Main

Fields of interest:

Application of Volterra series in dynamic hydrology

Modeling of flow routing in open channel

Longitudinal dispersion in rivers

Vulnerability of water systems to climate change

Control of flood protection reservoirs

Management of the storage reservoir influencing the protected natural environment

Adaptive Environment Assessment

Recent publications:

A.P. Piotrowski and J.J. Napiórkowski:
The grouping differential evolution algorithm for multi-dimensional optimization problems,
Control Cybern., Vol. 39, No. 2, (2010), pp. 527-550.

A.P. Piotrowski, P.M. Rowiński and J.J. Napiórkowski:
Uncertainty study of data-based models of pollutant transport in rivers,
In:A. Dittrich, K. Koll, J. Aberle and P. Geisenhainer (eds.), River Flow 2010, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Braunschweig (2010),pp.1759-1766.

R.J. Romanowicz, A. Kiczko and J.J. Napiórkowski:
Stochastic transfer function model applied to combined reservoir management and flow routing,
Hydrol. Sci. J., Vol. 55, No. 1, (2010), pp. 27-40.

A.P. Piotrowski, P.M. Rowiński and J.J. Napiórkowski:
Estimation of parameters of models of pollutant transport in rivers depending on data availability,
33rd IAHR Congress “Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment”,(2009), International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research (IAHR).

A. Kiczko, R.J. Romanowicz, J.J. Napiórkowski and A. Piotrowski:
Integration of reservoir management and flow routing model – Upper Narew case study,
In: J.J. Napiórkowski and R.J. Romanowicz (eds.), Management of the Storage Reservoir Influencing the Protected Natural Environment – Upper Narew River System Case Study, Publs. Inst. Geophys. Pol. Acad. Sc., Vol. E-9, No. 405, (2008), pp. 41-55.

J.J. Napiórkowski, A. Piotrowski, P.M. Rowiński and S. Wallis:
Prediction of the fate of pollutants in rivers by means of nonlinear Volterra series,
In: M.S. Altinakar, M.A. Kokpinar, I. Aydin, S. Cokgor and S. Kirkgoz (eds.), River Flow 2008, (2008), Kubaba Congress Department and Travel Services, pp. 2469-2476.

A. Piotrowski, S.G. Wallis, J.J. Napiórkowski and P.M. Rowiński:
Evaluation of 1-D tracer concentration profile in a small river by means of Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks,
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sc., Vol. 11, (2007), pp. 1883-1896.

A. Piotrowski, J.J. Napiórkowski and P.M. Rowiński:
Flash-flood forecasting by means of neural networks and nearest neighbour approach – a comparative study,
Nonlin. Processes. Geophys., Vol. 13, (2006), pp. 443-448.