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Active Dynamic Thermography in Medical Diagnostics
PublicationThis is an overview of active thermal imaging methods in medical diagnostics using external thermal stimulation. In this chapter, several clinical cases diagnosed using the active dynamic thermography method, ADT, are presented. Features of this technology are discussed and main advantages underlined. Applications in skin burn diagnostics and quantitative evaluation leading to modern classification of burned patients for further...
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A chemo-mechano-thermodynamical contact theory for adhesion, friction, and (de)bonding reactions
PublicationThis work presents a self-contained continuum formulation for coupled chemical, mechanical, and thermal contact interactions. The formulation is very general and, hence, admits arbitrary geometry, deformation, and material behavior. All model equations are derived rigorously from the balance laws of mass, momentum, energy, and entropy in the framework of irreversible thermodynamics, thus exposing all the coupling present in the...
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Lung perfusion parameters in the diagnosis of diabetic pulmonary microangiopathy
PublicationThis paper presents the role of perfusion computed tomography (pCT) in the diagnosis of diabetic pulmonary microangiopathy. Our previous works have shown that perfusion parameters are useful in the diagnosis of diabetic pulmonary microangiopathy. In this article we focus on conditions that are necessary for such the diagnosis and introduce method of classification no microangiopathy vs. microangiopathy based on logistic regression....
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TDOA Navigation Using CDMA2000 Signals – Experimental Results
PublicationThis paper presents results of an experiments on the possibility to estimate position of a CDMA2000 receiver on the basis of TDOA measurements. The hardware and software structure of a navigation receiver used during investigation is briefly described with focus on drawbacks and limitations. The main part of this paper contains basic information about CDMA2000 network in northern Poland, which signals were recorded during tests...
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Price Diversification
PublicationThe price diversification is a complex phenomenon. We show that price discrimination can have both positive and negative effects. The final result depends whether it makes competition more intense. As far as legal procedure is cocerned it is recommended to focus on the effects of compan's actions rather than on the form that these actions may take. There is a need to understand and distinguish between price discrimination as the...
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Assessment of technical condition and repair of steel structure elements on the example of fire damage in a warehouse building
PublicationThe paper analyses a case study on the structural assessment of warehouse building partially damaged by fire caused by external source (fire of lorries close to the building). The authors focus on the site investigations and laboratory test results prior to assessing actual condition of the structural elements. Both strengthening concept and repair procedure of a steel column are addressed here. A short literature survey in the...
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Compensation of Dead Time Effects for Shunt Active Power Filters
PublicationThe paper presents a comprehensive approach to the compensation of the grid current distortion for shunt active power filter systems. Four different sources of current distortion are addressed: imperfect grid synchronization caused by the distortion in the grid voltages, time delays in the estimation of compensating currents and grid voltages, fluctuations of the dc bus voltage, and the distortion of inverter output voltages due...
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Celebrating 50 years of SWIMs (Salt Water Intrusion Meetings)
PublicationThe Salt Water Intrusion Meetings, or SWIMs, are a series of meetings that focus on seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers and other salinisation processes. 2018 marks the 50th year of the SWIM and the 25th biennial meeting. The SWIM proceedings record half a century of research progress on site characterisation, geophysical and geochemical techniques, variable-density flow, modelling, and water management. The SWIM is positioning...
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Mobility Oriented Development (MOD): Public-Private Partnership in Urban Parking & Traffic Management with the Use of Autonomous Automobiles, Car-Sharing, Ridesharing Modes of Transport & Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
PublicationThe focus of the following research are relations between mobility technologies and metropolitan (urban and suburban) spatial structures. In this paper the author discusses various urban modes of transport (automobile, mass transit) in the context of emerging technical (autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars and driverless shuttles) and organizational (carpooling, ridesharing, car-sharing, on-demand mobility) solutions for " mobility...
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Urszula Szybowska mgr
PeopleLibrarian and English philologist, currently involved in academic library services and training of Polish and international users of the Gdańsk Tech Library, and Erasmus+ mobility projects. International cooperation coordinator at the Gdańsk Tech Library (2017-2020) ; since 2020 Erasmus+ program coordinator at Gdańsk Tech Library ; social media librarian: Facebook (2018-2023, September), Twitter (@LibraryPG - 2017, October - 2023,...
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Analyzing sets of phylogenetic trees obtained from bayesian MCMC process using topology metrics
PublicationThe reconstruction of evolutionary trees is one of the primary objectives in phylogenetics. Such a tree represents historical evolutionary relationship between different species or organisms. Tree comparisons are used for multiple purposes, from unveiling the history of species to deciphering evolutionary associations amongorganisms and geographical areas.In the paper, we describe a general method for comparing hylogenetic trees....
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EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CONNECTION BETWEEN OBJECT-ORIENTED METRICS AND SOFTWARE CHANGEABILITY
PublicationFor the purpose of video surveillance software quality assessment in this work the ISO/IEC-9126 norm was used with a particular focus on maintainability of the software system. The paper presents a study on the connection between software metrics derived from the static analysis of the source code and changeability of the video surveillance software system. It is shown that meeting requirements of software quality metrics may result...
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Recent Applications of 1D GC-MS and 2D GC-MS in Foodomics Studies
PublicationGas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry and food chemistry have been tightly linked since the 1960s. This setup is also an integral part of the omics studies when it comes to low mass metabolites. Therefore, the marriage of GC-MS and foodomics is obvious. Two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry fits perfectly within the latest trends in foodomics, since it is tailored for holistic food analysis....
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Comprehensive compensation of grid current distortion by shunt active power filters
PublicationThe paper presents a comprehensive approach to the compensation of grid current distortion in shunt active power filter systems. Four sources of current distortion are addressed: imperfect grid synchronization caused by the distortion in the grid voltages, time delays in the evaluation of grid voltages and computation of compensating currents, fluctuations of the dc bus voltage, and the distortion of inverter output voltages due...
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The effect of agro-waste co-digestion and sludge disposal on carbon footprint in municipal wastewater treatment plants
PublicationThe study presents analysis of the carbon footprint (CF) in 6 wastewater treatment plants in northern Poland with a special focus on the effect of co digestion of sewage sludge and food waste. Although co-digestion increases the on-site energy production, but it has a negative effect on the total CF. To overcome the negative effect, several sludge disposal scenarios were analysed and their effect on the CF reduction was determined....
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A study on signal processing methods applied to hearing aids
PublicationThis paper presents a short survey on current technology available in hearing aids with a focus on digital signal processing techniques used. First, factors influencing the hearing aid effectiveness are introduced. Then, examples of the present DSP methods and strategies are provided. Also, a description of current limitations of hearing aids and future trends of development are shown. Finally, the notion of computational auditory...
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Non-isocyanate Polyurethanes
PublicationThe main aim of this chapter is to present a general overview of the NIPU synthesis method (i.e., polycondensation and polyaddition), and to describe structure and properties of selected intermediates and final polymeric products. The focus is on five-membered ring cyclic carbonate intermediates, which were obtained by cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to selected glycidyl ethers and thiol-ene coupling of unsaturated cyclic carbonates...
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Proposal of a method for effective tasks distribution in the execution of compolex problems
PublicationAn access to a great number of various services allows for decomposition of complex problems into smaller and less complex tasks. Those tasks can be presented in a form of a dependency graph. This paper shows an idea of executing such a problem using cooperating autonomous agents. Main focus of this work is cooperation covering effective tasks distribution among executors. This paper presents an algorithm for dynamic executor selection...
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POLITECHNIKA GDAŃSKA W LITERATURZE
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono w jaki sposób Politechnika Gdańska funkcjonuje w literaturze pięknej. Politechnika ukazywana jest jako miejsce nauki, ale także miejsce wydarzeń historycznych i kulturalnych, jej istnienie jest zakorzenione w świadomości gdańszczan, a przede jest to miejsce w którym spędziło się najlepiej wspominany okres w życiu – okres studiów i pracy zawodowej. Wymienione zostały publikacje informacyjne, ale przede wszystkim...
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Caring for Children with Dravet Syndrome: Exploring the Daily Challenges of Family Caregivers
PublicationWhile Polish studies focus on the symptoms, causes and treatment of people suffering from Dravet syndrome (DS), much less is known about the situation of the family caregivers of DS children. This study was designed to explore the experiences, daily challenges and needs related to caring for DS children. An anonymous self-administered online questionnaire was developed. Thesurvey was completed by 75 family caregivers affiliated...
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Mathematical modelling and computer simulation of activated sludge systems.Second edition
PublicationMathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation of Activated Sludge Systems – Second Edition, provides, from the process engineering perspective, a comprehensive and up-to-date overview regarding various aspects of the mechanistic (“white box”) modelling and simulation of advanced activated sludge systems performing biological nutrient removal. In the new edition of the book, a special focus is given to nitrogen removal and an overview...
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Graphene hydrogels with embedded metal nanopatricles as efficient catalysts in 4-nitrophenol reduction and methylene blue decolorization
PublicationSynthesis and characterization of the graphene hydrogels with three different metallic nanoparticles, that is Au, Ag and Cu, respectively is presented. Synthesized in a one-pot approach graphene hydrogels with embedded metallic nanoparticles were tested as heterogeneous catalysts in a model reaction of 4-nitrophenol reduction. The highest activity was obtained for graphene hydrogel with Cu NPs and additional reaction of methylene...
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Microorganisms in the air within the Gdańsk-Szadółki landfill and adjacent area in 2016
Open Research DataThe data collection contains the results of microbiological examination of air samples collected at Gdańsk Szadółki Landfill (Poland). The Gdańsk Szadółki Landfill is one of the biggest of facilities of this type in the country. It occupies an area of 75 hectares and serves around 500 thousand of local residents. The landfill receives around 250 million...
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Michał Wróbel dr inż.
PeopleMichał Wróbel, Assistant Professor of Gdańsk University of Technology, computer scientist, a specialist in software engineering. I graduated from the Faculty of Electronics Technical University of Gdansk in 2002 with a degree in Computer Science, with specialization in Software Engineering and Databases. Until 2006 I worked as system administrator in several companies, including CI TASK. Since 2006 I have been working at the Faculty...
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PPAM 2022
EventsThe PPAM 2022 conference, will cover topics in parallel and distributed computing, including theory and applications, as well as applied mathematics.
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The role of the One-Belt One-Road initiative in China's exports and global value chains
PublicationResearch background: China is regarded as the “world factory” highly involved in international trade and plays an increasingly important role in the global value chains (GVC). Additionally, the “One-Belt One-Road” (OBOR) initiative was proposed by the Chinese government to further promote China in the international market. Purpose of the article: The article explores the role of the OBOR in China’s exports and global value...
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Kacper Wereszko mgr inż.
PeopleKacper Wereszko received the M.Sc. in 2016 (field of study: computer science, specialization: Internet technologies and algorithms). Since 2017 he is a Ph.D. student in the field of computer science. He works as assistant in Department of Algorithms and System Modelling. His research interests focus on security properties of graphs, domination problems in graphs and their practical applications.
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Jolanta Łopatowska dr inż.
PeopleJolanta Łopatowska, assistant professor at the Department of Management Engineering and Quality at the Faculty of Management and Economics, is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics at Gdańsk University of Technology and Institute of Organization and Design of Production Systems at Gdańsk University of Technology. She obtained Ph.D. degree in the discipline of Economic Science. Her scientific and research interests focus on organizationally...
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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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Signature Partitioning Using Selected Population-Based Algorithms
PublicationDynamic signature is a biometric attribute which is commonly used for identity verification. Artificial intelligence methods, especially population-based algorithms (PBAs), can be very useful in the dynamic signature verification process. They are able to, among others, support selection of the most characteristic descriptors of the signature or perform signature partitioning. In this paper, we focus on creating the most characteristic...
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Dynamic Signature Vertical Partitioning Using Selected Population-Based Algorithms
PublicationThe dynamic signature is a biometric attribute used for identity verification. It contains information on dynamics of the signing process. There are many approaches to the dynamic signature verification, including the one based on signature partitioning. Partitions are the regions created on the basis of signals describing the dynamics of the signature. They contain information on the shape of the signature characteristic of a...
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Electoral support for extreme right-wing parties: A sub-national analysis of western European elections
PublicationThis paper addresses two major limitations of cross-national research on electoral support for extreme right parties (ERPs) in western Europe: its almost exclusive focus on national-level data and its failure to examine the role of the social welfare state and social capital. We employ Tobit I estimations in an additive and interactive model and compute conditional coefficients and standard errors for several interactive variables....
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Multilevel Converters
PublicationThe newest Special Section is intended to focus on recent research and trends in application of multilevel converters. Multilevel converters have been extensively developed over the last two decades and show several important advantages of power electronic circuits, such as: operation at high voltages, harmonics reduction, higher efficiency, modularity, smaller size and lower cost. Also, thanks to increasing interest in renewable...
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Contemporary issues in production and utilisation of the common urban areas
PublicationThis paper deals with issues in production and utilization of common urban areas within contemporary cities. Therefore, the main focus of it was put on the analysis of the possible models of development of spaces in the context of changing socio-economic environment of cities and evolution of their structure. This issue is discussed also in light of the changing definition of the contemporary public space, which no longer resembles...
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OCHRONA PRYWATNOŚCI W SYSTEMACH MONITORINGU WIZYJNEGO, PRZEGLĄD OPRACOWANYCH ARCHITEKTUR I ALGORYTMÓW
PublicationNieustannie rozwijające się technologie informacyjne związane z inteligentnym monitoringiem wizyjnym stwarzają ryzyko niewłaściwego wykorzystywania danych osobowych. W celu zapewnienia prawidłowej ochrony materiału wizyjnego, w ramach projektów realizowanych w Katedrze Systemów Multimedialnych WETI PG, opracowany został szereg architektur i algorytmów, które ułatwiają ochronę danych wrażliwych, takich jak: wizerunki osób, numery...
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Green chromatography
PublicationAnalysis of organic compounds in samples characterized by different composition of the matrix is very important in many areas. A vast majority of organic compound determinations are performed using gas or liquid chromatographic methods. It is thus very important that these methods have negligible environmental impact. Chromatographic techniques have the potential to be greener at all steps of the analysis, from sample collection...
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Eco-friendly modification of bitumen: The effects of rubber wastes and castor oil on the microstructure, processability and properties
PublicationThe bitumen industry in the European Union is facing several difficulties, including rising demand, unstable oil supply, rising prices for synthetic polymer modifiers, and a focus on lowering carbon footprint. Bitumen modification with crumb rubber (CR) is one of the most promising solution to these challenges. However, CR-modified bitumen have poor processability and low storage stability. To overcome these flaws we are introducing...
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The Spatial Structure of Suburban Zones in Selected Entrepreneurship Nets of the Tricity Metropolitan Area
PublicationThe chapter describes spatial structures and forms of Polish suburban zones shown on the example of two selected towns in the Trojmiasto Metropolitan Area (TMA). The description of the spatial characteristics in the urban sprawl, with focus on the entrepreneurships nests is illustrated by the choice of typological features, such as: form, land use, density. Suburbanisation is described to be global, however one can observe individual...
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Short-term measurement of physiological parameters - child (2)
Open Research DataThe data set was obtained during the project focus on the determination of changes in physiological parameters due to a stressful situation.The measurements were conducted with the system which consists e.g. sensors of temperature, skin resistance, and pulse.Short-term (5 minutes) measurements of physiological parameters were performed on the healthy...
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UAV Survey Images - orthophotomap- Gdansk University of Technology campus photogrametry test field- MP1
Open Research DataDataset description: Raw images from photogrammetric survey. Object: The photogrametry test field within Gdansk University Of Technology CampusLocation: Gdansk, Pomerania, PolandDrone type: DJI Mavic Pro 1Flight plan: Single GridTarget Product: 3D ModelDate: 17.05.2022Direct georeferencing: yesMetadata data: yes/GPSGCP: YESGCP Quality: RTKCamera Name:...
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Microorganisms in the air within the Gdańsk-Szadółki landfill and adjacent area in 2015
Open Research DataThis data set contains the results of microbiological examination of air samples collected at Gdańsk Szadółki Landfill (Poland) in 2015. The range of examination included qualitative and quantitative assesment of selected species of bacteria and mold fungi, with particular focus on pathogenic and potentially pathogenic fungi and bacteria. The collected...
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Microorganisms in the air within the Gdańsk-Szadółki landfill and adjacent area in 2018
Open Research DataThis data set contains the results of microbiological examination of air samples collected at Gdańsk Szadółki Landfill (Poland) in 2018. The range of examination included qualitative and quantitative assesment of selected species of bacteria and mold fungi, with particular focus on pathogenic and potentially pathogenic fungi and bacteria. The collected...
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Microorganisms in the air within the Gdańsk-Szadółki landfill and adjacent area in 2017
Open Research DataThis data set contains the results of microbiological examination of air samples collected at Gdańsk Szadółki Landfill (Poland) in 2017. The range of examination included qualitative and quantitative assesment of selected species of bacteria and mold fungi, with particular focus on pathogenic and potentially pathogenic fungi and bacteria. The collected...
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Microorganisms in the air within the Gdańsk-Szadółki landfill and adjacent area in 2019
Open Research DataThis data set contains the results of microbiological examination of air samples collected at Gdańsk Szadółki Landfill (Poland) in 2019. The range of examination included qualitative and quantitative assesment of selected species of bacteria and mold fungi, with particular focus on pathogenic and potentially pathogenic fungi and bacteria. The collected...
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PERFORMANCE OF ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS IN LARGE BOWEL VIDEOS PROCESSING
PublicationComputer-assisted endoscopy is a rapidly developing eld of study. Many image anal- ysis algorithms exist, achieving very high rates of eciency at processing single endoscopic images. However, most of them were never tested in processing real-life endoscopic videos. In the article such tests of 16 endoscopy image analysis algorithms are presented and dis- cussed. Tests were performed on two real-life endoscopic videos of a human...
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Effect of solar radiation on current-carrying capacity of PVC-insulated power cables – the numerical point of view
PublicationPower cables are usually buried in the soil, which results in their relatively high current-carrying capacity. However, there are cases in which the starting/final section of a cable line runs along a pole of an overhead power line. Power cables can be directly exposed to solar radiation then, and this negatively influences their current-carrying capacity as well as estimated life of the cables’ insulation. An analysis of thermal...
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Interpolation methods in GPR tomographic imaging of linear and volume anomalies for cultural heritage diagnostics
PublicationThis paper presents results of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey conducted in St. Joseph’s Church in Gdańsk, Poland. The aim of the study was to produce tomographic imaging of a renovated floor as well as the objects buried under the floor to detect linear and volume inclusions. The assumed track spacing was meaningfully greater than the single signal spacing in each track, which induced the need for interpolation methods...
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Methodology for assessing end-user requirements in the Ella4Life project: elders’ perspectives about self-monitoring
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to explore elders’ perspectives about self-monitoring and using specially developed sensor technology for measuring health indicators. The qualitative research method is focus-groups with guidelines that were designed for understanding elder’s requirements about monitoring health indicators. We present them two devices: the first sensor is a device for monitoring of cardiac action potential fixed into...
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Non-Linear Interaction of Harmonic Waves in a Quasi-Isentropic Flow of Magnetic Gas
PublicationThe diversity of wave modes in the magnetic gas gives rise to a wide variety of nonlinear phenomenaassociated with these modes. We focus on the planar fast and slow magnetosound waves in the geometryof a flow where the wave vector forms an arbitrary angleθwith the equilibrium straight magnetic field.Nonlinear distortions of a modulated signal in the magnetic gas are considered and compared to thatin unmagnetised gas. The case of...
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Wykorzystanie programu AutoFocus do analizy protokołów kryptograficznych
PublicationAutoFocus jest narzędziem wspomagającym wytwarzanie systemów wbudowanych charakteryzujących się wysoką niezawodnością. Artykuł prezentuje studium przypadku zastosowania narzędzia i związanej z nim metody formalnej Focus do analizy bezpieczeństwa (ang. security) protokołu tworzenia podpisu cyfrowego w środowisku rozproszonym. Zastosowana metoda formalna wykorzystana została jako ostatni etap zintegrowanej metody oceny protokołów...