorzystanie sztucznej inteligencji w wielu przypadkach wymaga jednak znacznej mocy obliczeniowej,...
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Factors determining selection of production planning and control system
PublicationThe article contains a comparative characteristics of selected systems of production planning and control, such as: MRP, kanban/JiT, DBR/TOC. The results of the performed analyses served as a basis for determining key market factors related to production planning and control functions, which determine the choice of an appropriate system.
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Co-Living or a “Sandpit” for Future Entrepreneurs. First Experience from Poland.
PublicationNowadays, the Western world seems saturated with the myriad of enhancements for entrepreneurship development. Also, in Eastern European countries we observe a growing number of initiatives at different organizational levels, aiming at accompanying potential future entrepreneurs in their efforts. Meanwhile, there is one novelty, never before offered on the Polish market – the first co- -living space, launched in Gdañsk. Therefore,...
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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS AND GROUP PROJECTS DURING ENGINEERING STUDIES IN COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS
PublicationThe quality of education is one of the most important factors determining the job opportunity for graduates. The authors present the possibility of carrying out the diplomas in cooperation with employers and institutions interested in employment of students who graduated Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management (major:...
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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS AND GROUP PROJECTS DURING ENGINEERING STUDIES IN COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS
PublicationThe quality of education is one of most important factors determining the job opportunity for graduates. The authors present the possibility of carrying out the diplomas in cooperation with employers and institutions interested in employment of students who graduated Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Geodesy and Land Management (major:...
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Development of banking sectors in Kosovo and Montenegro in the years 2000 - 2010
PublicationThe article presents main aspects of development of banking markets in two Balkan countries - Kosovo and Montenegro. Both of them are charaterised by similar recent history, both in political and economical fields. Their financial sectors have had to be built almost from scretch. The author describes stages of development of competition in the banking sectors, using the following ratios: performace, structure, liquidity. The data...
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Theory vs. practice. Searching for a path of practical education
PublicationThe introduction of a three-tier model of higher education (the Bologna model) has led to considerable changes in the 1st- and 2nd-tier technical courses at universities. At present, a student with a bachelor’s degree can be employed in his / her profession after completing only 7 semesters of study. A search is under way for methods of combining theoretical knowledge taught at universities with practical knowledge gained afterwards....
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Quality of Cryptocurrency Mining on Previous Generation NVIDIA GTX GPUs
PublicationCurrently, there is a lot of previous generation NVIDIA GTX graphical processing units (GPUs) available on the market, which were ousted from by next-gen RTX units. Due to this fact, numerous fully-operational devices remain underused, which are available at an affordable price. First, this paper presents an analysis of the cryptocurrency market. Next, in this context, the results of research on the performance of NVIDIA graphics...
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Banking stability during the economic transformation process in selected countries of the Western Balkans
PublicationEconomic transformation is still an ongoing process in many European countries. Despite common economic roots, the current economic situations are developing differently in different countries. This article will consider the process of economic transformation in terms of the banking sector. It aims to assess the level of banking stability throughout the transformation process in the Western Balkan region, and to assess the determinates...
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The effect of environmental turbulence on cyber security risk management and organizational resilience
PublicationEven though there is a plethora of research on the role of environmental turbulence in organizational performance in general, little attention has been paid to the effect of environmental turbulence on cyber security risk management and further - organizational resilience. Drawing on the resource-based view and contingency theory, this study investigates how technological and market turbulence influence organizational cyber security...
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An optimized system for sensor ontology meta-matching using swarm intelligent algorithm
PublicationIt is beneficial to annotate sensor data with distinct sensor ontologies in order to facilitate interoperability among different sensor systems. However, for this interoperability to be possible, comparable sensor ontologies are required since it is essential to make meaningful links between relevant sensor data. Swarm Intelligent Algorithms (SIAs), namely the Beetle Swarm Optimisation Algorithm (BSO), present a possible answer...
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SiC-Based Power Electronic Traction Transformer (PETT) for 3 kV DC Rail Traction
PublicationThe design of rolling stock plays a key role in the attractiveness of the rail transport. Train design must strictly meet the requirements of rail operators to ensure high quality and cost-eective services. Semiconductor power devices made from silicon carbide (SiC) have reached a level of technology enabling their widespread use in traction power converters. SiC transistors oering energy savings, quieter operation, improved reliability...
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Kwalifikowanie technologii lutowania twardego próżniowego stali austenitycznej zgodnie z wymaganiami przepisów ASME BPVC, sekcja IX
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono procedurę kwalifikowania technologii lutowania twardego w piecu próżniowym na przykładzie elementów ze stali wysokostopowej nierdzewnej austenitycznej łączonych lutem miedzianym z grupy F-No. 105, zgodnie z przepisami ASME Sec. IX, part QB (ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing and Fusing; Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing and Fusing Operators)....
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Krajobraz wiejski i turystyka. Poszukiwanie równowagi pomiędzy widzeniem i wizerunkiem wsi
PublicationNajważniejszym składnikiem marki wsi jest krajobraz. Wizerunek wsi kreowany w turystyce i dostępny widok różnią się jednak coraz bardziej: przekaz reklamowy identyfikuje wieś z przyrodą oraz ciszą i spokojem; wieś realna stanowi, najczęściej dysharmonijną, mozaikę wiejsko-miejskiego zagospodarowania. Konfrontacja dostarczonego przez turystykę komunikatu z oglądanym krajobrazem podważa wiarygodność marki wsi, co stanowi zagrożenie...
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Teoria ekosystemu populacji jako narzędzie modelowania dynamiki otoczenia gospodarczego organizacji
PublicationW niniejszej publikacji przedstawiono zarys teorii ekosystemu populacji w odniesieniu do świata organizacji gospodarczych. Omówiono podstawowe metody analityczne stosowane w świecie ekologii, a mogące mieć zastosowanie do badania zjawisk gospodarczych z zakresu projektowania organizacji gospodarczej. Weryfikacji przedstawionych hipotez dokonano na podstawie danych historycznych dotyczących rozwoju rynku niezależnych operatorów...
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Problemy dostosowana układu sterowania maszyną dwustronnie zasilaną do nowych wymagań.
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowano problemy związane z dostosowaniem układu sterowania maszyną dwustronnie zasilaną pracującą jako generator w elektrowni wiatrowej do nowych wymagań i przepisów stawianych przez operatorów sieci energetycznych. Poruszono problem utrzymania elektrowni wiatrowej w systemie w momencie krótkotrwałego obniżenia lub uskoku napięcia sieci energetycznej spowodowanego odległym zwarciem w systemie lub podłączeniem...
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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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Reconstruction of 3D structure of positive corona streamer by local methods
PublicationThe computer algorithms were used for reconstruction of streamer 3D structure. We propose the 3D tree structure model of corona discharge streamer composed with nodes and edges between chosen couples of nodes, which enables easy computation of some important parameters ofstreamers. The 3D model can be derived directly from two projection images by global methods like evolutionary searching or particle simulations. In this paper...
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VIBRATION SURVEILLANCE DURING MILLING OF FLEXIBLE DETAILS WITH A USE OF THE ACTIVE OPTIMAL CONTROL
PublicationThe main goal of modern machining operations is to achieve increasingly better performance. High Speed Machining and/or High Performance Cutting, despite a lot of advantages, have also some drawbacks, for example, a possibility of losing stability and development of self-excited chatter vibration. This paper presents an approach of vibration surveillance during high speed milling with a use of active optimal control. Non-stationary...
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Image Processing Techniques for Distributed Grid Applications
PublicationParallel approaches to 2D and 3D convolution processing of series of images have been presented. A distributed, practically oriented, 2D spatial convolution scheme has been elaborated and extended into the temporal domain. Complexity of the scheme has been determined and analysed with respect to coefficients in convolution kernels. Possibilities of parallelisation of the convolution operations have been analysed and the results...
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Metody predykcji produkcji mocy parku wiatrowego
PublicationW związku z coraz to większą ilością zainstalowanych siłowni wiatrowych do Krajowej Sieci Elektroenergetycznej, brakiem stabilnej pracy generatorów wiatrowych zależnych od zmiennej prędkości wiatru, zakłady energetyczne wraz z Operatorem Sieci Przesyłowej PolskimiSieciami Elektroenergetycznymi S.A., nałożyły na właścicieli farmwiatrowych obowiązek prognozowania produkcji energii elektrycznej. Celem tego artykułu jest sprawdzenie...
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The concept of streamlining the logistics processs at the company
PublicationThe aim of the article is to present a concept related to the improvement of the logistics process at the company, by the modernisation of the main railway siding of the terminal. The paper present the reasons for the decision that was once made in order to obtain the expected advantages after the modernisation. The comparison of the incurred expenses and the profits that might be gained in the...
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Selected manufacturing difficulties encountered during setup of machining on cnc multi-axis linear automatic lathe and on cnc multi-spindle turning centers
PublicationThe article presents the observed manufacturing technology implementation difficulties in workshop practice, resulting from the construction and principles of operation on the DMG’s SPRINT 32/5 CNC linear automatic lathe and on the Mazak’s HQR 150 MSY and QTN 200 MS CNC turn - mill centers, and discusses possible rules for solving the production problems encountered. The article also discusses the principles of dividing the machining...
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The risk of corporate bankruptcy - the conceptual model
PublicationThis article concerns the assessment of different types of risks influencing the corporate bankruptcy risk. The author has developed conceptual model that explains the causes and the trajectories of the collapse of enterprises. In the analyses such factors as demographic, financial, market, political and operational factors influencing the risk of failure were taken into account.
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Knowledge Sharing and Managing Intellectual Capital in the Times of COVID-19: Evidence from Polish Restaurant Industry
PublicationPurpose: The aim of this paper is to show how restaurants in Poland managed their intellectual capital (IC) in the COVID-19 crisis and how knowledge sharing (KS) helped them to survive in those dynamically changing conditions. Methodology: The study is based on qualitative research – semi-structured interviews with a few restaurant owners and managers responsible for the business operations during...
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A Method of MOS Evaluation for Video Based Services
PublicationThis paper deals with a method for QoE evaluation for the services transmitting large amount of data perceived by the end user in relatively short time periods, e.g. streaming video in mobile operator...
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Call Processing Performance in a Multidomain IMS/NGN with Asymmetric Traffic
PublicationIn this paper we continue our research using the previously proposed analytical traffic model of a multidomain Next Generation Network (NGN), which is standardized for delivering multimedia services based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The aim of the model is to assess mean Call Set-up Delay (CSD) and mean Call Disengagement Delay (CDD), which are standardized call processing performance parameters. The output variables...
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Risks associated with the transportation of hazardous materials on public roads
PublicationA significant proportion of the transport of hazardous materials is carried out on public roads. Therefore, the safety of such transport is becoming increasingly important. Every catastrophe involving hazardous materials has a negative impact on direct road users and the surrounding environment, becauses its range is mostly not local. It follows that in the event of such catastrophe, its effects should be minimized. This is possible...
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Quantum privacy witness
PublicationWhile it is usually known that the mean value of a single observable is enough to detect entanglement or its distillability, the counterpart of such an approach in the case of quantum privacy has been missing. Here we develop the concept of a privacy witness, i.e., a single observable that may detect the presence of the secure key even in the case of bound entanglement. Then we develop the notion of secret-key estimation based...
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Modelling and Analysis of the Positioning Accuracy in the Loading Systems of Mobile Cranes
PublicationIn this work, the authors analyse the influence of the order and range of sequential movements of a crane's working members on the accuracy of the final cargo positioning. The analysis was conducted on the basis of a specially developed method in which the authors proposed the introduction of a geometrical indicator of positioning the load in the intermediate positions (after completing each movement sequence) and in the target...
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EU Enlargement and Labour Demand in the New Member States
PublicationResearch to date on labour market responses to EU integration has tended to concentrate on the labour markets of the 'old' EU members. But what effects has the integration of trade had on wages in the new member states? The following article attempts to answer this question using and empirical model of conditional labour demand.
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Self-assessment of competencies of students and graduates participating in didactic projects – Case study
PublicationAim/purpose: the aim of this article is to examine the opinions of students and graduates of the faculty of economics of a technical university as regards their selfassessment of their preparation for entering the modern labour market. All the respondents participated during their studies in didactic projects aimed at improving their competencies taking into account the expectations of potential employers. Design/methodology/approach:...
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Small Polymeric Toys Placed in Child-Dedicated Chocolate Food Products—Do They Contain Harmful Chemicals? Examination of Quality by Example of Selected VOCs and SVOCs
PublicationThis study was focused on child-dedicated chocolate food products that contain a plastic package with a small toy inside (also known as chocolate eggs). Three types of these products that are commercially available on the Polish market, with different prices, chocolate composition, and main types of polymers used in the toy manufacturing process, were investigated. The polymers were identified using Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR)...
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Wearable system supporting navigation of the blind
PublicationImproving blind people comfort of life is a problem ofgreat importance. Fortunately, new technolgies provide us withadditional methods to improve everyday life of the blind and visuallyimpaired. The paper presents experimental system made byresearchers from Department of Geoinformatics of Gdansk Universityof Technology, which is capable of finding the route from theindicated source to chosen destination, using dedicated digital...
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Clustering Context Items into User Trust Levels
PublicationAn innovative trust-based security model for Internet systems is proposed. The TCoRBAC model operates on user profiles built on the history of user with system interaction in conjunction with multi-dimensional context information. There is proposed a method of transforming the high number of possible context value variants into several user trust levels. The transformation implements Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering strategy....
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Detection and segmentation of moving vehicles and trains using Gaussian mixtures, shadow detection and morphological processing
PublicationSolution presented in this paper combines background modelling, shadow detection and morphological and temporal processing into one system responsible for detection and segmentation of moving objects recorded with a static camera. Vehicles and trains are detected based on their pixellevel difference from the continually updated background model utilizing a Gaussian mixture calculated separately for every pixel. The shadow detection...
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Koncepcja węzła integracyjnego w Tczewie : historia idei
PublicationPrzedstawione w artykule propozycje zmian w rejonie dworca kolejowego w Tczewie są procesem złożonym i długotrwałym. Wymagają porozumienia ze strony miasta, starostwa i województwa, jak i ze strony operatorów. Głównie winny być skierowane do pasażerów i klientów nie korzystających z transportu zbiorowego, ale korzystających z komercyjnych usług na dworcu. Bardzo ważne jest również poparcie PKP S.A. i nawiązanie z nimi umowy o współpracy....
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Robust design in delta domain for SISO plants: PI and PID controllers
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono zunifikowaną metodę numerycznie odpornej syntezy sterowników (regulatorów) działających w dyskretnym czasie w układach sterowania skalarnymi obiektami czasu ciągłego. Wykorzystano dyskretnoczasowe modele takich obiektów, oparte na tak zwanym operatorze delta, charakteryzującym się korzystnymi odpornościowymi cechami w przypadku stosowania dostatecznie małych wartości okresu próbkowania przetwarzanych sygnałów....
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Ocena dokładności stosowanych metod projektowania układów geometrycznych toru.
PublicationW pracy poddano szczegółowej analizie trzy wybrane zagadnienia z zakresu projektowania układów geometrycznych toru kolejowego. Pierwsze z nich, to błąd, jaki powstaje w wyniku stosowania uproszczonego sposobu wyznaczania rzędnych poziomych na podstawie równania krzywizny. Zaproponowano tutaj nowe rozwiązanie, z zastosowaniem rachunku operatorów. Drugie rozpatrywane zagadnienie to określenie zakresu stosowalności rozwiązań analitycznych...
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Neuronowy model mocy farmy wiatrowej
PublicationPopularność i rosnące możliwości sztucznych sieci neuronowych przyczyniają się do coraz to szerszego zastosowania przemysłowego. Szybki przyrost mocy elektrowni wiatrowych w krajowej sieci elektroenergetycznej (KSE) stawia trudne zadanie bilansowania mocy przed krajowymi Operatorami Sieci Dystrybucyjnych (OSD) i Operatorem Sieci Przesyłowej (OSP). Prawnym obowiązkiem prognozowania mocy farmy wiatrowej obarczony jest właściciel....
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Neuronowy model mocy farmy wiatrowej
PublicationPopularność i rosnące możliwości sztucznych sieci neuronowych przyczyniają się do coraz to szerszego zastosowania przemysłowego. Szybki przyrost mocy elektrowni wiatrowych w krajowej sieci elektroenergetycznej (KSE) stawia trudne zadanie bilansowania mocy przed krajowymi Operatorami Sieci Dystrybucyjnych (OSD) i Operatorem Sieci Przesyłowej (OSP). Prawnym obowiązkiem prognozowania mocy farmy wiatrowej obarczony jest właściciel....
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Applying Decisional DNA to Internet of Things: The Concept and Initial Case Study
PublicationIn this article, we present a novel approach utilizing Decisional DNA to help the Internet of Things capture decisional events and reuse them for decision making in future operations. The Decisional DNA is a domain-independent, standard and flexible knowledge representation structure that allows its domains to acquire, store, and share experiential knowledge and formal decision events in an explicit way. We apply this approach...
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Relativity of arithmetic as a fundamental symmetry of physics
PublicationArithmetic operations can be defined in various ways, even if one assumes commutativity and associativity of addition and multiplication, and distributivity of multiplication with respect to addition. In consequence, whenever one encounters ‘plus’ or ‘times’ one has certain freedom of interpreting this operation. This leads to some freedom in definitions of derivatives, integrals and, thus, practically all equations occurring in...
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NVRAM as Main Storage of Parallel File System
PublicationModern cluster environments' main trouble used to be lack of computational power provided by CPUs and GPUs, but recently they suffer more and more from insufficient performance of input and output operations. Apart from better network infrastructure and more sophisticated processing algorithms, a lot of solutions base on emerging memory technologies. This paper presents evaluation of using non-volatile random-access memory as a...
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A Fail-Safe NVRAM Based Mechanism for Efficient Creation and Recovery of Data Copies in Parallel MPI Applications
PublicationThe paper presents a fail-safe NVRAM based mechanism for creation and recovery of data copies during parallel MPI application runtime. Specifically, we target a cluster environment in which each node has an NVRAM installed in it. Our previously developed extension to the MPI I/O API can take advantage of NVRAM regions in order to provide an NVRAM based cache like mechanism to significantly speed up I/O operations and allow to preload...