Combining Fix and Relax Heuristic and LP-Metric Method to Solve the Multi-Objective Integrated Production-Routing Problem

Production routing problem is one of the problems of the integrated planning that interests in optimizing simultaneously production, inventory, and distribution planning. This chapter has the purpose of developing two mono-objective models for the production-routing problem: one of them minimizes the total costs which is the classical objective while the other one minimizes the energy consumed by the production system. A bi-objective model is then proposed to combine the two objectives mentioned previously using LP-metric method. To solve big instances of the problem in reasonable time, an approximate approach is proposed using the rolling horizon-based fix and relax heuristic. Finally, computational results are presented to compare the solutions obtained by both approaches.

Court expert status in Poland. Flagging up the selected problems

The intent of this written presentation is to analyse the multi-faceted issue of the position and functioning of court experts in the Polish legal system. Particular attention should be paid in this respect to the appointment and verification of the competencies of candidates for experts, as well as to the instruments of control over their work. These selected aspects are extremely important, not only from the point of view of public interest, but in particular from the perspective of the party’s right to a fair trial, and to have the case heard within a reasonable time. The problems identified and briefly discussed have a structural and systemic nature, and result in arrangements which confirm the necessity for legislative changes proposed for many years, relating to court experts as well as to the practice of judicial authorities. The discussion of these issues has an informative purpose, especially for readers unfamiliar with the Polish legal system.

TRIAL WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Trial within a reasonable time is a legal standard established to shorten lengthy court proceedings that have become a global problem. Their purpose is to create the most efficient judicial system possible without compromising the principle of fairness. A significant step towards that goal is the Law on the Protection of the Right to Trial within a Reasonable Time, which was passed in the Republic of Serbia in 2015. By applying this law, a combined system of protection of this right was adopted, in which protection is realized during the duration of the procedure but also after the end of the procedure. The aim of this paper is to consider the level of protection of this right in Serbia due to the adoption of the Law on Protection of the Right to Trial within a Reasonable Time.

Procedural Rights Supporting Expeditious Trials for Juveniles

Delays pending trials can negatively impact juveniles. Encouragingly, the right of juvenile defendants to be tried within a reasonable time has been enshrined in international and regional human rights instruments. To support and strengthen the realisation of this specific right, several additional procedural entitlements, to which existing scholarship has paid limited attention, are of importance. This article focuses on how the rights to an effective remedy and legal representation can support the fulfilment of expeditious trials for juveniles. Furthermore, it analyses to what extent these two identified rights have been incorporated into significant international human rights standards and, specifically, in the Cambodian, Philippine and Vietnamese legislative frameworks. It identifies lessons Cambodia can draw from the latter two countries.

Gaps, conflicts and contradictions regarding measures to ensure the right to a fair trial of the convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms

The first paragraph of Article 6 states that the right to a fair trial is when everyone has the right to a fair and impartial hearing in a court of law within a reasonable time, independently of the law governing the dispute over his rights and obligations. both civil and other (criminal, administrative) nature and the establishment of the accusation against her. The court decision must be made public, but the press and the public may not be allowed in the courtroom during the entire time the case is heard in court or only part of the hearing in the interests of a democratic society, namely morality, public order, national security, and this is required by the interests of the juvenile or the protection of the privacy of individuals, or, if the Court has found the measure necessary, when, in special circumstances, the publicity of the proceedings may be prejudicial to the interests of justice.

CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE INDEXATION OF THE AWARDED SUMS OF MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 208 OF THE CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Автором сопоставляется институт индексации присужденных денежных средств с компенсацией за нарушение права на исполнение судебного акта в разумный срок, анализируется законопроект 2021 года о внесении изменений в статью 208 Гражданского процессуального кодекса Российской Федерации и высказывается мнение о необходимости определения временных критериев для возникновения права стороны по делу обратиться с заявлением об индексации присужденных сумм. he author compares the institution of indexation of awarded funds with compensation for violation of the right to execute a judicial act within a reasonable time, analyzes the draft law of 2021 on amendments to Article 208 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and expresses the opinion that it is necessary to determine the time criteria for the emergence of the right of a party to the case to apply for indexation of the awarded amounts.

Deep Learning Approaches to Earth Observation Change Detection

The interest in change detection in the field of remote sensing has increased in the last few years. Searching for changes in satellite images has many useful applications, ranging from land cover and land use analysis to anomaly detection. In particular, urban change detection provides an efficient tool to study urban spread and growth through several years of observation. At the same time, change detection is often a computationally challenging and time-consuming task; therefore, a standard approach with manual detection of the elements of interest by experts in the domain of Earth Observation needs to be replaced by innovative methods that can guarantee optimal results with unquestionable value and within reasonable time. In this paper, we present two different approaches to change detection (semantic segmentation and classification) that both exploit convolutional neural networks to address these particular needs, which can be further refined and used in post-processing workflows for a large variety of applications.

Criteria for Assessing the Violation of the Right to a Trial Within a Reasonable Time

The well-known sentence in English Justice delayed is justice denied confirms historical awareness of the value of a speedy court decision. The right to a fair trial within a reasonable time applies to both civil and criminal proceedings. In a criminal trial, the issue of adjournment may also be regulated under Article 5 paragraph 3 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms when a person is detained. The rationale for the principle, in criminal proceedings, is “based on the need to allow the accused not to remain for too long in a state of uncertainty as to the outcome of criminal charges against him” (Kart v. Turkey, European Court of Human Rights, 2009). Furthermore, the variability of criminal proceedings that take too long - generally damages the reputation of the alleged offender. The European Court of Human Rights explained that “the reason for the verdict in so many lenghty proceedings is that certain contracting parties have not complied with the ‘reasonable time’ requirement under Article 6 paragraph 1 of the European Convention and have not prescribed a domestic remedy for this type of appeal” (Scordino v. Italy (no. 1) [GC], 2006-V).

Towards Representative Web Performance Measurements with Google Lighthouse

Web performance testing with tools such as Google Lighthouse is a common task in software practice and research. However, variability in time-based performance measurement results is observed quickly when using the tool, even if the website has not changed. This can occur due to variability in the network, web, and client devices. In this paper, we investigated how this challenge was addressed in the existing literature. Furthermore, an experiment was conducted, highlighting how unrepresentative measurements can result from single runs; thus, researchers and practitioners are advised to run performance tests multiple times and use an aggregation value. Based on the empirical results, 5 consecutive runs using a median to aggregate results reduce variability greatly, and can be performed in a reasonable time. The study’s findings alert to p otential pitfalls when using single run-based measurement results and serve as guidelines for future use of the tool.

Procedure for applying to the European Court of Human Rights

In this article, the authors explore the theoretical and practical aspects of the procedure for addressing the European Court of Human Rights. Many citizens of the Republic of Moldova apply to the European Court of Human Rights for the protection of violated rights. For several years and as a result of various factors, the Court has been overwhelmed by the number of individual applications. However, the vast majority of these applications (over 95%) are rejected, without being examined on the merits, because they did not meet one of the admissibility criteria provided by the European Convention on Human Rights. This situation creates a double frustration. On the one hand, having the obligation to respond to each request, the Court does not have the opportunity to focus, within a reasonable time, on cases that require a substantive examination, and this is of no real use to litigants. On the other hand, the actions of tens of thousands of applicants are rejected without appeal, often after years of waiting. The proposals of the authors, who must increase the guarantees of human rights protection, are very important.