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Process Management Optimization

(Grupa Badawcza Optymalizacja Procesów Zarządzania)

RESEARCH GROUP

Process Management Optimization

(Grupa Badawcza Optymalizacja Procesów Zarządzania)

OUR TEAM


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Piotr Łebkowski

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Łebkowski Piotr

The Dean of the Faculty of Management at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. As an Associate Professor specializes in automation and robotics. His main fields of expertise include also discrete optimization and operations research.

Authored numerous textbooks and scientific monographs on flexible manufacturing systems, control system design, and computer-integrated manufacturing. Is a member of Editional Boards of several scientific journals, including “Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services” and „Technologia i Automatyzacja Montażu”.

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Katarzyna Gdowska

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Katarzyna Gdowska

Graduated from Management Science (MSc) at the AGH University of Science and Technology and from Philosophy (MA) at the Jagiellonian University. Received PhD in Industrial Engineering. Expert in the field of Operations Research and Management Science.

Specializes in scheduling and planning problems, including project planning, and managing problems. Develops optimization models for resource planning, transport, and logistics. Works as a researcher and assistant professor at the Faculty of Management at the AGH-UST in Krakow, Poland.

Colaborates with the Industrial Engineering and Management Centre (CEGI) of INESC TEC in Porto, Portugal. She is a Certified Academic Tutor; teaches classes on operations research, computer-aided tools for project planning and project management. She was a Principal Investigator in small grants aimed at innovations for SMEs. She was a Team Leader in Erasmus+ CBHE projects: “GameHub University-Enterprises Cooperation in Game Industry in Ukraine” and “MoPED – Modernization of Pedagogical Higher Education by Innovative Teaching Instruments”. Managing Editor of scientific journal „Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services”.

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Radosław Kapłan

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Kapłan Radosław

My main field of interest is evaluating the multi-criteria efficiency of innovative investment and as a teacher I deal with the broadly understood concept of quality and risk management with particular focus on the Statistical Process Control - which I have been teaching for 7 years.

I got my PhD for “Evaluation of the technological efficiency in coal gasification”. In this work I used Data Envelopment Analyzes method and data from project "Development of coal gasification technology for high production of fuels and energy” at which I also worked. The project was funded by the National Center for Research and Development within the strategic program of research and development: Advanced energy generation technologies – implementation of research projects:

  • 8.2.4: Economic efficiency evaluation of the ground and underground coal gasification technologies,
  • 8.3.2: Assessment of the ground and underground coal gasification projects using real options analysis,
  • 8.3.3: Strategic Assessment of the ground and underground coal gasification technologies using advanced multi-criteria optimization methods and expert methods,
  • 8.3.6: Determination of the priority directions of the coal gasification technologies development, their place in the country's energy policy with particular emphasis on energy security and CO2 emissions reduction.

Additionally over recent years, I have been carrying out due diligence projects for the extractive and energy industries. Over the years I have participated in works commissioned by: Veolia Energia Polska S.A., Będzin Sp. z o.o., TAURON Wytwarzanie S.A., PKN ORLEN S.A., ENEA S.A., Consiliari Partners Poland Sp. z.o.o., KHW S.A. These and others projects allowed me to apply and verify my academic knowledge and develop my soft skills.


Roger Książek

Roger Książek

Post-doc Researcher ID

Książek Roger

Graduated from Management Science (MSc) at the AGH University of Science and Technology. Holds his PHD in Industrial Engineering. Expert in the field of Operations Research and Management Science. Works as a researcher and assistant professor at the Faculty of Management at the AGH-UST in Krakow, Poland.

Specializes in scheduling and planning problems, including project planning, and managing problems. Develops optimization models for lot sizing and scheduling, delivery synchronization, bus timetabling, and other problems of industrial logistics. Authored or co-authored 2 books, 16 chapters, 11 journal articles, and 22 conference papers.

Co-organizer of conferences: “International Conference on Industrial Logistics ICIL” (2016) and „International Conference on Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services DMMS” (in 2017 and 2019).

Mikołaj Grotowski

Mikołaj Grotowski

PhD Candidate ID

Grotowski Mikołaj

Graduated from WAT Military University of Technology and AGH University of Science and Technology. Is PhD candidate in fields of Mechanical Engineering and Management and Quality. In research, he focuses on methods of forecasting phenomena related to the human factor, such as behavior in the event of a threat.

His work is supported by many years of professional experience in military and civilian positions. Now he works in the position of academic teacher preparing and conducting practical classes in the subjects of Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering and Multimedia Information Management.

Research

Grant: “Models for efficiency assessment of national anti-COVID-19 strategies” in the framework of the programme “Initiative for Excellence Research University” Duration: Nov. 2, 2020 – Nov. 2, 2021

Our project aims at developing mathematical models for efficiency assessment of national anti-COVID-19 strategies. Such models are indispensable for assessing the decisions undertaken by national crisis teams in terms of their consequences, so that strategies to be defined in the future can be much more coherent and effective. The assessment of counterstrategies against various risks and threats is not a new research subject, nevertheless such survey never has been conducted worldwide nor has been based on real data of nearly global coverage.

Adequate and effective tools for efficiency assessment of national anti-COVID-19 strategies are necessary to measure and compare strategies for dealing with SARS-CoV-2 pandemic deployed in different countries wit the reference to their economic and demographic situation. The WHO developed a list of recommended actions to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, but the decisions which of them to implement were undertaken by the state governments. Two dominant objectives of the undertaken actions may be indicated: (1) enduring the peak of the pandemic outbreak in the given country, and (2) limiting the impact of these actions on the national economy. Short-term and long-term social and economic effects result from both actions undertaken by the government in each moment as well as from the entire situation in the country, e.g., healthcare spending, the age structure of the population, or GNP. Obviously, the relationships between these factors are ambiguous, complex, and hard to precise determination; therefore, advanced research using statistical and econometric tools are needed to unify data and to confirm significant correlation between them.

The scope of our research is to explore models and methods for efficiency assessment of national anti-crisis strategies and their possible development and implementation in practice using real data of nearly global coverage of COVID-19 pandemic.

ABOUT US

Research Group “Process Management Optimization” (RG PMO) gathers people who want to collaborate in conducting research on applied Operations Research tools and techniques. The Principal Investigator is Prof. Piotr Łebkowski whose knowledge and experience will guide the group towards new challenges. The team members contribute to the Research Group with multifold experience of work in international research teams, teaching activities in the area of OR, and implementation of OR-based tools.

EXPERIENCE

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Publications

Books

  • Piotr Łebkowski, Iwona Skalna, Jerzy Duda, Bartłomiej Gaweł, Katarzyna Gdowska, Elżbieta Indyk, Marcin Klimek, Antoni Korcyl,Roger Książek, Marek Magiera, Analizy komputerowe i metody obliczeniowe w inżynierii produkcji [Computer Aided Analysis and Computational Methods in Production Engineering]. Kraków: Wydawnictwa AGH 2013.
  • Katarzyna Gdowska, Mateusz Jakubiak, Jadwiga Kamińska, Angelika Kmita, Joanna Kolczyk, Anna Korzeń,Roger Książek, Dominika Madej, Paweł Madejski, Agnieszka Pięta, Agnieszka Polończyk, Ryszard Prorok, Natalia Schmidt, Jacek Szczerba, Małgorzata Śliwka, Edyta Śnieżek, Dawid Taler, Sylwia Żymankowska-Kumon, Selected aspects of modern engineering. Kraków : AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2013.

Research Papers

  • Piotr Łebkowski, Krzysztof Kwaśniewski, Michał Kopacz, Paweł Grzesiak, Radosław Kapłan, Modele Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) wykorzystywane do oceny efektywności energochemicznego przetwórstwa węgla [Data envelopment Analysis (DEA) models used to efficiency evaluation of the energo-chemical coal processing]. Polityka Energetyczna, 2015, 18 (2), 43–59.
  • Radosław Kapłan, Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Selected tools for supporting decision making in the era of big data, in: CLC 2018 8th Carpathian Logistics Congress : logistics, distribution, transport & management : December 3rd–5th 2018, Prague : conference proceedings. Ostrava : TANGER Ltd. 2019, 527–532.
  • Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, A random search algorithm for cyclic delivery synchronization problem. LogForum, 2017, 13(3), 263–272.
  • Roger Książek, Katarzyna Gdowska, Algorytmy heurystyczne wyznaczania wielkości produkcji dla znanego harmonogramu przezbrojeń dla zadania planowania wielkości i szeregowania partii produkcyjnych [Heuristics algorithms for lot-sizing in a case with pre-definied changeovers schedule for the lot-sizing and scheduling problem]. Logistyka, 2014, 4, 4597–4608.
  • Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Budowa algorytmu genetycznego dla zadania CLSP planowania wielkości i szeregowania partii produkcyjnej [The structure of the genetic algorithm of lot-sizing and scheduling problem formulated as capacitated lot sizing problem]. In TLM 2011 Total Logistic Management: XV konferencja logistyki stosowanej: Zakopane, 08–10 grudnia 2011: [materiały konferencyjne]. Warszawa: Komitet Transportu Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2011.
  • Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Choice of optimisation criteria for the timetabling problem in city public transportation for tram lines sharing intermediate stops. In: Aspects of production engineering and management, Piotr Łebkowski (ed.). Kraków: AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2011, 107–121.
  • Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Cyclic delivery scheduling to customers with different priorities. LogForum, 2013, 9(4), 283–292.
  • Cyclic delivery-scheduling problem with synchronization of vehicles' arrivals at logistic centers — Problem harmonogramowania dostaw cyklicznych z warunkiem synchronizacji przyjazdów do centrów przeładunkowych / Katarzyna Zofia GDOWSKA, Roger KSIĄŻEK // LogForum ; ISSN 1895-2038. — 2015 t. 11 nr 4, s. 341–350.
  • Logistics of frequent services – a vehicle routing problem with time windows / Katarzyna Zofia GDOWSKA, Roger KSIĄŻEK // W: CLC'2013 [Dokument elektroniczny] : Carpathian Logistics Congress : December 9\textsuperscript{th}–11\textsuperscript{th} 2013, Cracow, Poland. — Wersja do Windows. — Dane tekstowe. — [Czech Republic] : TANGER Ltd., cop. 2013. — 1 dysk optyczny. — e-ISBN: 978-80-87294-46-8. — S. [1–6]. — Wymagania systemowe: Adobe Reader ; napęd CD-ROM. — Bibliogr. s. [6], Abstr.

Conference Speeches

  • Radosław Kapłan, Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Selected tools for supporting decision making in the era of big data. CLC 2018 : 8th Carpathian Logistics Congress: logistics, distribution, transport & management. December 3–5 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Radosław Kapłan, Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Systemy zarządzania ryzykiem w przemyśle energetycznym [Risk management systems in the power sector]. Zarządzanie przedsiębiorstwem: teoria i praktyka. XIX międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa. 1–2 lipca 2019, Kraków-Racławice.
  • Roger Książek, Katarzyna Gdowska, A MILP model for assignment problem with time windows for loading parcel Lockers. DMMS 2017 & ZTS XX : 1st international conference Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services & XX jubilee symposium Applications of systems theory. Zakopane, September 26–30, 2017.
  • Katarzyna Gdowska, Roger Książek, Lexicographic approach for the multi-period interval synchronization problem in urban public transport. CLC 2018 : 8th Carpathian Logistics Congress: logistics, distribution, transport & management. December 3–5 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Roger Książek, Katarzyna Gdowska, Optymalizacja zarządzania przestrzenią magazynową paczkomatu — [Optimization model for storage space utilization in a parcel station]. Zarządzanie przedsiębiorstwem: teoria i praktyka. XIX międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa. 1–2 lipca 2019, Kraków-Racławice.
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