New Generic Approach for the Analysis of Energy Conversion System Models

The purpose of the article is to study the economic and legal nature of the franchise agreement in Poland. Since franchising in this country has become the most common way of establishing a business, it is advisable to identify the key economic and legal features of the franchise agreement in which the parties specify their rights and obligations, the franchise price, the duration of the franchise relations, the procedure for performing calculations, etc. The subject of the study is a franchise agreement in Poland. Research methodology. The research is based on the use of general scientific and special-scientific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge. The dialectical method allowed us to investigate the definition of a franchise agreement in Poland and its key terms. The comparative legal method was used to compare doctrinal approaches to this issue. The statistical method was used to establish data that reflects the effectiveness of franchising activities. The method of system analysis helped to find out in which areas of economic activity franchising is most demanded. Interpretation of the content of Polish legal acts governing issues related to the conclusion of a franchise agreement in this country was realized with the help of the normative-dogmatic method. The system-structural method was used to study the franchise agreement in Poland as a single entity (system) with the coordinated functioning of all its elements. The methods of grouping and classifying formed the basis for separating the list of conditions, which are necessary for concluding a franchise agreement in Poland, as well as provisions that should be included in the content of this agreement. Methods of analysis and synthesis helped to study some parts of this agreement to formulate further conclusions. Practical application. The positive experience of Poland in regulating issues related to the conclusion of a franchise agreement can be used for making appropriate changes to the Ukrainian legislation. Although there is no special legislation in Poland, which regulates the issues connected with this kind of contract, the adoption of a number of progressive economic measures, as well as complement existing regulations with the provisions on franchising, allowed Poland to become one of the most attractive countries for foreign entrepreneurs. Correlation/originality. This scientific work is the first research in Ukraine devoted not only to general issues of regulation of franchising activity in Europe but specifically to the franchise agreement in a separate country (in Poland) and its legal and economic peculiarities.

UDC 69:65.016 ; JEL Classification: D23, L74The purpose: to determine the overall impact of the factors relevant to the construction industry and the impact of additional internal factors of the country's construction industry subjects during the analyzed period. Research Methodology: assessment is possible using an effective, thorough and reliable analysis methodology. Proposed assessing methodology of the effectiveness of strategies development of Ukrainian construction industry enterprises takes into account a comprehensive and wide range of valuation indicators (sales revenue of construction products, volumes of construction products production, market share in accordance with the planned and actual parameters of the development strategy implementation). The following methods were used: - methods of system analysis and synthesis to consider theoretical aspects of the effectiveness of development strategies; - methods of statistical analysis for studying the financial condition of Ukrainian construction enterprises; - methods of economic and mathematical analysis to determine quantitative assessment and evaluation indicators; - formal logic methods for conclusions development and ways to improving the effectiveness of development strategies of Ukrainian construction enterprises. Results: the calculation and evaluation of the effectiveness of the planned (declared) development strategy implementation of the five construction industry enterprises of Ukraine for 2015-2017 were conducted. The estimation procedure of the most significant influence of factors on the level of implementation effectiveness of strategies of the country's construction industry enterprises was given. The presented results of the state and transformations of the implementation effectiveness level of the planned (declared) development strategies allows to form the basic provisions of the formation historiography of this sphere for the specified period. these include: lack of investment in development, despite the need to upgrade the fixed assets and technologies used to implement strategic parameters; insufficient implementation of innovations of construction methods management, waste management, management of energy efficiency of construction products and construction (it is established that only two (SC JSC “BK “Ukrbud” and PJSC “HK “Kyivmiskbud”) are used the innovations and only one enterprise uses effective innovations implementation (SC JSC “BK “Ukrbud”). The most significant influence of factors on the effectiveness level of the strategies implementation of the surveyed enterprises during 2015–2017 was estimated. Scientific novelty: for the first time the determination of the overall impact of the general factors of action relevant to the construction industry and the impact of additional internal factors of the subjects of the countrie's construction industry during the analyzed period is substantiated. It is established that, unlike the existing approach, an assessment of the impact of a set of these factors of development of Ukrainian construction enterprises, which are investigated through their positive or negative effect on the state of effectiveness of the implementation of planned (declared) development strategies. It should be noted that all values of these factors for the individual specified categories were calculated within the framework of this study. It is proved that in order to determine the most significant influence of factors on the effectiveness level of strategies implementation of the studied country's construction enterprises, and their integrated assessment was carried out. Practical value: the presented study allows to estimate the level of internal resistance to the influence of external, general internal (sectoral) and international factors by the largest enterprises of the construction industry of Ukraine during 2015-2017. The investigated results of the factors influence state is a historiography of the strategic development of the subjects of the industry during the specified period, which can be used to compare by parameters of development the counteracting of factor influence for other enterprises in this industry (medium, small, etc.).

Introduction. The aim of this study is to analyze the current state of the Russian Federation gas distribution system, based on statistical material on accidents on gas distribution and gas consumption networks. The problem of ensuring reliable operation and safe operation of systems becomes most urgent in large cities and settlements with multi-stage and branched gas distribution networks, since every year the number of gas pipelines, equipment and fittings that have exhausted their design life increases. The objective of the study is to determine the causes and dynamics of accidents, identify the determining factors, develop an algorithm for quantitative assessment of the risk of emergencies and accidents at the facilities of the gas distribution system. Materials and methods. In the work, proven research methods were used, including analysis and generalization of theory and experience in the field of reliability of gas distribution pipelines, a systematic approach and mathematical modeling were used. Results. The materials on gasification of the territory of the Russian Federation using the methods of system analysis are generalized and systematized. Mechanisms of development of failures in gas distribution and gas consumption networks are considered, data on accidents are analyzed. The review of existing methods of troubleshooting and methods of assessing the state of gas pipelines, gas fittings and gas-using equipment is carried out. Methods for improving the efficiency, reliability and safety of gas distribution systems are proposed. The main results of the study are to summarize and systematize the materials of gas distribution organizations for the gasification of the territory of the Russian Federation using systems analysis methods. Conclusions. The results obtained during the analysis on the state of the accident rate of the structural elements of the gas distribution system can be used to monitor the technical condition of the system, including taking preventive measures to prevent accident incidents.

Introduction. Differences in the understanding of the main management and information and security approaches to the formation of an innovative cluster group of SME with large industrial enterprises indicate the ambiguity of ways to measure and evaluate such interaction and its scope, which in Covid-19 on the basis of sustainability, decentralization and European integration requires further study. Methods. The historical and logical method is used in the article; the method of systematization, classification and theoretical generalization; the method of institutional analysis; the method of system analysis; the method of logical analysis and synthesis; the method of graphical analysis. Results. It is proved that the cooperation of industrial SME with large industrial enterprises makes certain demands on them. Before attempting to cooperate with large and medium-sized industrial enterprises, manufacturing SME must have a clear idea of the state of their activities, their own potential and its use, the market position of goods and services relative to competitors. Therefore, the procedure of diagnostics of the state of activity of industrial SME is developed in the work, the leading one in which is the assessment of its solvency. The competitiveness of a production SME, its potential and sustainability are assessed using available methods. Production SME differ in scale and types of activity, policy of its financing, degree of integration into the economy of the region or production cluster, which determines the multiplicity of areas of their support. Discussion. Market support for manufacturing SME should be directed to intensify their activities - assistance in finding markets, customers and business partners, the use of mechanisms for adaptation of enterprises using the full range of opportunities for administrative support. Cooperation of manufacturing SME with large industrial enterprises as a kind of business partnership can take place not only in traditional forms, but also using its most common organizational and economic models - subcontracting, franchising, leasing and venture business. The use of such a range of organizational and economic models of cooperation will help meet the interests of each of its participants and strengthen the economy of the region. Keywords: modern management, information and security approaches, innovative cluster group, COVID-19, sustainability, decentralization, European integration.

Introduction. The effective functioning of a modern multi-functional residential and public and business complex is impossible without the formation of automated building management systems that ensure the implementation of a single digital environment of a residential complex, optimally combining engineering infrastructure with information systems to ensure centralized and efficient management of all buildings and structures on the territory of the complex. Goals and objectives. The aim of the article is to develop proposals for the design of automated building control systems for a residential complex on a digital platform. The tasks include the formation of the main sections of the standard terms of reference for the design of automated building control systems for a residential complex. Methods. Methods of system analysis and synthesis of automatic control systems were used. Results and discussion. The proposed structure of the automated building management system of the residential complex, which uses open protocols and methods of data exchange between the servers of local systems and the central server of the automated building management system of the residential complex, is considered. All elements of building engineering systems that have a digital component must be provided with the technical possibility of remote access via the Internet in compliance with information security requirements. The basic requirements for engineering systems of buildings and the functions they perform are considered. The considered provisions form the basis of a standard technical task for the design of automated building control systems for a residential complex. Conclusions. 1. A system of management of buildings of a residential complex is a hierarchical multi-level integrated system, including a subsystem for ensuring integrated security. 2. The terms of reference for the creation of an automated building management system for a residential complex shall be the main document defining the requirements and procedure for creating an automated system. 3. The result of the creation of an automated building management system of a residential complex on the basis of the proposed version of the standard terms of reference is the formation of a single digital ecosystem of the residential complex, combining the engineering and technical infrastructure of the facility with the information systems and business processes of the management company to ensure centralized management of the residential complex within the framework of integrated interfaces Automated building management systems for a residential complex. Keywords: residential complex; automated building management system; digitalization; typical terms of reference.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the social environment of Ukraine in order to identify its impact on the parameters of formation and implementation of human capital to substantiate the conclusions for public policy in terms of effective measures for its development. In the course of the research general scientific and special methods of synthesis and system analysis were used (to substantiate the characteristics of human capital); system analysis and theoretical generalization (to assess the state of formation and use of human capital in Ukraine); statistical analysis (to assess the factors influencing the human capital of the country); logical analysis, strategic management (to substantiate the instruments of state policy to improve the human capital of the state); system and comparative analysis (taking into account the peculiarities of human capital formation in Ukraine). The urgency of the problem of analyzing the social environment of the country in the context of tracking its impact on various aspects of the formation and implementation of human capital. The practical significance of the research results is that the indicators of employment and income of the population of Ukraine are analyzed. Negative preconditions for the formation of human capital related to the problems of the labor market and employment have been identified. The characteristic of indicators of social security in Ukraine is given. The growth of state expenditures on social assistance, the development of social infrastructure, which ambiguously affects the strengthening of human capital of the state. The analysis of parameters of social tension in Ukraine is carried out. It is established that high levels of unemployment, crime, and morbidity are problematic aspects (in the context of human capital). Indicators of provision of the population of Ukraine with social infrastructure are analyzed. It is shown that its specific indicators are deteriorating and this is a negative factor in the context of preserving the country's human capital. Conclusions are made regarding the negative preconditions for the impact of the state of the social sphere on the formation, as well as instruments of state policy to improve human capital in Ukraine. The scientific novelty of the research results is the development of methodological support - SWOT-analysis of advantages and disadvantages, tools for improving human capital in the country.

The ability to move independently in the space of environment predetermines many other possibilities for the invalid. Key to this are lower limb prostheses and, in particular, transfemoral. Provide lot of quality characteristics of transfemoral prostheses is possible already at the stage of synthesis. In this paper describes the design process of specialized mechatronic testbench for testing modules and control systems of transfemoral prostheses based on the methods of system analysis and synthesis. The testbench represents device of quasi-human-machine type (bio-inspired mechatronic stand — amputee and phisical model of transfemoral prosthesis with controlled artificial knee mechanism) with conditionally independent control systems. The testbench simulation performed in MapleSim. It will be used to developing new designs of controlled transfemoral prostheses.

The purpose of the study is to consider the peculiarities of representations of the image of Hryhorii Skovoroda in audiovisual documents and to outline their place among other receptive practices of the 20th century; to characterize the document array dedicated to the thinker in the collection of the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archives. Research methods. The research is based on theoretical developments and concepts of Ukrainian and foreign scientists in the fi eld of source studies, archival studies, and fi lm studies. The work was carried out using general scientifi c methods of analysis and synthesis based on the principles of historicism and objectivity. The methods of source criticism, chronological, systematic, and typological analysis were also used when covering the topic. Scientifi c novelty. The study of the representation of H. Skovoroda’s image in audiovisual documents (except feature fi lms) has not yet been the subject of scientifi c studies. The study of the processes and forms of conscious perpetuation of prominent fi gures of national culture is important and relevant, because it contributes to the understanding of how the past, present and future of society and culture are seen in a certain historical context. Prospects for further research. Video fi lms, television programs, and photo documents created in the 21st century remained outside the limits of our intelligence. The fi gure and creativity of H. Skovoroda in the anniversary year of his birth and in the conditions of aggression of Russia Federation against Ukraine is a fairly articulated topic in the Ukrainian cultural environment, and further study of the reception dynamics and the originality of representations of the thinker’s image can be a productive direction in the research of the historical and cultural memory of Ukraine society of the 21st century. Conclusions. The analysis of audiovisual documents from the collection of the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archives, dedicated to H. Skovoroda, proved that they are interesting examples of the forms of cultural memory of Ukrainian society and an informative source for the study of images and ideas that appear in the mass consciousness through the focus of audiovisual documents.

The article deals with development of a doctrinal system of effectiveness standards for the investigation of corruption crimes. The study used a number of philosophical, general scientific and specific methods of gaining scientific knowledge, including: dialectical method, hermeneutic method, method of systemic and structural analysis, methods of analysis and synthesis, functional method, formal legal method and modeling method. It is proposed to define the investigation effectiveness as the feature of pre-trial investigation, which is characterized by the ability to achieve the tasks envisioned in Art. 2 of the CPC of Ukraine (Law No. 4651-VI, 2012) and can be assessed by checking the number of objectively necessary procedural actions and the effectiveness of making intermediate and final procedural decisions. It is emphasized that the general standards of investigation effectiveness, formulated by the case law of the ECHR, are partially taken into account in Art. 2 of the CPC of Ukraine (Law No. 4651-VI, 2012) through stating the need of investigation being efficient, complete and impartial. The authors formulate scientific approaches to determining the main criteria for the effectiveness of pre-trial investigation of corruption crimes.

Introduction. The development of domestic music vocational education is currently influenced by various factors: political, economic, demographic, etc. One of the socio-economic factors can be attributed to the processes of urbanization. Studying and using the historical experience of forming a system of musical vocational education in Russia in the context of urbanization can contribute to the development of an effective state strategy for the development of a training system for a musician-practitioner at the present stage. Materials and Methods. The study made an attempt to provide more complete coverage of the work of domestic scientists on the history of domestic urbanization and the history of domestic musical vocational education. In the study and synthesis of scientific sources used methods of theoretical interdisciplinary analysis and synthesis, methods of comparative historiographical analysis. The study used comparative historical, historical and typological methods, as well as general scientific methods of system and structural-functional analysis. Results. The paper presents evidence that as a result of administrative and territorial reforms, an increase in population, the development of education, culture and education, there is a need for qualified specialists (including a music profile). Conclusion. The study showed that as a result of a legitimate public request for professional musicians, educators and performing musicians, and thanks to the activities of the Imperial Russian Musical Society in the second half of the XIX century, a network of musical educational institutions (music classes, music colleges, conservatories) was formed vocational education.

Subject. The article addresses the activities of the agro-industrial complex of Russia to ensure the country's food security in the context of sanctions, using the case of the most important sectors of crop production. Objectives. The aims are to perform a retrospective analysis of the grain and sugar beet industries development in Russia, to describe the role of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation in ensuring the country's food security in the context of foreign trade restrictions. Methods. The study employs methods of analysis and synthesis, grouping and comparison, abstraction, generalization, and analogy. The dynamics of the main parameters characterizing the activity of the most important branches of crop production was analyzed on the basis of statistical data, using the methods of mathematical modeling and systems analysis. Results. The presented analysis helped identify the main trends in the development of the grain and sugar beet subcomplexes of the agro-industrial complex, to assess the achieved levels of provision of the population with the main food resources and the processing industries of the agro-industrial complex of Russia with agricultural resources. The achieved levels of provision with food resources correspond to the viewpoints of specialists and the World Health Organization on rational levels of consumption. Conclusions. At present Russia has a real opportunity to maintain a high level of consumption of agricultural products by the population, to provide the processing industry with agricultural raw materials, to increase the export of agricultural products of the most important sectors of the agro-industrial complex.

We explain the main ingredients of the Abstract State Machines (ASM) method for high-level system design and analysis and survey some of its application highlights in industrial software-based system engineering. We illustrate the method by defining models for three simple control systems (sluice gate, traffic light, package router) and by characterising Event-B machines as a specific class of ASMs.We point to directions for future research and applications of the method in other areas than software engineering.

Economic risk analysis of flood control engineering system is very important in risk management of flood disaster. The triangular fuzzy numbers theory was used to describe and deal with randomicity and fuzziness of economic risk system of flood control engineering, and the shortage and imprecision of datum information. In order to deal with the difficulties of operations of triangular fuzzy numbers and their functions, Monte-Carlo method was used to simulate triangular fuzzy numbers, which can transform the operations of triangular fuzzy numbers and their functions into the conventional operations of real numbers, and then a new economic risk analysis method for flood control engineering system based on stochastic simulation of triangular fuzzy numbers, named RAM-SSTFN for short, was established. The applied results of RAM-SSTFN show that economic benefit series of flood control engineering system can be simulated using Monte-Carlo method, that RAM-SSTFN can consider more complex things and give more exact computation results than the simple analysis methods of economic risk analysis of flood control engineering system, and that the common simple analysis methods should be used carefully in economic risk analysis of important regional flood control engineering system because their computation precision is not high. RAM-SSTFN can be used to deal with less, imprecise, random and fuzzy information, so it can be widely applied to risk management of different uncertainties systems.

Assessment of the ecological impact of metal additive repair and refurbishment using powder bed fusion by laser beam based on a multiple case study

The concept of polycentrism has acquired a wide field of research in academia and on the political agenda at the national level. In empirical research, the discourse of scientists analyses polycentrism from the prism of both a morphological concept, a functional element, and a normative aspect with a multifaceted analytical tool of spatial planning and an element of the regulatory agenda. The aim of the study is to study the concept of polycentrism and its transformation into theoretical and conceptual applications using monographic and system analysis and to reflect the formal definitions of polycentrism and the transformation of derivatives. In the course of the study, the author concludes that the spatial development dimension of the concept of polycentrism and the extent of polycentrism in the context of regional development can be applied with different contexts, the nature of which is determined either by the planning document, strategic guidelines, or by scientific-practical research. For the analysis of the theories of regional economic development, the monographic and systemic method of analysis was used. The monographic or descriptive method made it possible to prepare an overview of the theories of economic development of the regions, gathering information about them, books, monographs, scientific articles, and international publications on the theory of economic development of regions and the results of empirical research, while the method of systemic analysis was used to structure information.