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„Space, architecture and infrastructure “in-between cities”.
PublicationThe article presents contemporary city problems, like division of the city, infrastructural barriers, empty spaces, chaotic development, cuting-off areas, threatening the city image and functioning. These problems can be best observed in the areas in-between cities. One of the main questions for urban planners and architects seems thus to be: how to connect the city spaces instead of creating the barriers, how to create the areas...
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COMMON FIRE CAUSES IN INDUSTRIAL SITES
PublicationChapter presents common causes of fires in industrial places
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PLANNING FOR THE NORTH-EUROPEAN WATERFRONT CITIES
PublicationRedevelopment of urban waterfronts is one of the leading themes in contemporary planning practice. This issue is a subject of interest to many scholars and practitioners, associated with development of waterfront cities. In literature on this topic one can find a lot of information regarding leading examples of this process, discussion of issues and problems associated with this phenomenon as well as analysis of the results achieved....
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Spatial pattern of ASG-EUPOS sites
PublicationThe article presents the spatial pattern analysis of the ASG-EUPOS permanent GNSS stations in Poland. Using different methods and tools (nearest neighbour, Riplay’s K-function, morphology of Thiessen polygons) we proved that the station distribution model changes within scales. At short distances up to 65 km, which are typical lengths in the network, stations are irregularly dispersed. Increasing this distance to 130 km and over...
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Implementing decisional trust: a first approach for smart reliable systems
PublicationIn this article, we introduce the necessary elements that must be integrated in order to achieve a decisional technology that is trustworthy. Thus, we refer to such technology as decisional trust. For us, decisional trust can be achieved through the use of elements such as the decisional DNA, reflexive ontologies, and security models; and therefore, we present in this article a framework that was used for the implementation of...
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Sustainability of Civil Structures through the Application of Smart Materials: A Review
PublicationEvery year, structural flaws or breakdowns cause thousands of people to be harmed and cost billions of dollars owing to the limitations of design methods and materials to withstand extreme earthquakes. Since earthquakes have a significant effect on sustainability factors, there is a contradiction between these constraints and the growing need for more sustainable structures. There has been a significant attempt to circumvent...
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Building Smart Healthy Inclusive Environments for All Ages with Citizens
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Data Model Development for Security Information Sharing in Smart Grids
PublicationThe smart grid raises new security concerns which require novel solutions. It is commonly agreed that to protect the grid, the effective collaboration and information sharing between the relevant stakeholders is prerequisite. Developing a security information sharing platform for the smart grid is a new research direction which poses several challenges related to the highly distributed and heterogeneous character of the grid. In...
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Smart Karyotyping Image Selection Based on Commonsense Knowledge Reasoning
PublicationKaryotyping requires chromosome instances to be segmented and classified from the metaphase images. One of the difficulties in chromosome segmentation is that the chromosomes are randomly positioned in the image, and there is a great chance for chromosomes to be touched or overlap with others. It is always much easier for operators and automatic programs to tackle images without overlapping chromosomes than ones with largely overlapped...
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Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Analysis and Management in Smart Manufacturing Systems
PublicationThis chapter addresses some of the issues of the integrated functional safety and cybersecurity analysis and management with regard to selected references and the functional safety standards: IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061, and a cybersecurity standard IEC 62443 that concerns the industrial automation and control systems. The objective is to mitigate the vulnerability of industrial systems that include the information...
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Respiratory signals derived from capacitive electrocardiogram on the smart chair
PublicationCapacitive electrocardiogram (CECG) tends to deliver basic cardiac signals without need to use traditional glued electrodes. In the paper analysis of possibility if the ECG derived respiratory waveforms out of the CECG.
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Digital Innovations and Smart Solutions for Society And Economy: Pros and Cons
PublicationRecent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) may involve significant potential threats to personal data privacy, national security, and social and economic stability. AI-based solutions are often promoted as “intelligent” or “smart” because they are autonomous in optimizing various processes. Be-cause they can modify their behavior without human supervision by analyzing data from the environ-ment, AI-based systems may be...
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Wyzwania zarządzania strategicznego w perspektywie Smart City - blockchain
PublicationW pracy pokazano możliwość zastosowania technologii Blockchain w rzadko rozważa-nym dla niej środowisku jakim są urzędy miejskie realizujące koncepcję Smart City. Celem pracy nie jest opis technologii, a spojrzenie strategiczne na jej zastosowanie stąd, poza pod-stawowym opisem Blockchain i Smart City, przedstawiono zalety oraz wyzwania wdrażania Blockchain dla Smart City. Całość zilustrowano dwoma przykładami procesów, które obrazują...
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Smart Innovation Engineering Using Set of Experience and Decisional DNA
PublicationKnowledge-based Engineering Systems are founded upon integration of knowledge into computer systems and are one of the core requirements for the future Industry 4.0. Since the fourth industrial revolution is passing through the developing phase, implementation of Cyber-Physical Production Systems require more realistic approach. Knowledge Management and Knowledge Engineering plays an important role in manufacturing industries facing...
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Experience based decisional DNA to support smart product design
PublicationThis paper presents the idea of Smart Virtual Product Development (SVPD) system to support product design. The foundations of the system are based upon smart knowledge management techniques called Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and Decisional DNA (DDNA). It enhances the industrial product development process by using the previous experiential knowledge gathered from the formal decisional activities. This experiential...
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Big Data and the Internet of Things in Edge Computing for Smart City
PublicationRequests expressing collective human expectations and outcomes from city service tasks can be partially satisfied by processing Big Data provided to a city cloud via the Internet of Things. To improve the efficiency of the city clouds an edge computing has been introduced regarding Big Data mining. This intelligent and efficient distributed system can be developed for citizens that are supposed to be informed and educated by the...
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Color Processing for Color-Blind Individuals Using Smart Glasses
PublicationIn this paper we investigated image processing methods for color-blind individuals. In particular we experimentally verified color naming procedure, generation of maps with color perception differences for average observers and for dichromats, and two color transformation methods. In experiments 7 mobile devices were used: 3 smart glasses and 4 smartphones. User studies were performed with 38 average observers and 9 dichromats....
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Smart Document-Centric Processing of Human Oriented Information Flows
PublicationUsually people prefer to focus on creative rather than repetitive and schematic work patterns. Still, they must spend a lot of time complying with the procedures, selecting the information they receive and repeatedly restoring the previous state of work. This paper proposes the Mobile INteractive Document architecture (MIND) - a document-centric uniform interface to provide both effective communication of content and coordination...
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Decisional-DNA Based Smart Production Performance Analysis Model
Publicationn order to allocate resources effectively according to the production plan and to reduce disturbances, a framework for smart production performance analysis is proposed in this article. Decisional DNA based knowledge models of engineering objects, processes and factory are developed within the proposed framework. These models are the virtual representation of manufacturing resources, and with help of Internet of Things, are capable...
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Towards Experience-Based Smart Product Design for Industry 4.0
PublicationThis paper presents the concept of smart virtual product development (SVPD) system capable of supporting industrial product development process. It enhances the decision making process during different stages and activities involved in product development i.e. product design, manufacturing, and its inspection planning. The enhancement is achieved by using the explicit knowledge of formal past decision events, which are captured,...
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Smart grid technologies in electric traction: Mini inverter station
PublicationThe growing number of trams and trolleybuses equipped with recuperation systems contribute to the increase in the amount of energy recovered during braking. It raises questions about the possibility of its usage. One of such possibilities is the use of smart grid technology. The paper presents a case study of the use of braking energy in the trolleybus system for external loads by implementing mini inverter stations. Analysis is...
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Mini Smart Grid system w trakcyjnym układzie zasilania
PublicationWraz ze wzrostem liczby tramwajów i trolejbusów wyposażonych w hamowanie odzyskowe, wzrasta popularność urządzeń zwiększających efektywność odzysku energii. Są nimi głównie superkondensatorowe zasobniki energii oraz układy falownikowe umożliwiające zwrot energii do sieci prądu przemiennego. Jednak wysoka cena tych urządzeń oraz problemy prawno-organizacyjne stanowią znaczną barierę dla ich szerszego rozpowszechnienia. W artykule...
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Smart innovation process enhancement using SOEKS and decisional DNA
PublicationProduct innovation always requires a foundation based on both knowledge and experience. The production and innovation process of products is very similar to the evolution process of humans. The genetic information of humans is stored in genes, chromosomes and DNA. Similarly, the information about the products can be stored in a system having virtual genes, chromosomes and decisional DNA (DDNA). The present paper proposes...
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Enhancing Product Innovation Through Smart Innovation Engineering System
PublicationThis paper illustrates the idea of Smart Innovation Engineering (SIE) System that helps in carrying the process of product innovation. The SIE system collects the experiential knowledge from the formal decisional events. This experiential knowledge is collected from the set of similar products having some common functions and features. Due to the fact that SIE system collects, captures and reuses the experiential knowledge of all...
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Jak smart region wpisuje się w koncepcję Pomorza?
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowano koncepcję ''inteligentnego'' (ang. smart) regionu w oparciu o ewolucję pojęć: inteligentnego budynku,inteligentnych sieci elektrycznych. Opisano cechy inteligentnego miasta i regionu na przykładzie województwa pomorskiego.
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Informacyjna warstwa przestrzeni komercyjnej - smart city a wizerunek miasta
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wielopoziomowy wpływ technologii informacyjnych na przestrzeń miasta. Na wstępie zaprezentowano krótką charakterystykę smart city, która została rozpatrzona w kontekście przestrzeni komercyjnych. W dalszej części rozważono kwestię "ukrytej" inteligencji wspomagającej w mieście różnorodne procesy. Omówiono także zasięg emisji informacji w przestrzeni komercyjnej. Najważniejsze miejsce w artykule zajmuje...
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The Transformation Revealed Concept of Smart City Application in Urban Planning
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to present the findings of research conducted to reveal a smart city application concept in urban planning. The method is discussed in the context of case studies of smart city concepts in Malaysian states namely Johor, Penang and Selangor, with the efficient and effective state for implementation and application in urban planning being selected. The case study method was utilised to demonstrate the...
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New Eu2 +sites in KMgF3:Eu2 +crystal
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The idea of sustainable development in the landscape contemporary cities
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Building Sustainable Cities. Challenges for professional education
PublicationW artykule zawarto rozważania na temat problemu dostosowania profilu i charakteru edukacji planistycznej i urbanistycznej do potrzeb zmianiającego się świata. W szczególności okreslone zostały przyczyny koniecznych zmian wtym zakresie oraz kierunki działania.
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Scenarios in the development strategies of larger cities in Poland
PublicationSummary: Planning prepares decisions and future actions. Therefore, future conditions should be considered in planning, in particular strategic planning, due to its long-term nature. To accomplish this, certain prognostic methods should be applied. A scenario method is seen as one of the most useful prognostic method, especially in cases when social and institutional behaviour plays a crucial role. The aim of the paper is an analysis...
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Review of Sustainability Assessment Tools for Buildings and Cities
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Contemporary Development Processes of Cities and Urban Areas
PublicationThe article deals with contemporary transformation of urban structures with special focus on Polish cities. The special attention is given to issues associated with re-urbanization and suburbanization of these within the framwork of principles of sustainable urban development
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Investigation on stability of mountainous EUPOS sites’ coordinates
PublicationThe paper concerns analysis of solutions obtained during common processing of data from GNSS permanent stations situated on mountainous terrain: the Western Carpathians, the Sudetes Mountains and adjacent areas. As the outcome daily and weekly solutions (ellipsoidal coordinates) of forty Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian and German sites were obtained. Weekly solutions were used to determine velocity field and vertical movements,...
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Definition of urban regeneration projects in Russian cities
PublicationUrban regeneration is extremely important process for Russian cities, which faced to the challenges of post-industrial economy. In an attempt, to explain needs of urban regeneration in Russian megacities author analyzed the social and economic trends and some historic features of Russian cities development. The article identified the key areas for regeneration such as the regeneration of historic core, the regeneration of the urban...
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Shaping the spatial structures of post-socialist cities
PublicationThis paper deals with issues and problems associated with transformation of spatial structures of post-socialist cities. The special attention is paid to the cases of Polish cities and towns and the analysis of their evolution – from the “post-communist structures” to the “cities in the age of globalization”. In the light of this the factors influencing the spatial transformation of these are analyzed. The paper is concluded with...
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Single-phase power electronics transformer with active functions for smart grid
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Future Challenges and Issues in Evolution of the Smart Grid and Recommended Possible Solutions
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Geometrically nonlinear finite element simulation of smart piezolaminated plates and shells
PublicationW pracy zaproponowano powłokowy element skończony pozwalający na uwzględnienie efektu piezoelektrycznego. Element został wykorzystany w podejściu Lagrange'a, które wymaga starannego dobrania definicji wielkości mechanicznych i elektrycznych. Zależności przemieszczenie-odkształcenie zbudowano na bazie teorii małych odkształceń i umiarkowanych obrotów. Założono liniowy rozkład pól odkształceń i pola elektrycznego po grubości powłoki....
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METHODOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SMART SPECIALISATION IN POMERANIAN VOIVODESHIP IN POLAND
PublicationThe subject of the presented research was projects co financed with European Union funds realised in years 2007–2013 in small towns of Pomeranian Voivodship. Projects which were included belong to 3 programmes: Innovative Economy Programme, Infrastructure and Environment Programme and Regional Operational Programme. The aim of the researches was study of the structure of projects according to its kind and town division. The other...
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Security information sharing for smart grids: Developing the right data model
PublicationThe smart grid raises new security concerns which require novel solutions. It is commonly agreed that to protect the grid the effective collaboration and information sharing between the relevant stakeholders is prerequisite. Developing a security information sharing platform for the smart grid is a new research direction which poses several challenges related to the highly distributed and heterogeneous character of the grid. In...
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Smart Virtual Bass Synthesis Algorithm Based on Music Genre Classification
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to present a novel approach to the Virtual Bass Synthesis (VBS) algorithms applied to portable computers. The proposed algorithm employed automatic music genre recognition to determine the optimum parameters for the synthesis of additional frequencies. The synthesis was carried out using the non-linear device (NLD) and phase vocoder (PV) methods depending on the music excerpt genre. Classification of musical...
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IoT-Based Smart Monitoring System Using Automatic Shape Identification
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Can the Pandemic Be a Catalyst of Spatial Changes Leading Towards the Smart City?
PublicationThe worldwide spread of Covid‐19 infections has had a pervasive influence on cities and the lives of their residents. The current crisis has highlighted many urban problems, including those related to the functionality of urban structures, which directly affect the quality of life. Concurrently, the notion of “smart cities” is becoming a dominant trend in the discourse on urban development. At the intersection of these two phenomena,...
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Application of Doubly Connected Dominating Sets to Safe Rectangular Smart Grids
PublicationSmart grids, together with the Internet of Things, are considered to be the future of the electric energy world. This is possible through a two-way communication between nodes of the grids and computer processing. It is necessary that the communication is easy and safe, and the distance between a point of demand and supply is short, to reduce the electricity loss. All these requirements should be met at the lowest possible cost....
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INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL SAFETY AND CYBERSECURITY ANALYSIS METHOD FOR SMART MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
PublicationThis article addresses integrated functional safety and cybersecurity analysis with regard to: the generic functional safety standard IEC 61508 and the cyber security standard IEC 62443 concerning an industrial automation and control system (IACS). The objective is to mitigate the vulnerability of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems, and reduce relevant risks taking into account a set of fundamental...
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The role of governance to support smart community development: a systematic literature review
PublicationThis paper studies the interaction between the smart community and smart governance concepts to elaborate on the role of governance to support local governments in developing smart communities’ strategies and solutions. We perform a systematic literature review to analyse how the concept of smart community has advanced in terms of its definitions, context, benefits, challenges, and enablers and propose a unified term with a focus...
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Introduction to smart solutions for wastewater: Road-mapping the transition to circular economy
PublicationToday there is an urgent need to move from a linear to a circular economy approach with special focus to water and environment. Despite the paramount importance, this transition is hampered by barriers which concern not only technological but embrace also organizational, regulatory, social, and economic aspects. In order to overcome such barriers, innovative water-smart solutions are needed and a robust roadmap for the transition...
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Voltage Harmonic Distortion Measurement Issue in Smart-Grid Distribution System
PublicationThis paper presents the investigation results ofvoltage harmonic transfer accuracy problems through voltagetransformers which are widely used in power quality monitoringsystems in medium and high voltage grids. A simplified lumpedparameters circuit model of the voltage transformer is presentedand verified by simulation and experimental investigations. Anumber voltage transformers typically used in medium voltagegrid has been tested...
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Smart Asset Management for District Heating Systems in the Baltic Sea Region.
PublicationThe purpose of this review is to provide insight and a comparison of the current status of district heating (DH) systems for selected Baltic Sea countries (Denmark, Germany, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden), especially from viewpoints of application and solutions of novel smart asset management (SAM) approaches. Furthermore, this paper considers European projects ongoing from 2016, involving participants from the...