Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko's 45-year scientific journey

Wilczewska, Martyna; Bokun, Katarzyna; Ginevičius, Romualdas Article Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko's 45-year scientific journey Journal of Business Economics and Management (JBEM) Provided in Cooperation with: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) Suggested Citation: Wilczewska, Martyna; Bokun, Katarzyna; Ginevičius, Romualdas (2024) : Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko's 45-year scientific journey, Journal of Business Economics and Management (JBEM), ISSN 2029-4433, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Vol. 25, Iss. 3, pp. 419-436, https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2024.21556 This Version is available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/317686 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. 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Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University ISSN 1611-1699 / eISSN 2029-4433 2024 Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 419–436 https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2024.21556 EXPLORING THE SYNERGY OF TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: AN OVERVIEW OF PROFESSOR JOANICJUSZ NAZARKO’S 45-YEAR SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY Martyna WILCZEWSKA 1, Katarzyna BOKUN 2, Romualdas GINEVIČIUS 3 1Faculty of Engineering Management, Bialystok University of Technology, Białystok, Poland 2Glosel sp. z o.o. sp. k., Białystok, Poland 3Faculty of Business Management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania Article History: Abstract. This article presents Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko’s outstanding achievements in research, scientific cooperation, teaching and organizational work, in celebration of the 45th jubilee of his scientific work. Over the years, Professor Nazarko has contributed significantly to the development of technical and social sciences in Poland. He authored more than 300 publications, which constitutes a substantial knowledge base on its own. Using bibliometric and statistical methods and techniques, we present an overview of Professor’s most important scientific achievements and major works. We also highlight his efforts to establish a national and international network for scientific cooperation. Lastly, we present his didactic successes. This jubilee serves as the opportunity to recognize and honour Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko’s significant contribution to the development of science in Poland. ■ received 1 February 2024 ■ accepted 15 April 2024 Keywords: scientific work, scientific cooperation, higher education, electrical engineering, forecasting, benchmarking, productivity analysis, foresight, logistics and supply chain management. JEL Classification: I23, O39, A29. Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] JOURNAL of BUSINESS ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2023 marks the 45th year of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko’s scientific work. This jubilee serves as an opportunity to present Professor’s achievements in scientific and educational work and highlight his efforts in developing Bialystok University of Technology, his home university, as an important research and education center. Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko pursued his scientific career in fields of technical sciences (currently referred to in Poland as engineering and technology) and economic sciences (currently considered a discipline within the field of social sciences). He is the only Polish scientist to have been awarded the title of professor by the President of the Republic of Poland in two fields of science, which is reflected in his significant scientific output. Over the course of 45 years, Professor has authored or edited more than 300 scientific publications of all sorts (i.e., articles, chapters, monographs, conference presentations and proceedings, speeches and panel discussions). He cooperated with scientists from more than 100 Polish and foreign Review 420 M. Wilczewska et al. Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor... universities and other institutions; he participated in more than 50 projects and grants of national and international reach. Such an extensive scale of scientific output justifies, in our opinion, using bibliometric and statistical methods and techniques – and, thus, treating this output as an object of study – in order to present Professor’s most important achievements. The rest of the article is structured as follows: the next section presents a brief overview of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko’s scientific career over 45 years of his work. Next, a review of Professor’s research achievements is presented using the bibliometric analysis techniques such as performance analysis, clustering, and visualization (Donthu et al., 2021). The subsequent section contains information and statistics on Professor’s domestic and international cooperation on written publications, presentations, speeches and panel discussions, and projects and grants. Finally, Professor’s achievements in scientific supervision, teaching and popularization of science are presented and followed by conclusions. 2. The scientific career of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko obtained his first degrees at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1978, he earned a master’s degree in engineering with a specialization in electrical power engineering. In 1983, he completed his doctorate in technical sciences in the field of electrical engineering, and in 1992, he was awarded a postdoctoral degree in engineering sciences with a focus on automation, electronics, and electrical engineering. In 1998, by the order of the President of the Republic of Poland, he was granted the title of professor of technical sciences, and in 2015, he was honored with the title of professor of economic sciences. Throughout his career, Professor Nazarko has been closely associated with Bialystok University of Technology. He held the position of the university’s rector from 2005 to 2008 and served as the dean of the Faculty of Management during the terms of 2002–2005 and 2008–2016. Presently, he holds the position of a professor at the Faculty of Engineering Management, where he lectures on the implementation of research and development work and conducts scientific seminars for students and doctoral students. Additionally, he serves as the chairman of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Engineering Management. He also holds an associate professorship at the Université du Québec in Trois-Rivières, Canada, and an honorary professorship at Zhejiang University Ningbo Institute of Technology in Ningbo, China. Professor Nazarko has authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific publications, many of which have found their place in prestigious scientific journals. He has also presented the outcomes of his research at numerous national and international scientific conferences. He has played a pivotal role as the principal investigator in numerous research projects, which received funding from Polish institutions such as National Science Centre and National Centre for Research and Development, as well as international bodies, including the European Commission. His commitment to advancing his knowledge led to him being awarded various scientific scholarships that facilitated his studies and participation in specialized courses abroad, including scholarships under TEMPUS, IREX, or Erasmus programs. Furthermore, Professor Nazarko’s dedication to academic excellence has seen him undertake research internships at several esteemed institutions worldwide. Professor Nazarko is a member of numerous scientific organizations and associations. He serves as a member of the Committee on Production Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the Chairman of both the International Society for Manufacturing, Service, and Management Engineering and the Polish Branch of IEEE Technology and Engineering. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2024, 25(3), 419–436 421 Additionally, from 2004 to 2015 he was the Chairman of the Podlasie branch of the Polish Production Management Association and served as an President of the Association of Engineering Project and Production Management from 2018 to 2020. Besides his organizational roles, he actively contributes to the academic community by serving on the editorial boards of several esteemed scientific journals, including, among others, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, Management and Production Engineering Review, or Engineering Management in Production and Services. Furthermore, between 2016 and 2020, he served as a member of the Council of the National Center for Research and Development, and since 2020 he has been serving as a member of the Steering Committee of the GOSPOSTRATEG strategic research and development program led by the National Center for Research and Development. He has been acting as an advisor in these entities, offering his expertise and playing a key role in evaluating research proposals and setting research priorities. Professor Nazarko received numerous awards for his outstanding scientific, teaching and organizational achievements. He was awarded, among others, the Silver Badge of Honor of the SEP (1994), the Medal of the Commission of National Education (1995), the Gold Cross of Merit (2001), the Gold Badge of the Council of Polish Engineers in North America (2007), individual award of the first degree from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for organizational achievements (2007, 2008), the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2019), the SEP medal of Prof. Stanislaw Frize (2019), and numerous awards from the Rector of the Bialystok University of Technology. 3. Scientific work and accomplishments Professor Nazarko has a rich record of scientific and research activities. This section presents information on Professor’s publication activities, with a focus on the main research directions throughout his 45-year scientific path. Table 1 presents a numerical summary of published works, including authored and co-authored works. Table 1. Summary of published scientific publications Type of publication Authored Co-authored Total Books 4 27 31 Book chapters 1 38 39 Journal articles 5 75 80 Conference papers 10 86 96 Abstracts, speeches and communications 24 53 77 Total 44 279 323 Overall, Professor Nazarko’s scientific contribution includes authorship or editorship of 31 monographs. He has authored regarded academic textbooks on forecasting (Nazarko, 2022, 2018, 2005, 2004b, 2004c) and has also served as the editor of several monographs on management and production engineering (Kowalczewski & Nazarko, 2006; Nazarko & Kiełtyka, 2008). He has authored or co-authored 39 chapters in collective publications, 80 scientific articles and 77 abstracts, speeches or communications. He has published in reputable scientific journals, for example IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Broadwater et al., 1997), IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Sargent et al., 1994), IEEE Transactions on 422 M. Wilczewska et al. Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor... Engineering Management (Nazarko et al., 2022b), IEEE Sensors Journal (Gao et al., 2021), Foresight and STI Governance (Ejdys et al., 2019), Progress in Planning (Bokun & Nazarko, 2023), and Technological and Economic Development of Economy (Chodakowska & Nazarko, 2020b; Nazarko & Kononiuk, 2013). Many of his works are indexed in prestigious scientific databases such as Web of Science and Scopus. Table 2 shows the most cited publications according to Web of Science and Scopus. Table 2. Most frequently cited articles co-authored by Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko according to Web of Science and Scopus databases No Title Citation count Authors WoS Scopus 1. Application of DEA method in efficiency evaluation of public higher education institutions 96 102 Nazarko and Šaparauskas (2014) 2. The fuzzy regression approach to peak load estimation in power distribution systems 71 86 Nazarko and Zalewski (1999) 3. Estimating substation peaks from load research data 48 57 Broadwater et al. (1997) 4. Estimation of diversity and kWHR-to-peak-kW factors from load research data 45 55 Sargent et al. (1994) 5. Future trends in road pavement technologies development in the context of environmental protection 31 38 Radziszewski et al. (2016) Among the most cited publications are those in electric engineering (Nazarko & Zalewski, 1999; Broadwater et al., 1997; Sargent et al., 1994) foresight (Radziszewski et al., 2016), and benchmarking and productivity analysis (Nazarko & Šaparauskas, 2014). The most cited publication is the article “Application of DEA method in efficiency evaluation of public higher education institutions” published in 2014 in Technological and Economic Development of Economy (Nazarko & Šaparauskas, 2014). It was followed by the article “The fuzzy regression approach to peak load estimation in power distribution systems” published in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Nazarko & Zalewski, 1999) and “Estimating substation peaks from load research data” published in IEEE Transactions On Power Delivery (Broadwater et al., 1997), respectively. Throughout his 45-year research career, Professor has conducted research in many areas. In order to present the main research directions, a keyword analysis of his publications was conducted. This included books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers. The final set contained 246 publications, including 116 publications in English, 123 publications in Polish and 7 publications in Russian. For non-English publications, the keywords indicated by the author(s) were translated into English. If no keywords were indicated, they were completed based on the publication title or abstract. Graphical visualization of keyword links was prepared using the VOSviewer software. The file containing the keywords was exported to text format and loaded into the program. The list of keywords contained 479 words. In these case, the largest set of connected items Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2024, 25(3), 419–436 423 included 413 words. In order to reduce the number of keywords and simplify their visualization, the minimum number of occurrences of a keyword was limited to two. This yielded 144 keywords showing interconnectedness. Words having the same meaning (e.g., demand side management and DSM) were combined using a prepared thesaurus file. The final map contained 137 keywords. Figure 1 shows the keyword co-occurrence map. Figure 1. Keyword co-occurrence map (source: own elaboration generated on 14 August 2023 using VOSviewer version 1.6.18) The most frequently used keywords (total number of occurrences >10) are power distribution systems and foresight. Also commonly used were words forecasting, energy market, load estimation, benchmarking, data envelopment analysis (DEA), electric power distribution, fuzzy sets, ARIMA, efficiency, and higher education (total number of occurrences >10). The words with the highest number of links to other words (total link strength >30) were power distribution systems, electric power distribution, load estimation, fuzzy sets, mathematical models, electric loads, foresight, and forecasting. By analyzing the co-occurrence of words, thirteen clusters were identified and then grouped into five main thematic areas. Table 3 shows the identified research areas and sub-areas with examples of publications. Table 3. Main areas and sub-areas of research with examples of publications Thematic areas Thematic subareas Examples of publications Electrical engineering Estimation of operating states of power distribution networks Nazarko (1993), Broadwater et al. (1997), Sargent et al. (1994), Charytoniuk and Nazarko (1992), Nazarko and Zalewski (1996) Computerized solutions for power distribution systems Nazarko and Truszkowski (1985), Kujszczyk and Nazarko (1989), Nazarko (2001) Modern methods of analysis in electric power engineering Nazarko et al. (1995), Nazarko and Styczynski (1999), Nazarko et al. (1999b) Electricity demand management Nazarko and Jurczuk (1996a, 1996b), Nazarko and Styczynski (1999) Forecasting Forecasting theory Nazarko (2022, 2018, 2005, 2004b, 2004c) ARIMA models Nazarko et al. (2005), Chodakowska et al. (2021), Chodakowska et al. (2023), Nazarko et al. (2006) 424 M. Wilczewska et al. Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor... Thematic areas Thematic subareas Examples of publications Benchmarking and productivity analysis Benchmarking in higher education institutions Nazarko et al. (2009), Nazarko and Kuźmicz (2013), Nazarko and Šaparauskas (2014) Benchmarking in the corporate sector Nazarko (2004a), Nazarko et al. (2007) Applications of the DEA method Nazarko and Chodakowska (2015), Chodakowska and Nazarko (2016), Nazarko and Chodakowska (2017), Chodakowska and Nazarko (2017), Nazarko et al. (2022a) Foresight Theoretical basis of foresight studies Nazarko (2013a), Kononiuk and Nazarko (2014) Regional economic foresight Szum and Nazarko (2020), Nazarko (2013b, 2013d) Technology foresight Nazarko et al. (2015a, 2015b), Radziszewski et al. (2016), Nazarko et al. (2017b, 2017c, 2022b) Sectoral foresight Nazarko et al. (2013), Ejdys et al. (2015), Radziszewski (2016) Logistics and supply chain management Supply chain management Szymczak et al. (2018), Leończuk et al. (2019), Ryciuk and Nazarko (2020) Projects and initiatives in logistics Nazarko and Urban (2010), Nazarko et al. (2016, 2017a), Nazarko and Kuźmicz (2017), Wilczewska et al. (2022) Keyword analysis allowed us to identify five main thematic areas: electrical engineering, forecasting, benchmarking, foresight, and logistics and supply chain management. It should be noted that Professor Nazarko’s research interests have evolved over the years. Initially, his research focused on the field of technical sciences, with a particular emphasis on electrical engineering. Before obtaining his doctorate in 1983, he worked on fault localization in electric power distribution networks (Nazarko, 1983). This period of research culminated in the conferment of his doctoral degree by the Council of the Electrical Faculty of the Warsaw University of Technology in 1983. Subsequently, Professor Nazarko directed his efforts towards the static and dynamic estimation of operating states in electric power grids, making significant contributions to the development of the theoretical foundations in this field (Charytoniuk & Nazarko, 1992; Nazarko & Zalewski, 1996; Nazarko, 1993). After receiving his postdoctoral degree in 1992, he focused on electricity demand management (Nazarko & Jurczuk, 1996b). Several of his papers from this period address the use of computerized solutions in the energy industry (Nazarko & Truszkowski, 1985). He also conducted research using modern research methods in the electric power industry, including statistics (Nazarko & Zalewski, 1996), probabilistic (Nazarko et al., 1995), and neural networks (Nazarko & Styczynski, 1999). His impactful scientific articles in electrical engineering found their place in well-known international scientific journals: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Sargent et al., 1994) and IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Broadwater et al., 1997). During that period, Professor Nazarko had already published numerous works that skillfully integrated both technical and economic aspects (Nazarko & Jurczuk, 1996a). His particular area of expertise lay in the field of forecasting, where he authored several academic End of Table 3 Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2024, 25(3), 419–436 425 textbooks. These textbooks delved into the practical application of forecasting methods in the realm of business management, encompassing topics such as time series analysis (Nazarko, 2004c), adaptive models (Nazarko, 2005), trend models (Nazarko, 2018), and ARIMA models (Nazarko, 2022). In addition to his written contributions, Professor Nazarko explored the versatile application of ARIMA models across various domains, including their utilization in predicting sales (Chrabołowska & Nazarko, 2004), electrical load (Nazarko et al., 2005; Chodakowska et al., 2021), and solar radiation (Chodakowska et al., 2023). A clear reorientation toward economic sciences occurred after he was awarded the title of professor of technical sciences in 1998. Keyword analysis allowed us to identify three more research directions: benchmarking, foresight, and logistics and supply chain management. In case of the first area, Professor Nazarko has been involved in analyzing the productivity of corporate sector units and public sector institutions. He conducted research on the use of benchmarking to assess the productivity of entrepreneurial ventures (Nazarko, 2004a; Nazarko et al., 2007) and he contributed to the development and practical implementation of the idea of benchmarking for the evaluation of higher education institutions (Nazarko et al., 2009; Nazarko & Kuźmicz, 2013). He has also pioneered the use of Data Envelopment Analysis in assessing productivity of public sector organizations and units (Nazarko & Šaparauskas, 2014). He has made significant contributions to both the development of theoretical foundations and the practical implementation of these concepts. Professor Nazarko has a substantial academic record in the field of foresight, evidenced by numerous publications in books and articles in recognized Polish and foreign journals. He has conducted cognitive and implication research to develop the theoretical foundations of foresight, including the enhancement of foresight methods such as entended SWOT analysis (Szum & Nazarko, 2020), STEEPVL analysis (Nazarko & Kuźmicz, 2017), and structural analysis (Nazarko et al., 2017c). He is also a co-developer of a scenario construction methodology (Kononiuk & Nazarko, 2014; Nazarko, 2013a). Professor’s primary interests lie in three types of foresight: technological foresight (Radziszewski et al., 2016), regional foresight (Nazarko, 2013b), and sectoral foresight (Nazarko et al., 2013). Many of his publications in this area stem from ongoing foresight projects like NT for Podlaskie or foresight survey conducted as part of the project “Mazovian Economic Information Center”. His research findings from these projects have been disseminated through numerous publications, demonstrating the broader academic and practical impact of his work (Nazarko et al., 2022b; Nazarko, 2013b). The last thematic domain identified is logistics and supply chain management. Within this area, two distinct research sub-areas have been delineated: supply chain management and logistics projects and initiatives. Within the first sub-area, Professor has conducted research on identifying factors that influence the establishment of trust-based cooperation in the supply chain (Ryciuk & Nazarko, 2020) and on issues related to information management within supply chains (Szymczak et al., 2018). He has also explored the measurement of adaptive supply chain performance (Leończuk et al., 2019). The domain of logistics projects and initiatives encompasses a wide spectrum of research topics related to the planning, execution, and optimization of logistics projects. His work not only addresses the theoretical aspects but also provides practical insights that can be applied to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of logistics projects such as New Silk Road or Rail Baltica. He has investigated the potential of initiatives (Nazarko et al., 2016), countries’ capacity to participate (Nazarko et al., 2017a), factors influencing initiative development (Nazarko & Kuźmicz, 2017), and their impact on participating regions (Wilczewska et al., 2022). 426 M. Wilczewska et al. Exploring the synergy of technical and social sciences: An overview of Professor... In addition to his extensive contributions in the fields of electrical engineering, forecasting, benchmarking, foresight, and logistics, Professor Nazarko also explores emerging research directions, including computational intelligence (Gao et al., 2021, 2022; Orłowski et al., 2017), development measurement (Ginevičius et al., 2021), and intelligent concepts of rural development (Bokun & Nazarko, 2023). 4. Domestic and international cooperation During his 45 years of scientific work, Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko has worked with many scientists from Poland and abroad. This section presents information about Professor’s activities and collaborations in the area of written publications, presentations, speeches and panel discussions, and projects and grants. 5. Written publications Out of his 246 written publications (i.e., monographs, chapters, articles and conference papers, both written and edited), Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko was sole writer or sole editor of 17 works. On 117 other works he collaborated with colleagues from Bialystok University of Technology (BUT). The remaining 112 works were Professor’s collaborations with scientist from other Polish and foreign universities. Figure 2 presents the detailed overview of Professor’s publications. Note: 12 works that Professor both authored and edited were included once, based on aggregated information. Figure 2. Scientific collaborations of Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko – written publications Sole-authored and sole-edited publications (e.g., Nazarko, 2011) accounted for around 7% of Professor’s written work. Other 93% were the result of scientific collaborations, in almost equal parts at BUT (47.6%) and outside of Professor’s home university (45.5%). At BUT, in the vast majority of instances he collaborated with scientists from two faculties: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Faculty of Engineering Management. He engaged in different types of works, including leading multi-departmental teams in conducting largescale research (Nazarko, 2013d), compiling thematic papers focused on the development of a particular field (Nazarko & Ejdys, 2011; Kowalczewski & Nazarko, 2006), creating academic textbooks (Nazarko, 2022, 2018, 2005, 2004b, 2004c), or working with young researchers and supporting them in embarking on their publication work (Bokun & Nazarko, 2023; Wilczewska et al., 2022; Nazarko et al., 2009). During his 45 years of scientific work, Professor Joanicjusz Nazarko collaborated with 61 colleagues from BUT on written publications. Regarding Professor’s scientific collaborations outside of BUT, almost half of the instances (47.3%) accounted for his work with scientists from other Polish universities; Polish universities were also accounted for in joint research teams from both Polish and foreign universities (14.3%). Table 4 presents the five Polish universities with which Professor collaborated most frequently on his written publications. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2024, 25(3), 419–436 433 Feser, K., Hadjsaid, N., Herlender, K., Nazarko, J., Prochownik, A., Stroev, V., Styczynski, Z. A., Vale, A., & Voropai, N. (1998). A transeuropean project dealing with the use of energy storage in power system. In K. Feser & Z. A. Styczynski (Eds.), Distributed energy storage for power systems. Selected problems (pp. 9–22). Verlag Mainz. Gao, K., Wang, H., & Nazarko, J. (2022). An efficient data acquisition and processing scheme for wireless multimedia sensor networks. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022, Article 6394029. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6394029 Gao, K., Wang, H., Nazarko, J., & Chobanov, G. (2021). Indoor trajectory prediction algorithm based on communication analysis of built-in sensors in mobile terminals. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(22), 25234– 25242. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3058141 Ginevičius, R., Nazarko, J., Gedvilaitė, D., & Dacko-Pikiewicz, Z. (2021). Quantifying the economic development dynamics of a country based on the Lorenz curve. E&M Economics and Management, 24(1), 55–65. https://doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2021-1-004 Ginevičius, R., Nazarko, J., Gedvilaite, D., & Petraskevicius, V. (2023). Ranking the importance of multicriteria evaluation indicators based on their transitivity. Economics and Sociology, 16(4), 309–320. https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2023/16-4/15 Kononiuk, A., & Nazarko, J. (2014). Scenariusze w antycypowaniu i kształtowaniu przyszłości. Wolters Kluwer. Kowalczewski, W., & Nazarko, J. (Eds.). (2006). Instrumenty zarządzania współczesnym przedsiębiorstwem. Difin. Kujszczyk, S., & Nazarko, J. (1989). Zadania sterowania w czasie rzeczywistym pracą elektroenergetycznych sieci rozdzielczych. Energetyka, 2, 40–43. Kujszczyk, S., Nazarko, J., Charytoniuk, W., & Broadwater, R. P. (1993). The effect of expert evaluations on the efficiency of decision processes in power distribution systems. In Athens Power Tech. NTUA-IEEE/ PES Joint International Conference (pp. 606–610). https://doi.org/10.1109/APT.1993.673870 Leończuk, D., Ryciuk, U., Szymczak, M., & Nazarko, J. (2019). Measuring performance of adaptive supply chains. In A. Kawa & A. Maryniak (Eds.), SMART supply network (pp. 89–110). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91668-2_5 Nazarko, J. (1983). Model matematyczny procesu poszukiwania uszkodzonego odcinka w elektroenergetycznej sieci rozdzielczej średniego napięcia. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Białostockiej. Nauki Techniczne Nr 41, Elektryka Nr 1, 59–67. Nazarko, J. (1993). Modeling of Power Distribution Systems. Monographs No. 22. Bialystok Technical University Publisher. Nazarko, J. (2000). 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