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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1300, 1997

                   P. Feautrier   Basis of Parallel Speculative Execution  3
                   T. Hoare and   
                          J. He   Unifying Theories for Parallel
                                  Programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                M. Hermenegildo   Automatic Parallelization of Irregular
                                  and Pointer-Based Computations:
                                  Perspectives from Logic and Constraint
                                  Programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     F. Meyer auf der Heide and   
                    B. Voecking   Static and Dynamic Management in
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
                       U. Ruede   Iterative Algorithms on High Performance
                                  Architectures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
              P. Stenstroem and   
                  J. Skeppstedt   A Performance Tuning Approach for
                                  Shared-Memory Multiprocessors  . . . . . 72
               A. D. Malony and   
                 B. Tourancheau   Support Tools and Environments . . . . . 87
              C. L. Jeffery and   
                S. G. Dykes and   
                   X. Zhang and   
                 G. H. Gonzalez   Nova Visualization for Optimization of
                                  Data-Parallel Programs . . . . . . . . . 89
              F. Teodorescu and   
      J. Chassin de Kergommeaux   On Correcting the Intrusion of Tracing
                                  Non-deterministic Programs by Software   94
           D. Kranzlmueller and   
                 S. Grabner and   
                  J. J. Volkert   Using Control and Data Flow Analysis for
                                  Race Evaluation  . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
               A. T. Krantz and   
                 V. S. Sunderam   Client Server Computing on Message
                                  Passing Systems: Experiences with
                                  PVM-RPC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
              R. C. Koppler and   
                 G. K\rurka and   
                  J. J. Volkert   Exdasy --- A User-Friendly and
                                  Extendable Data Distribution System  . . 118
             P. D. Medeiros and   
                    J. C. Cunha   Interconnecting Multiple Heterogeneous
                                  Parallel Application Components  . . . . 128
                T. Delaitre and   
                P. Vekariya and   
                 R. Bigeard and   
                    G. R. Justo   EDPEPPS: An Integrated Graphical Toolset
                                  for the Design and Performance
                                  Evaluation of Portable Parallel Software 140
                G. Stellner and   
                    J. Trinitis   Load Balancing Based on Process
                                  Migration for MPI  . . . . . . . . . . . 150
                 J. Aguilar and   
                     T. Jimenez   A Processors Management System for PVM   158
                     H. Zhu and   
                      I. Watson   A Full Program Control Flow
                                  Representation for Real Programs . . . . 162
                    E. Mayr and   
                         C. Das   Routing and Communication in
                                  Interconnection Networks . . . . . . . . 169
                 F. Petrini and   
                   M. Vanneschi   Efficient Total-Exchange in
                                  Wormhole-Routed Toroidal Cubes . . . . . 171
           E. A. Varvarigos and   
                     J. P. Lang   An Analysis of Deflection-Based Wormhole
                                  Routing with Virtual Channels  . . . . . 176
                    M. Di Ianni   Wormhole Deadlock Prediction . . . . . . 188
                 G. Bilardi and   
               B. Codenotti and   
               G. Del Corso and   
                     C. Pinotti   Broadcast and Associative Operations on
                                  Fat-Trees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
             S. Nikoletseas and   
                G. Pantziou and   
               P. Psycharis and   
                    P. Spirakis   On the Fault Tolerance of Fat-Trees  . . 208
                   D. Deserable   Minimal Routing in the Triangular Grid
                                  and in a Family of Related Tori  . . . . 218
                J. Trdlicka and   
                      P. Tvrdik   Embedding Complete $k$-ary Trees into
                                  $2$-Dimensional Meshes and Tori  . . . . 226
                    M. Soch and   
                      P. Tvrdik   Optimal Gossip in Store-and-Forward
                                  Noncombining $2$-D Tori  . . . . . . . . 234
                       I. Vrt'o   Cutwidth of the Mesh of $d$-ary Trees    242
                   V. Leppaenen   Embedding and Emulation Results for
                                  Static Multichannel Mesh of Optical
                                  Buses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
           E. Karaivazoglou and   
         F. Meyer auf der Heide   Routing on Asynchronous Processor
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
                R. Kralovic and   
                 P. Ruzicka and   
                 D. Stefankovic   The Complexity of Shortest Path and
                                  Dilation Bounded Interval Routing  . . . 258
                   P. Damaschke   Finding a Pair on a Mesh with Multiple
                                  Broadcasting is Hard . . . . . . . . . . 266
              B. S. Chlebus and   
                  A. Czumaj and   
                   J. F. Sibeyn   Routing on the PADAM: Degrees of
                                  Optimality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
                      Y. Robert   Automatic Parallelization and
                                  High-Performance Compilers . . . . . . . 283
                      P. Clauss   Handling Memory Cache Policy with
                                  Integer Points Countings . . . . . . . . 285
                Y.- K. Kwok and   
                   I. Ahmad and   
                   M.-Y. Wu and   
                         W. Shu   A Graphical Tool for Automatic
                                  Parallelization and Scheduling of
                                  Programs on Multiprocessors  . . . . . . 294
                     H. Zhu and   
                      I. Watson   Identifying Critical Loads in Real
                                  Programs for Decoupled Virtual Shared
                                  Memory Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
                O. Beckmann and   
                 P. H. J. Kelly   Runtime Interprocedural Data Placement
                                  Optimisation for Lazy Parallel Libraries 306
             R. Wyrzykowski and   
                    J. Kanevski   A Technique for Mapping Sparse Matrix
                                  Computations into Regular Processor
                                  Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
                 V. Kotlyar and   
                 K. Pingali and   
                   P. Stodghill   A Relational Approach to the Compilation
                                  of Sparse Matrix Programs  . . . . . . . 318
                V. Loechner and   
                    C. Mongenet   Solutions to the Communication
                                  Minimization Problem for Affine
                                  Recurrence Equations . . . . . . . . . . 328
                   M. Besch and   
                     H. W. Pohl   Dependence-Free Clustering of
                                  Shift-Invariant Data Structures  . . . . 338
                   W. Amine and   
                E. M. Zehendner   Experiences in Analyzing Data
                                  Dependences for Programs with Pointers
                                  and Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
                  C. W. Kessler   Applicability of Program Comprehension
                                  to Sparse Matrix Computations  . . . . . 347
                 C. Barrado and   
                     J. Labarta   Hamiltonian Recurrence for ILP . . . . . 352
                V. Lefebvre and   
                   P. Feautrier   Optimizing Storage Size for Static
                                  Control Programs in Automatic
                                  Parallelizers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
                   J. Knoop and   
                     E. Mehofer   Optimal Distribution Assignment
                                  Placement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
                K. Marzullo and   
                    C. Phillips   Parallel and Distributed Algorithms  . . 377
                  D. C. Lin and   
               P. W. Dymond and   
                        X. Deng   Parallel Merge Sort on Concurrent-Read,
                                  Owner-Write PRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
                 P. Sanders and   
                 R. Vollmar and   
                      T. Worsch   Feasible Models of Computation:
                                  Three-Dimensionality and Energy
                                  Consumption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
                   J. F. Sibeyn   Sample Sort on Meshes  . . . . . . . . . 389
               A. Wachsmann and   
                       R. Wanka   Sorting on a Massively Parallel System
                                  Using a Library of Basic Primitives ---
                                  Modeling and Experimental Results  . . . 399
         A. V. Gerbessiotis and   
           C. J. Siniolakis and   
                      A. Tiskin   Parallel Priority Queue and List
                                  Contraction: The BSP Approach  . . . . . 409
                       M. Marin   Priority Queue Operations on EREW-PRAM   417
                   L. Bouge and   
                 J. Gabarro and   
               X. Messeguer and   
                   N. Schabanel   Concurrent Rebalancing of AVL Trees: A
                                  Fine-Grained Approach  . . . . . . . . . 421
                   W. Liang and   
                       G. Havas   NC Approximation Algorithms for
                                  $2$-Connectivity Augmentation in a Graph 430
                   M. Serna and   
                       F. Xhafa   Approximating Scheduling Problems in
                                  Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
                Viet Hai Nguyen   A New Staircase Separator Theorem  . . . 450
                   N. Kalantery   Tentative Time Warp  . . . . . . . . . . 458
                J. Bataller and   
                    J. Bernabeu   Synchronized DSM Models  . . . . . . . . 468
                   F. Petit and   
                     V. Villain   A Space-Efficient and Self-Stabilizing
                                  Depth-First Token Circulation Protocol
                                  for Asynchronous Message-Passing Systems 476
                G. Antonoiu and   
                  P. K. Srimani   Distributed Self-Stabilizing Algorithm
                                  for Minimum Spanning Tree Construction   480
            M. Skubiszewski and   
                     N. Porteix   Partly-Consistent Cuts of Databases  . . 488
                 D. Agrawal and   
                  G. Alonso and   
               A. El Abbadi and   
                      I. Stanoi   Exploiting Atomic Broadcast in
                                  Replicated Databases . . . . . . . . . . 496
                 R. Perrott and   
                        G. Agha   Programming Languages and Concurrent
                                  Object-Oriented Programming  . . . . . . 507
                 A. Stewart and   
                       M. Clint   Synchronising Asynchronous
                                  Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
                     E. Violard   Typechecking of PEI Expressions  . . . . 521
               F. Loulergue and   
                       G. Hains   Functional Parallel Programming with
                                  Explicit Processes: Beyond SPMD  . . . . 530
           L. F. Llana Diaz and   
                M. Nuñez   Testing Semantics for Unbounded
                                  Nondeterminism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
                   Y. Oyama and   
                   K. Taura and   
                    A. Yonezawa   An Efficient Compilation Framework for
                                  Languages Based on a Concurrent Process
                                  Calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
                  A. Ravara and   
                 V. Vasconcelos   Behavioural Types for a Calculus of
                                  Concurrent Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 554
                 P. Kosiuczenko   Time in Message Sequence Charts: A
                                  Formal Approach  . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
                A. J. Nebro and   
                E. Pimentel and   
                    J. M. Troya   Integrating an Entry Consistency Memory
                                  Model and Concurrent Object-Oriented
                                  Programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
                    R. Breu and   
                       R. Grosu   Modeling the Dynamic Behavior of Objects
                                  on Events, Messages and Methods  . . . . 572
                    A. R. Silva   A Quality Design Solution for Object
                                  Synchronization  . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
                  L. Moreau and   
                D. De Route and   
                      I. Foster   NeXeme: A Distributed Scheme Based on
                                  Nexus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
                   J. Briat and   
                I. Ginzburg and   
                   M. Pasin and   
                     B. Plateau   Athapascan Runtime: Efficiency for
                                  Irregular Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 591
                M. Kandemir and   
               J. Ramanujam and   
                   A. Choudhary   Optimization of Out-of-Core Computations
                                  Using Chain Vectors  . . . . . . . . . . 601
               D. B. Skillicorn   Programming Models and Methods . . . . . 611
                    J. Kornerup   Parlists --- A Generalization of
                                  Powerlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
               M. Danelutto and   
             F. Pasqualetti and   
                   S. Pelagatti   Skeletons for Data Parallelism in P3L    619
                       J. Serot   Embodying Parallel Functional Skeletons:
                                  An Experimental Implementation on Top of
                                  MPI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
                     M. I. Cole   On Dividing and Conquering Independently 634
                      Q. Wu and   
                A. J. Field and   
                 P. H. J. Kelly   M-Tree: A Parallel Abstract Data Type
                                  for Block-Irregular Adaptive
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
                  C. B. Jay and   
                 M. I. Cole and   
                M. Sekanina and   
                    P. Steckler   A Monadic Calculus for Parallel Costing
                                  of a Functional Language of Arrays . . . 650
               J. O'Donnell and   
                     G. Ruenger   A Methodology for Deriving Parallel
                                  Programs with a Family of Parallel
                                  Abstract Machines  . . . . . . . . . . . 662
              N. Winstanley and   
                   J. O'Donnell   Parallel Distributed Programming with
                                  Haskell+PVM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
                 J. M. Nash and   
                  P. M. Dew and   
                     J. R. Davy   A Parallelisation Approach for
                                  Supporting Scalable and Portable
                                  Computing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
                H.- J. Bungartz   Parallel Numerical Algorithms  . . . . . 685
                  T. Rauber and   
                 G. Ruenger and   
                    C. Scholtes   Scalability of Parallel Sparse Cholesky
                                  Factorization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
                   E. E. Santos   Optimal Parallel Algorithms for Solving
                                  Tridiagonal Linear Systems . . . . . . . 700
                 M. Szularz and   
                  J. Weston and   
                       M. Clint   Robust Parallel Lanczos Methods for
                                  Clustered Eigenvalues  . . . . . . . . . 710
                       A. Kiper   A Fully Parallel Symmetric Matrix
                                  Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
                   T. Rossi and   
                    J. Toivanen   Numerical Experiments with a Parallel
                                  Fast Direct Elliptic Solver on Cray T3E  722
                       G. Haase   New Matrix-by-Vector Multiplications
                                  Based on a Nonoverlapping Domain
                                  Decomposition Data Distribution  . . . . 726
                       W. Huber   A Comparison Between Different
                                  Parallelization Methods on Workstation
                                  Clusters to Solve CFD-Problems . . . . . 734
                 A. Frommer and   
                 T. Lippert and   
                   K. Schilling   Scalable Parallel SSOR Preconditioning
                                  for Lattice Computations in Gauge
                                  Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
                T. Steihaug and   
                  Y. Yalcinkaya   Deteriorating Convergence for
                                  Asynchronous Methods on Linear Least
                                  Squares Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 750
              P. Stenstroem and   
                     P. Quinton   Parallel Computer Architecture and Image
                                  Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
             C. J. Glossner and   
                 S. Vassiliadis   The Delft-Java Engine  . . . . . . . . . 766
               D. K. Arvind and   
              S. Sotelo-Salazar   Scheduling Instructions with Uncertain
                                  Latencies in Asynchronous Architectures  771
                H. Tomiyasu and   
                S. Kusakabe and   
                  T. Kawano and   
                     M. Amamiya   Co-processor System Design for
                                  Fine-Grain Message Handling in KUMP/D    779
                     D. Kim and   
                         J. Lee   A Virtual-Physical On-Chip Cache for
                                  Shared Memory Multiprocessors  . . . . . 789
                  T. Kisuki and   
             M. Wakabayashi and   
                J. Yamamoto and   
                       K. Inoue   Shared vs. Snoop: Evaluation of Cache
                                  Structure for Single-Chip
                                  Multiprocessors  . . . . . . . . . . . . 793
                  K. P. Lam and   
                     A. Furness   An Analytical Design of High-Speed Pixel
                                  Transformation for Object Boundary
                                  Enhancement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
                  M. Fleury and   
              A. C. Downton and   
                    A. F. Clark   Karhuenen-Loeve Transform: An Exercise
                                  in Simple Image-Processing Parallel
                                  Pipelines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815
              E. D. Willink and   
           A. V. Shafarenko and   
                 V. B. Muchnick   Use of F-Code as a Very High Level
                                  Intermediate Language for DSP  . . . . . 820
                    W. Gentzsch   Applications of High-Performance
                                  Computing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
              J. G. Barbosa and   
              A. J. Padilha and   
               J.-P. Madier and   
                     T. Neubert   Experiments on Using WPVM for Industrial
                                  Visual Inspection Problems . . . . . . . 828
                  F. Guidec and   
                P. Calegari and   
                      P. Kuonen   Object-Oriented Parallel Software for
                                  Radio Wave Propagation Simulation in
                                  Urban Environment  . . . . . . . . . . . 832
               A. Bouaricha and   
                     S. Mueller   A Portable Parallel Implementation of a
                                  $3$D Semiconductor Device Simulator  . . 840
                       M. Hahad   A Parallel Sparse LU Decomposition with
                                  Application to Semiconductor Device
                                  Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
                M. Juganaru and   
                   I. Sakho and   
                 C. Maurice and   
                 F. Montheillet   A Parallel Simulation of a Quantitative
                                  Large-Strain Polycrystal Deformation . . 852
                   N. Marco and   
                 S. Lanteri and   
             J.-A. Desideri and   
                      B. Mantel   Parallel Genetic Algorithms Applied to
                                  Optimum Shape Design in Aeronautics  . . 856
              S. Muzaferija and   
                   V. Seidl and   
                    H. Fogt and   
                       A. Kneer   Parallel Multidimensional Calculation of
                                  Steady-State and Time-Dependent Flows
                                  with Combustion  . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
                J. W. Manke and   
                T. M. Wicks and   
                  L. Dadone and   
                    J. E. Hirsh   A Two-Level Parallel Strategy for
                                  Rotorcraft Optimization and Design . . . 872
                   V. Kumar and   
                 R. Lueling and   
                   C. Roucairol   Scheduling and Load Balancing  . . . . . 879
                 A. Corradi and   
                L. Leonardi and   
                  F. Zambonelli   Performance Comparison of Load Balancing
                                  Policies Based on a Diffusion Scheme . . 882
                      X. Du and   
                    Y. Dong and   
                       X. Zhang   Effectively Scheduling Parallel Tasks
                                  and Communications on Networks of
                                  Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887
                   W. Loewe and   
              W. Zimmermann and   
                J. Eisenbiegler   On Linear Schedules of Task Graphs for
                                  Generalized LogP-Machines  . . . . . . . 895
                  C. Boeres and   
               V. E. F. Rebello   Versatile Task Scheduling of Binary
                                  Trees for Realistic Machines . . . . . . 913
                     J. Galtier   Load Balancing Issues in the
                                  Prepartitioning Method . . . . . . . . . 922
                  S. K. Das and   
               D. J. Harvey and   
                      R. Biswas   Design of Novel Load-Balancing
                                  Algorithms with Implementations on an
                                  IBM SP2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937
               K. Schloegel and   
                 G. Karypis and   
                       V. Kumar   Repartitioning of Adaptive Meshes:
                                  Experiments with Multilevel Diffusion    945
                 F. D'Amore and   
               L. Becchetti and   
             S. L. Bezrukov and   
        A. Marchetti-Spaccamela   On the Embedding of Refinements of
                                  $2$-Dimensional Grids  . . . . . . . . . 950
                     J. Gehring   Dynamic Program Description as a Basis
                                  for Runtime Optimization . . . . . . . . 958
                    A. Bode and   
                    J. Dongarra   Performance Evaluation and Prediction    969--970
                   J. Simon and   
                   M. Vieth and   
                     R. Weicker   Workload Analysis of Computation
                                  Intensive Tasks: Case Study on SPEC
                                  CPU95 Benchmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . 971
                  E. Strohmaier   Statistical Performance Modeling: Case
                                  Study of the NPB 2.1 Results . . . . . . 985
               C. J. Bouras and   
          J. D. Garofalakis and   
             P. G. Spirakis and   
            V. D. Triantafillou   A General Performance Model for
                                  Multistage Interconnection Networks  . . 993
                 C. D. Pham and   
                J. Essmeyer and   
                       S. Fdida   Simulation of a Routing Algorithm Using
                                  Distributed Simulation Techniques  . . . 1001
                   V. Getov and   
               E. Hernandez and   
                         T. Hey   Message-Passing Performance of Parallel
                                  Computers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009
               E. D. Moreno and   
               S. T. Kofuji and   
                   M. H. Cintra   Prefetching and Multithreading
                                  Performance in Bus-Based Multiprocessors
                                  with Petri Nets  . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017
                       J. Smith   On Synchronisation in Fault-Tolerant
                                  Data and Compute Intensive Programs over
                                  a Network of Workstations  . . . . . . . 1025
                   M. Pahud and   
                  F. Guidec and   
                       T. Cornu   Performance Analysis of a Parallel
                                  Program for Wave Propagation Simulation  1030
                    L. Lundberg   Bounding the Minimal Completion Time of
                                  Static Mappings of Multithreaded Solaris
                                  Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034
                   D. K. Arvind   Instruction-Level Parallelism  . . . . . 1041
              M. H. Lipasti and   
                     J. P. Shen   The Performance Potential of Value and
                                  Dependence Prediction  . . . . . . . . . 1043
                  J.-B. Lee and   
                    W. Sung and   
                     S.-M. Moon   An Enhanced Two-Level Adaptive Multiple
                                  Branch Prediction for Superscalar
                                  Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1053
             E. M. C. Filho and   
             E. S. T. Fernandes   The Effect of the Speculation Depth on
                                  the Performance of Superscalar
                                  Architectures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1061


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1301, 1997

                   D. L. Parnas   Software Engineering: An Unconsummated
                                  Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                      J. Rushby   Subtypes for Specifications  . . . . . . 4
                   B. Boehm and   
                    J. Kwan and   
                     R. Madachy   Developing Multimedia Applications with
                                  the Win-Win Spiral Model . . . . . . . . 20
               T. S. E. Maibaum   What we Teach Software Engineers in the
                                  University: Do we take engineering
                                  seriously? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
                         J. Uhl   What we Expect from Software Engineers
                                  in the Industry  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
                 R. A. Kemmerer   Security Issues in Distributed Software  52
              N. Medvidovic and   
                   R. N. Taylor   A Framework for Classifying and
                                  Comparing Architecture Description
                                  Languages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
               G. Naumovich and   
              G. S. Avrunin and   
               L. A. Clarke and   
                L. J. Osterweil   Applying Static Analysis to Software
                                  Architectures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
              T. D. Meijler and   
                 S. Demeyer and   
                       R. Engel   Making Design Patterns Explicit in FACE
                                  --- A Framework Adaptive Composition
                                  Environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
                   G. Allen and   
                  L. Davies and   
                G. Lindmark and   
                E.- A. Karlsson   TTM15 --- A Large Multi-Site Improvement
                                  Project  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
                      G. Joeris   Change Management Needs Integrated
                                  Process and Configuration Management . . 125
               S. M. Sutton and   
                L. J. Osterweil   The Design of a Next-Generation Process
                                  Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
            A. Van Der Hoek and   
                 R. S. Hall and   
              D. Heimbigner and   
                     A. L. Wolf   Software Release Management  . . . . . . 159
                    K. Pohl and   
                 K. Weidenhaupt   A Contextual Approach for
                                  Process-Integrated Tools . . . . . . . . 176
               J. H. Jahnke and   
                W. Schaefer and   
                    A. Zuendorf   Generic Fuzzy Reasoning Nets as a Basis
                                  for Reverse Engineering Relational
                                  Database Applications  . . . . . . . . . 193
             A. Alborghetti and   
              A. Gargantini and   
                    A. Morzenti   Providing Automated Support to Deductive
                                  Analysis of Time Critical Systems  . . . 211
           Shing Chi Cheung and   
          D. Giannakopoulou and   
                      J. Kramer   Verification of Liveness Properties
                                  Using Compositional Reachability
                                  Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
                M. B. Dwyer and   
                    V. Carr and   
                       L. Hines   Model Checking Graphical User Interfaces
                                  Using Abstractions . . . . . . . . . . . 244
                    M. Wood and   
                   M. Roper and   
                  A. Brooks and   
                      J. Miller   Comparing and Combining Software Defect
                                  Detection Techniques: A Replicated
                                  Empirical Study  . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
                       C. Ebert   Experiences with Criticality Predictions
                                  in Software Development  . . . . . . . . 278
            L. Pek Wee Land and   
                   C. Sauer and   
                     R. Jeffery   Validating the Defect Detection
                                  Performance Advantage of Group Designs
                                  for Software Reviews: Report of a
                                  Laboratory Experiment Using Program Code 294
              J. Desharnais and   
                  R. Khedri and   
                M. Frappier and   
                        A. Mili   Integration of Sequential Scenarios  . . 310
                  G. Engels and   
                  R. Heckel and   
                G. Taentzer and   
                       H. Ehrig   A View-Oriented Approach to System
                                  Modelling Based on Graph Transformation  327
            D. S. Rosenblum and   
                     A. L. Wolf   A Design Framework for Internet-Scale
                                  Event Observation and Notification . . . 344
                   R. Bodik and   
                   R. Gupta and   
                    M. L. Soffa   Refining Data Flow Information Using
                                  Infeasible Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
                 R. Forgacs and   
                   A. Bertolino   Feasible Test Path Selection by
                                  Principal Slicing  . . . . . . . . . . . 378
                 P. Devanbu and   
              S. G. Stubblebine   Cryptographic Verification of Test
                                  Coverage Claims  . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
              Y.-F. R. Chen and   
              E. R. Gansner and   
                  E. Koutsofios   A C++ Data Model Supporting Reachability
                                  Analysis and Dead Code Detection . . . . 414
                    T. Reps and   
                    T. Ball and   
                     M. Das and   
                       J. Larus   The Use of Program Profiling for
                                  Software Maintenance with Applications
                                  to the Year 2000 Problem . . . . . . . . 432
          M. P. E. Heimdahl and   
                   M. W. Whalen   Reduction and Slicing of Hierarchical
                                  State Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
                M. Schuetze and   
               J. P. Riegel and   
                  G. Zimmermann   A Pattern-Based Application Generator
                                  for Building Simulation  . . . . . . . . 468
                 S. Ducasse and   
                     T. Richner   Executable Connectors: Towards Reusable
                                  Design Elements  . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
                G. P. Picco and   
                G.-C. Roman and   
                   P. J. McCann   Expressing Code Mobility in Mobile UNITY 500
             E.-A. Karlsson and   
                       L. Taxen   Incremental Development for AXE 10 . . . 519
                D. E. Perry and   
                    L. G. Votta   The Tale of Two Projects . . . . . . . . 521
                   J. H. Obbink   Analysis of Software Architectures in
                                  High and Low Volume Electronic Systems   523
                    A. Idri and   
                  B. Griech and   
                     A. El Irak   Towards an Adaptation of the COCOMO Cost
                                  Model to the Software Measurement Theory 525
                    P. Dini and   
             A. Belkhelladi and   
                     W. L. Melo   Formalizing Software Architectures: An
                                  Industrial Experience  . . . . . . . . . 527


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1302, 1997

                  G. Ramalingam   On Sparse Evaluation Representations . . 1
                 M. Shapiro and   
                     S. Horwitz   The Effects of the Precision of Pointer
                                  Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
                 O. Waddell and   
                   R. K. Dybvig   Fast and Effective Procedure Inlining    35
                 R. Bagnara and   
                 P. M. Hill and   
                  E. Zaffanella   Set Sharing is Redundant for
                                  Pair-Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
                  M. Codish and   
                  V. Lagoon and   
                       F. Bueno   An Algebraic Approach to Sharing
                                  Analysis of Logic Programs . . . . . . . 68
                    F. Scozzari   Logical Optimality of Groundness
                                  Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
                      K. Yi and   
                         S. Ryu   Toward a Cost-Effective Estimation of
                                  Uncaught Exceptions in SML Programs  . . 98
              M. Faehndrich and   
                       A. Aiken   Program Analysis using Mixed Term and
                                  Set Constraints  . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
                P. Devienne and   
               J. M. Talbot and   
                       S. Tison   Set-Based Analysis for Logic Programming
                                  and Tree Automata  . . . . . . . . . . . 127
                    F. Zartmann   Denotational Abstract Interpretation of
                                  Functional Logic Programs  . . . . . . . 141
                  C. Speirs and   
                 Z. Somogyi and   
                 H. Sondergaard   Termination Analysis for Mercury . . . . 160
                B. Boigelot and   
               P. Godefroid and   
                 B. Willems and   
                      P. Wolper   The Power of QDDs  . . . . . . . . . . . 172
                A. Igarashi and   
                   N. Kobayashi   Type-Based Analysis of Communication for
                                  Concurrent Programming Languages . . . . 187
                   C. Bodei and   
                      C. Priami   True Concurrency via Abstract
                                  Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
                      I. Mackie   Static Analysis of Interaction Nets for
                                  Distributed Implementations  . . . . . . 217
             S. Jagannathan and   
                   S. Weeks and   
                      A. Wright   Type-Directed Flow Analysis for Typed
                                  Intermediate Languages . . . . . . . . . 232
                      C. Mossin   Exact Flow Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . 250
                        A. Frey   Satisfying Subtype Inequalities in
                                  Polynomial Space . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
                     P. Granger   Static Analyses of Congruence Properties
                                  on Rational Numbers  . . . . . . . . . . 278
                  L. Hornof and   
                    J. Noye and   
                      C. Consel   Effective Specialization of Realistic
                                  Programs via Use Sensitivity . . . . . . 293
                   G.-R. Uh and   
                  D. B. Whalley   Coalescing Conditional Branches into
                                  Efficient Indirect Jumps . . . . . . . . 319
                  J. Brauburger   Automatic Termination Analysis for
                                  Partial Functions Using Polynomial
                                  Orderings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
               S. E. Panitz and   
             M. Schmidt-Schauss   TEA: Automatically Proving Termination
                                  of Programs in a Non-strict Higher-order
                                  Functional Language  . . . . . . . . . . 345
            P. G. Emelianov and   
                  D. E. Baburin   Semantic Analyzer of Modula-Programs . . 361
                  D. Baldan and   
                        G. File   Abstract Interpretation for Improving
                                  WAM Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
               L. Correnson and   
                   E. Duris and   
                 D. Parigot and   
                     G. Roussel   Attribute Grammars and Functional
                                  Programming Deforestation  . . . . . . . 365
                   S. Tzolovski   Data Dependences as Abstract
                                  Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
                    K. Marriott   Abstract Interpretation: A Theory of
                                  Approximate Computation  . . . . . . . . 367
             B. Le Charlier and   
                      P. Flener   On the Desirable Link Between Theory and
                                  Practice in Abstract Interpretation  . . 379
                      P. Cousot   Abstract Interpretation Based Static
                                  Analysis Parameterized by Semantics  . . 388
                    L. Harrison   Can Abstract Interpretation become a
                                  Mainstream Compiler Technology?  . . . . 395
                    N. D. Jones   Combining Abstract Interpretation and
                                  Partial Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . 396
                    B. G. Ryder   Practical Compile-Time Analysis  . . . . 406


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1303, 1997

                     A. G. Cohn   Qualitative Spatial Representation and
                                  Reasoning Techniques . . . . . . . . . . 1
                    K. Konolige   COLBERT: A Language for Reactive Control
                                  in Sapphira  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
                     P. Langley   Machine Learning for Adaptive User
                                  Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
              S. Gerberding and   
                     B. Pientka   Structured Incremental Proof Planning    63
                   T. Kolbe and   
                     S. Glesner   Many-Sorted Logic in a Learning Theorem
                                  Prover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
                       M. Kuehn   Rigid Hypertableaux  . . . . . . . . . . 87
                          W. Lu   Minimal Model Generation Based on
                                  E-hyper Tableaux . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
                   E. Melis and   
                     J. Whittle   External Analogy in Inductive Theorem
                                  Proving  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
                  M. Kerber and   
                    M. Kohlhase   Mechanising Partiality without
                                  Re-implementation  . . . . . . . . . . . 123
                     E. Sandner   From Linear Proofs to Direct Logic with
                                  Exponentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
                M. Strecker and   
                       M. Sorea   Integrating an Equality Prover into a
                                  Software Development System Based on
                                  Type Theory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
                   P. Gruenwald   Causation and Nonmonotonic Temporal
                                  Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
                   D. Basin and   
                S. Matthews and   
                      L. Vigano   Labelled Quantified Modal Logics . . . . 171
                     B. Messing   Defining Decision Rules in Signed Horn
                                  Clauses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
                     B. Berendt   Modeling Subjective Distances  . . . . . 195
              C. Eschenbach and   
                       L. Kulik   An Axiomatic Approach to the Spatial
                                  Relations Underlying ``left''-``right''
                                  and ``in front of''-``behind'' . . . . . 207
                     R. Roehrig   Representation and Processing of
                                  Qualitative Orientation Knowledge  . . . 219
                      B. Ludwig   A Contribution to the Question of
                                  Authenticity of Rhesus Using
                                  Part-of-Speech-Tagging . . . . . . . . . 231
                 S. Schacht and   
                        U. Hahn   Making Objects More Knowledgeable  . . . 243
            K. Schnattinger and   
                        U. Hahn   Constraining the Acquisition of Concepts
                                  by the Quality of Heterogeneous Evidence 255
                   S. Staab and   
                        U. Hahn   Conceptualizing Adjectives . . . . . . . 267
                   H. Weber and   
                 J. Spilker and   
                       G. Goerz   Parsing $N$ Best Trees from a Word
                                  Lattice  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
                 W. Burgard and   
                     D. Fox and   
                     D. Henning   Fast Grid-Based Position Tracking for
                                  Mobile Robots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
                    M. Haag and   
               W. Theilmann and   
             K. H. Schaefer and   
                    H.-H. Nagel   Integration of Image Sequence Evaluation
                                  and Fuzzy Metric Temporal Logic
                                  Programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
             S. Hoelldobler and   
                 Y. Kalinke and   
                     H. Lehmann   Designing a Counter: Another Case Study
                                  of Dynamics and Activation Landscapes in
                                  Recurrent Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 313
                S. K. Bamberger   Cooperating Diagnostic Expert Systems to
                                  Solve Complex Diagnosis Tasks  . . . . . 325
               O. Steinmann and   
              A. Strohmaier and   
                    T. Stfitzle   Tabu Search vs. Random Walk  . . . . . . 337
                  A. Strohmaier   Multi-flip Networks: Parallelizing
                                  GenSAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
                        T. Weis   Resource-Adaptive Action Planning in a
                                  Dialogue System for Repair Support . . . 361
                  A. Artosi and   
              P. Cattabriga and   
                 G. Governatori   A Modal Computational Framework for
                                  Default Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . 373
                L. Cheikhrouhou   Planning Diagonalization Proofs  . . . . 377
                    S. Edelkamp   Suffix Tree Automata in State Space
                                  Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
                  B. Fronhoefer   Connection Cutting for Contraction Free
                                  Logic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
                  D. Gabbay and   
                  R. Nossum and   
                  M. Thielscher   Agents in Proactive Environments . . . . 389
               S. Hartrumpf and   
                      M. Schulz   Reducing Lexical Redundancy by
                                  Augmenting Conceptual Knowledge  . . . . 393
                  J. Nilson and   
                      G. Koekai   A Graphical User Interface for an ECG
                                  Classifier System  . . . . . . . . . . . 397
              N. Stojanovic and   
             L. Stoiljkovic and   
               D. Milenovic and   
                 V. Stoiljkovic   Expert System in Additional Finishing    401
     L. W. N. Van der Torre and   
                      Y.-H. Tan   Reasoning About Exceptions . . . . . . . 405
                H. Walischewski   Learning and Interpretation of the
                                  Layout of Structured Documents . . . . . 409


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1304, 1997

                   J. Faura and   
               J. M. Moreno and   
              M. A. Aguirre and   
                   P. Van Duong   Multicontext dynamic reconfiguration and
                                  real time probing on a novel mixed
                                  signal programmable device with on-chip
                                  microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                T. Miyazaki and   
                A. Takahara and   
                M. Katayama and   
                     T. Murooka   CAD-oriented FPGA and dedicated CAD
                                  system for telecommunications  . . . . . 11
                  M. Leeser and   
               W. M. Meleis and   
                  M. M. Vai and   
                    P. Zavracky   Rothko: A three dimensional FPGA
                                  architecture, its fabrication, and
                                  design tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
                G. McGregor and   
                     P. Lysaght   Extending dynamic circuit switching to
                                  meet the challenges of new FPGA
                                  architectures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
                D. Robinson and   
                 P. Lysaght and   
                G. McGregor and   
                        H. Dick   Performance evaluation of a full speed
                                  PCI initiator and target subsystem using
                                  FPGAs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
                   T.-T. Do and   
                   H. Kropp and   
        M. Schwiegershausen and   
                      P. Pirsch   Implementation of pipelined multipliers
                                  on Xilinx FPGAs  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
                  S. Nisbet and   
                 S. A. Guccione   The XC6200DS development system  . . . . 61
                   E. Boemo and   
                 S. Lopez-Buedo   Thermal monitoring on FPGAs using
                                  ring-oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
               I. Kostarnov and   
                  S. Morley and   
                  J. Osmany and   
                     C. Solomon   A reconfigurable approach to low cost
                                  media processing . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
            P. I. Mackinlay and   
            P. Y. K. Cheung and   
                     W. Luk and   
                   R. Sandiford   Riley-2: A flexible platform for
                                  codesign and dynamic reconfigurable
                                  computing research . . . . . . . . . . . 91
                   B. Kahne and   
                     P. Athanas   Stream synthesis for a wormhole run-time
                                  reconfigurable platform  . . . . . . . . 101
                     W. Luk and   
                 N. Shirazi and   
                  S. R. Guo and   
                P. Y. K. Cheung   Pipeline morphing and virtual pipelines  111
                  B. Rising and   
              M. Van Daalen and   
                   P. Burge and   
                J. Shawe-Taylor   Parallel Graph colouring using FPGAs . . 121
                 O. Diessel and   
                     H. ElGindy   Run-time compaction of FPGA designs  . . 131
               J. M. Emmert and   
                      D. Bhatia   Partial reconfiguration of FPGA mapped
                                  designs with applications to fault
                                  tolerance and yield enhancement  . . . . 141
                 J. Leonard and   
           W. H. Mangione-Smith   A case study of partially evaluated
                                  hardware circuits: Key-specific DES  . . 151
                       R. Payne   Run-time parameterised circuits for the
                                  Xilinx XC6200  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
                     G. Brebner   Automatic identification of swappable
                                  logic units in XC6200 circuitry  . . . . 173
                     P. Lysaght   Towards an expert system for a priori
                                  estimation of reconfiguration latency in
                                  dynamically reconfigurable logic . . . . 183
                B. L. Hutchings   Exploiting reconfigurability through
                                  domain-specific systems  . . . . . . . . 193
               M. Z. Servit and   
                          K. Yi   Technology mapping by binate covering    203
                    V. Betz and   
                        J. Rose   VPR: A new packing, placement and
                                  routing tool for FPGA research . . . . . 213
               M. K. Inuani and   
                        J. Saul   Technology mapping of heterogeneous
                                  LUT-based FPGAs  . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
                   K. Feske and   
                   S. Mulka and   
                  M. Koegst and   
                        G. Elst   Technology-driven FSM partitioning for
                                  synthesis of large sequential circuits
                                  targeting lookup-table based FPGAs . . . 235
                     X. Lin and   
                 E. Dagless and   
                          A. Lu   Technology mapping of LUT based FPGAs
                                  for delay optimisation . . . . . . . . . 245
             S. J. B. Acock and   
                   K. R. Dimond   Automatic mapping of algorithms onto
                                  multiple FPGA-SRAM modules . . . . . . . 255
              R. B. Maunder and   
               Z. A. Salcic and   
                  G. G. Coghill   FPLD HDL synthesis employing high-level
                                  evolutionary algorithm optimisation  . . 265
             A. V. Chichkov and   
                  C. B. Almeida   A hardware/software partitioning
                                  algorithm for custom computing machines  274
                 E. Lechner and   
                 S. A. Guccione   The Java environment for reconfigurable
                                  computing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
          R. W. Hartenstein and   
                  J. Becker and   
                    M. Herz and   
                 U. Nageldinger   Data scheduling to increase performance
                                  of parallel accelerators . . . . . . . . 294
                   R. Kress and   
          R. W. Hartenstein and   
                 U. Nageldinger   An operating system for custom computing
                                  machines based on the Xputer paradigm    304
                A. Dandalis and   
                 V. K. Prasanna   Fast parallel implementation of DFT
                                  using configurable devices . . . . . . . 314
              D. Greenfield and   
                   C. Crome and   
                  M. S. Won and   
                        D. Amos   Enhancing fixed point DSP processor
                                  performance by adding CPLDs as
                                  coprocessing elements  . . . . . . . . . 324
                       M. Shand   A case study of algorithm implementation
                                  in reconfigurable hardware and software  333
            A. S. Chaudhuri and   
            P. Y. K. Cheung and   
                         W. Luk   A reconfigurable data-localised array
                                  for morphological algorithms . . . . . . 344
                  B. Bramer and   
                 D. Chauham and   
              M. K. Ibrahim and   
                      A. Aggoun   Virtual radix array processors (V-RaAP)  354
                 T. Mathews and   
                 S. C. Gibb and   
               L. E. Turner and   
              P. J. W. Graumann   An FPGA implementation of a matched
                                  filter detector for spread spectrum
                                  communications systems . . . . . . . . . 364
          S. Teerapanyawatt and   
               K. Athikulwongse   An NTSC and PAL closed caption processor 374
                    T. Kean and   
                      A. Duncan   A 800 Mpixel/sec reconfigurable image
                                  correlator on XC6216 . . . . . . . . . . 382
                    F. Lisa and   
                F. Cuadrado and   
                 D. Rexachs and   
                   J. Carrabina   A reconfigurable coprocessor for a
                                  PCI-based real time computer vision
                                  system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
                    P. Dunn and   
                       P. Corke   Real-time stereopsis using FPGAs . . . . 400
                 C. C. Jong and   
               Y. Y. H. Lam and   
                       L. S. Ng   FPGA implementation of a digital IQ
                                  demodulator using VHDL . . . . . . . . . 410
                        I. Page   Hardware compilation, configurable
                                  platforms and ASICs for self-validating
                                  sensors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
                   S. Singh and   
               J. Patterson and   
                   J. Burns and   
                       M. Dales   Postscript[TM] rendering with virtual
                                  hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
                  I. Hadzic and   
                    J. M. Smith   P4: A platform for FPGA implementation
                                  of protocol boosters . . . . . . . . . . 438
              M. Abramovici and   
                        D. Saab   Satisfiability on reconfigurable
                                  hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
                    T. Jebelean   Auto-configurable array for GCD
                                  computation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
                 B. Laurent and   
                   G. Bosco and   
                     G. Saucier   Structural versus algorithmic approaches
                                  for efficient adders on Xilinx 5200 FPGA 462
               A. Tisserand and   
                     M. Dimmler   FPGA implementation of real-time digital
                                  controllers using on-line arithmetic . . 472
               T. Hollstein and   
              A. Kirschbaum and   
                     M. Glesner   A prototyping environment for fuzzy
                                  controllers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
                  K. Nukata and   
                 Y. Shibata and   
                   H. Amano and   
                       Y. Anzai   A reconfigurable sensor-data processing
                                  system for personal robots . . . . . . . 491


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1305, 1997

             S. Bedingfield and   
                 S. Huxford and   
                      Y. Cheung   Simulating Pricing Behaviours Using a
                                  Genetic Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                  P. Devine and   
                       R. Paton   Biologically Inspired Computational
                                  Ecologies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
                 B. Edmonds and   
                        S. Moss   Modelling Bounded Rationality Using
                                  Evolutionary Techniques  . . . . . . . . 31
                 V. L. Kalmykov   The Abstract Theory of Evolution of the
                                  Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
             H. P. Albright and   
                  J. P. Ignizio   An Evolutionary Algorithm for Single
                                  Objective Nonlinear Constrained
                                  Optimization Problems  . . . . . . . . . 55
                        I. East   On Recombinative Sampling  . . . . . . . 65
                       T. Hirst   The Evolution of Mutation, Plasticity
                                  and Culture in Cyclically Changing
                                  Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
                       T. Hirst   On the Structure and Transformation of
                                  Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
                 D. Whitley and   
                    S. Rana and   
                  R. Heckendorn   Island Model genetic Algorithms and
                                  Linearly Separable Problems  . . . . . . 109
                   P. Jacob and   
                        A. Ball   Empirical Validation of the Performance
                                  of a Class of Transient Detector . . . . 129
                 H. Kennedy and   
                C. Chinniah and   
                P. Bradbeer and   
                       L. Morss   The Construction and Evaluation of
                                  Decision Trees: a Comparison of
                                  Evolutionary and Concept Learning
                                  Methods  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--162
                        R. Poli   Parallel Distributed Genetic Programming
                                  Applied to the Evolution of Natural
                                  Language Recognisers . . . . . . . . . . 163
                     B. Langdon   Scheduling Planned Maintenance of the
                                  South Wales Region of the National Grid  181
                   M. McIlhagga   Solving Generic Scheduling Problems with
                                  a Distributed Genetic Algorithm  . . . . 199
                    P. Ross and   
                       A. Tuson   Directing the Search of Evolutionary and
                                  Neighbourhood-Search Optimisers for the
                                  Flowshop Sequencing Problem with an
                                  Idle-Time Heuristic  . . . . . . . . . . 213
                   D. Savic and   
                 G. Walters and   
                      M. Schwab   Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms for
                                  Pump Scheduling in Water Supply  . . . . 227
                    J. Shaw and   
                     P. Fleming   Use of Rules and Preferences for
                                  Schedule Builders in Genetic Algorithms
                                  for Production Scheduling  . . . . . . . 237
                   P. Baron and   
                  R. Fisher and   
                A. Sherlock and   
                        F. Mill   A Voxel Based Approach to Evolutionary
                                  Shape Optimisation . . . . . . . . . . . 253
                  A. Deakin and   
                       D. Yates   Phase Transition Networks: A Modelling
                                  Technique Supporting the Evolution of
                                  Autonomous Agents' Tactical and
                                  Operational Activities . . . . . . . . . 263
                  I. Parmee and   
                        M. Beck   An Evolutionary, Agent-Assisted Strategy
                                  for Conceptual Design Space
                                  Decomposition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
                  F. Seredynski   Task Scheduling with use of Classifier
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1306, 1997

             C. H. C. Leung and   
                    W. W. S. So   Characteristics and Architectural
                                  Components of Visual Information Systems 1
                   S.- K. Chang   Active Visual Information Systems  . . . 13
                T. L. Kunii and   
                      J. Ma and   
                       R. Huang   Towards Direct Mapping between Visual
                                  Information Worlds and Real Worlds . . . 27
                  J. S. Jin and   
              H. Greenfield and   
                  R. Kurniawati   Visual Data Processing in Multimedia
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
                  H. Rehatschek   Design of a Distributed Planetary Image
                                  Data Archive Based on an ATM Network . . 66
                   F. Ferri and   
                 P. Grifoni and   
                    F. L. Ricci   An Object-Oriented Model for a Visual
                                  Information System of Patient Folders    92
                N. Mirenkov and   
                   T. Mirenkova   ``Filmification'' of Methods and Film
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
                          G. Lu   Chain Code-Based Shape Representation
                                  and Similarity Measure . . . . . . . . . 135
                Z. J. Zheng and   
                 C. H. C. Leung   Content-Based Retrieval Using Random
                                  Verification of $1$D Cellular Automata
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
                Z. J. Zheng and   
                C. Pantelis and   
             C. H. C. Leung and   
                  M. T. H. Wong   Extracting Complex Tissues of MRI Brain
                                  Images Using Conjugate Transformation
                                  for Medical Visual Information Systems   162
                  M. C. Lee and   
                  D. A. Adjeroh   A Uniform Framework for Feature-Based
                                  Indexing and Retrieval in Visual
                                  Information Systems  . . . . . . . . . . 176
                  L. Wegner and   
               S. Thelemann and   
                   J. Thamm and   
                       D. Wilke   Navigational Exploration and Declarative
                                  Queries in a Prototype for Visual
                                  Information Systems  . . . . . . . . . . 199
                     E. A. Rose   Incorporating Typed Links in a Visual
                                  Search Tool for Images on the Web  . . . 219
                 M. Palhang and   
                      A. Sowmya   Automatic Acquisition of Object Models
                                  by Relational Learning . . . . . . . . . 239
                 M. Worring and   
            C. Van den Berg and   
                 L. Hardman and   
                         A. Tam   System Design for Structured Hypermedia
                                  Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259


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Volume 1308, 1997

                 G. Ehmayer and   
                  G. Kappel and   
                       S. Reich   Connecting Databases to the Web: A
                                  Taxonomy of Gateways (Invited Lecture at
                                  DEXA '96)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                    G. Gardarin   Multimedia Federated Databases on
                                  Intranets: Web-Enabling IRO-DB . . . . . 16
                  T. Branki and   
                      B. Defude   A Terminological Canonical Data Model
                                  for Cooperating Heterogeneous
                                  Geographical Information Systems . . . . 28
                 L.-C. Chan and   
                          Q. Li   An Extensible Approach to Reactive
                                  Processing in an Advanced Object
                                  Modelling Environment  . . . . . . . . . 38
                    J. Debenham   Constructing the Functional Model  . . . 48
             L. Bellatreche and   
              K. Karlapalem and   
                     A. Simonet   Horizontal Class Partitioning in
                                  Object-Oriented Databases  . . . . . . . 58
                M. Benattou and   
                      L. Lakhal   Incremental Inheritance Model for an
                                  OODBMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
                  J.-Y. Gay and   
                   L. Gruenwald   A Clustering Technique for Object
                                  Oriented Databases . . . . . . . . . . . 81
                 T. Bouaziz and   
                J. Karvonen and   
                 A. Pesonen and   
                      A. Wolski   Design and Implementation of TEMPO Fuzzy
                                  Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
              M. S. Desouki and   
                 A. Simonet and   
                     M. Simonet   Supporting and Maintaining Derivations:
                                  A Declarative Active Approach  . . . . . 101
               M.-C. Fauvet and   
           J.-F. Canavaggio and   
                   P.-C. Scholl   Modelling Histories in Object DBMS . . . 112
                   B. Faure and   
               M. Teisseire and   
                   R. Cicchetti   Activity Threads: A Unified Framework
                                  for Aiding Behavioural Modelling . . . . 122
                  O. Pastor and   
                 E. Insfran and   
               V. Pelechano and   
                     S. Ramirez   Linking Object-Oriented Conceptual
                                  Modelling with Object-Oriented
                                  Implementation in Java . . . . . . . . . 132
                        B. Wang   Toward a Unified Data Model for Large
                                  Hypermedia Applications  . . . . . . . . 142
                C. Oussalah and   
                  M. Magnan and   
                    S. Vauttier   Managing the Global Behaviour of
                                  Composite Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . 152
                     J. Teuhola   Heuristic Clustering of Database Objects
                                  According to Multi-valued Attributes . . 162
                W. Wieczeraycki   Object-Oriented Environment for
                                  Collaborative Software Design  . . . . . 172
                  S. Y. Lee and   
                     T. W. Ling   Refined Termination Decision in Active
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
                  K. Zettsu and   
                  K. Uehara and   
                  K. Tanaka and   
                      N. Kimura   A Time-Stamped Authoring Graph for Video
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
                M. Aritsugi and   
               T. Tagashira and   
                 T. Amagasa and   
                    Y. Kanamori   An Approach to Spatio-temporal Queries
                                  --- Interval-Based Contents
                                  Representation of Images . . . . . . . . 202
                   N. Denos and   
                  C. Berrut and   
                    M. Mechkour   An Image Retrieval System Based on the
                                  Visualization of System Relevance via
                                  Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
                    Y. Park and   
                    F. Golshani   ImageRoadMap: A New Content-Based Image
                                  Retrieval System . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
                 F. Buddrus and   
                H. Gaertner and   
                S.-E. Lautemann   First Steps to a Formal Framework for
                                  Multilevel Database Modifications  . . . 240
                  A. Doucet and   
                     S. Monties   Versions of Integrity Constraints in
                                  Multiversion Databases . . . . . . . . . 252
                   E. Mayol and   
                    E. Teniente   Structuring the Process of Integrity
                                  Maintenance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
                 J. M. Jose and   
                   D. J. Harper   A Retrieval Mechanism for
                                  Semi-structured Photographic Collections 276
                Y. Kidawara and   
                  K. Tanaka and   
                      K. Uehara   Encapsulating Multimedia Contents and a
                                  Copyright Protection Mechanism into
                                  Distributed Objects  . . . . . . . . . . 293
                    J. Park and   
                     Y. Nah and   
                         S. Lee   A Priority-Driven Inheritance Scheme for
                                  Temporal-Spatial Structures in
                                  Multimedia Databases . . . . . . . . . . 303
            J. Kouloumdjian and   
                     F. Toumani   Relational Database Reverse Engineering
                                  and Terminological Reasoning . . . . . . 313
                 R. Sunderraman   Modelling Negative and Disjunctive
                                  Information in Relational Databases  . . 337
              K. Karlapalem and   
                      N. M. Pun   Query Driven Data Allocation Algorithms
                                  for Distributed Database Systems . . . . 347
                   Y.-L. Lo and   
                  K. A. Hua and   
                    H. C. Young   A General Multidimensional Data
                                  Allocation Method for Multicomputer
                                  Database Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
                   F. Ravat and   
              M. De Michiel and   
                     G. Zurfluh   Distributed Object Oriented Databases:
                                  An Allocation Method . . . . . . . . . . 367
                  C. Huemer and   
              G. Quirchmayr and   
                     A. M. Tjoa   A Meta Message Approach for Electronic
                                  Data Interchange (EDI) . . . . . . . . . 377
                  D.-Y. Seo and   
                  D.-H. Lee and   
                 K.-S. Moon and   
                       J. Chang   Schemaless Representation of
                                  Semistructured Data and Schema
                                  Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
                 I. Shimojo and   
               T. Tachikawa and   
                    M. Takizawa   M-ary Commitment Protocol with Partially
                                  Ordered Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
        M. J. Aramburu Cabo and   
            R. Berlanga Llavori   Metadata for a Digital Library of
                                  Historical Documents . . . . . . . . . . 409
                  H. Ahonen and   
               B. Heikkinen and   
                O. Heinonen and   
                P. Kilpelaeinen   Assembling Documents from Digital
                                  Libraries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
                  P. Grefen and   
                    J. Vonk and   
                E. Boertjes and   
                       P. Apers   Two-Layer Transaction Management for
                                  Workflow Management Applications . . . . 430
               S. K. Madria and   
           S. N. Maheshwari and   
                 B. Chandra and   
                    B. Bhargava   Crash Recovery in an Open and Safe
                                  Nested Transaction Model . . . . . . . . 440
              W. Winiwarter and   
                  Y. Kambayashi   A Machine Learning Workbench in a DOOD
                                  Framework  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
                   T. Miura and   
                      I. Shioya   Examining Complex Objects for Type
                                  Scheme Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
                   I. Abbas and   
                    O. Boucelma   A Framework for Algebraic Optimization
                                  of Object-Oriented Query Languages . . . 478
                O. Balownew and   
                    T. Bode and   
              A. B. Cremers and   
                    J. Kalinski   A Library Application on Top of an
                                  RDBMS: Performance Aspects . . . . . . . 488
                 G.- H. Cha and   
                 H.-H. Park and   
                    C.-W. Chung   Analysis of Nearest Neighbour Query
                                  Performance in Multidimensional Index
                                  Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
                  J.-L. Koh and   
              A. L. P. Chen and   
             P. C. M. Chang and   
                  J. C. C. Chen   A Query Language and Interface for
                                  Integrated Media and Alphanumeric
                                  Database Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
                 K. Leilahi and   
                   R. Souah and   
                    N. Spyratos   An Algebraic Query Language for
                                  Object-Oriented Data Models  . . . . . . 519
                      W. Ng and   
                      M. Levene   The Development of Ordered SQL Packages
                                  for Modelling Advanced Applications  . . 529
                 S.-H. Moon and   
                      B.-H Hong   Incremental Update Algorithms for
                                  Materialized Spatial Views by Using View
                                  Derivation Relationships . . . . . . . . 539
                 M. Mohania and   
                  S. Konomi and   
                  Y. Kambayashi   Incremental Maintenance of Materialized
                                  Views  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
             H. Afsarmanesh and   
          L. M. Camarinha-Matos   Federated Information Management for
                                  Cooperative Virtual Organizations  . . . 561
                  Z. Bellahsene   Extending a View Mechanism to Support
                                  Schema Evolution in Federated Database
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
                    Y. Chen and   
                        W. Benn   On the Query Treatment in Federated
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
                          X. Wu   Query Processing and Transforming for a
                                  Federated Database System  . . . . . . . 593
                  D. Dubois and   
                       H. Prade   Valid or Complete Information in
                                  Databases --- A Possibility Theory-Based
                                  Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
                  M. Nakata and   
                 G. Resconi and   
                       T. Murai   Handling Imperfection in Databases: A
                                  Modal Logic Approach . . . . . . . . . . 613
                    U. Hahn and   
                K. Schnattinger   Text Knowledge Engineering by
                                  Qualitative Terminological Learning  . . 623
               F. P. Coenen and   
                 B. Beattie and   
       T. J. M. Bench-Capon and   
                     B. M. Diaz   Approach to a Tesseral $n$-dimensional
                                  Spatial Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . 633
                 S. Si-Said and   
                     C. Rolland   Guidance for Requirements Engineering
                                  Processes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
                     A. Henrich   Repository Based Software Cost
                                  Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
                  V. Plihon and   
                     C. Rolland   Using a Generic Approach to Support the
                                  Construction of Methods  . . . . . . . . 663
                  D. Costal and   
               M.-R. Sancho and   
                   A. Olive and   
                     A. Rosello   The Role of Structural Events in
                                  Behaviour Specification  . . . . . . . . 673


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Volume 1309, 1997

                 R. Ohbuchi and   
                  H. Masuda and   
                        M. Aono   Embedding Data in $3$D Models  . . . . . 1
                  A. Smolic and   
                   B. Makai and   
                     G. Lin and   
                      T. Sikora   Estimation of Motion Parameters of a
                                  Rigid Body from a Monocular Image
                                  Sequence for MPEG-4 Applications . . . . 11
                 J. Z. Wang and   
              G. Wiederhold and   
                   O. Firschein   System for Screening Objectionable
                                  Images Using Daubechies' Wavelets and
                                  Color Histograms . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
                   P. Bosco and   
                 G. Martini and   
                     G. Reteuna   MUSIC: An Interactive MUltimedia ServIce
                                  Composition Environment for Distributed
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
                    M. Soto and   
                 H. Le Van Gong   Achieving Networked Virtual Environments
                                  Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
                 C. Shahabi and   
            M. H. Alshayeji and   
                        S. Wang   A Redundant Hierarchical Structure for a
                                  Distributed Continuous Media Server  . . 51
                G. Dammicco and   
                       U. Mocci   Program Caching and Multicasting
                                  Techniques in VoD Networks . . . . . . . 65
                   R. Baier and   
                    C. Gran and   
                 P. Hoepner and   
                  K. Hofrichter   PENGUIN: DAVIC and the WWW in
                                  Coexistence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
                  P. Parnes and   
                  K. Synnes and   
                 D. Schefstroem   mTunnel: A Multicast Tunneling System
                                  with a User Based Quality-of-Service
                                  Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
                     Q. Sun and   
               H. Langendoerfer   A Distributed Delay-Constrained Dynamic
                                  Multicast Routing Algorithm  . . . . . . 97
                   J.-C Henrion   An Efficient Software Implementation of
                                  a FEC Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
                   J. Korst and   
                   V. Pronk and   
                     P. Coumans   Disk Scheduling for Variable-Rate Data
                                  Streams  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
                 S.-L. Tsao and   
                Y.-M. Huang and   
                 C.- C. Lin and   
                     S.-C. Liou   A Novel Data Placement Scheme on Optical
                                  Discs for Near-VOD Servers . . . . . . . 133
                  K.-Y. Lam and   
              C. C. H. Ngan and   
                    J. K. Y. Ng   A Priority Feedback Mechanism for
                                  Distributed MPEG Video Player Systems    143
                  H.-H. Chu and   
                   K. Nahrstedt   A Soft Real Time Scheduling Server in
                                  UNIX Operating System  . . . . . . . . . 153
                S. Gumbrich and   
                      J. Heller   Stored Video Transmission Across ATM
                                  Networks: RVBR versus RCBR Service for
                                  Interactive Applications . . . . . . . . 163
                    R. Noro and   
                   J. P. Hubaux   Improving Clock Synchronization for
                                  MPEG-2 Services over ATM Networks  . . . 176
                  Y. Matsui and   
                      H. Tokuda   VoR: A Network System Framework for VBR
                                  over Reserved Bandwidth  . . . . . . . . 189
                   A. Knapp and   
                    N. Koch and   
                 M. Wirsing and   
                     J. Duckeck   EPK-fix: Methods and Tools for
                                  Engineering Electronic Product
                                  Catalogues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
              S. Ferrandino and   
                   A. Negro and   
                     V. Scarano   CHEOPS: Adaptive Hypermedia on World
                                  Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
                    H. Benz and   
                 S. Fischer and   
             R. Mecklenburg and   
                      A. Wenger   Application Output Recording for Instant
                                  Authoring in a Distributed Multimedia
                                  Annotation Environment . . . . . . . . . 220
                 A. Tsukada and   
                    T. Hata and   
                 F. Matsuda and   
                        K. Sato   Video Data Management in Media
                                  Controller: A Distributed Multimedia
                                  Surveillance System  . . . . . . . . . . 231
                      Anonymous   Personalised News on Demand: The HyNoDe
                                  Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--250
                  H. Brandt and   
                  C. Tittel and   
                P. Todorova and   
                  J. J. Tchouto   Broadband Video Conference Customer
                                  Premises Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 251
                  R. Ludwig and   
                 N. Niebert and   
                      R. Quinet   Radio Webs --- Support Architecture for
                                  Mobile Web Access  . . . . . . . . . . . 261
                 L. Neumann and   
                   A. B. Raposo   An Approach for an Adaptive
                                  Visualization in a Mobile Environment    272
                   M. Lauff and   
                H.-W. Gellersen   Multimedia Client Implementation on
                                  Personal Digital Assistants  . . . . . . 283
                  T. Helbig and   
                 S. Tretter and   
                     D. Trossen   Combining CORBA and ITU-T.120 to an
                                  Efficient Conferencing Service . . . . . 296
              M. Bochicchio and   
                     P. Paolini   Supportive Environments for Executing
                                  Multimedia Applications  . . . . . . . . 308
                     E. Koerner   Patterns for Constructing CSCW
                                  Applications in TINA . . . . . . . . . . 320
                 L. Barolli and   
                   K. Tanno and   
                       A. Greca   Performance Evaluation of the Fuzzy
                                  Policing Mechanism for Still Picture in
                                  ATM Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
                   T. Braun and   
                  A. Reisenauer   Implementation of an Audio/Video
                                  Conferencing Application over Native ATM 342
                 S. Dresler and   
                 M. Hofmann and   
                 C. Schmidt and   
                 H. R. Wiltfang   A Native ATM API Suited for Multimedia
                                  Communication  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
                    V. Hilt and   
                       W. Geyer   A Model for Collaborative Services in
                                  Distributed Learning Environments  . . . 364
                 O. Neumann and   
                S. Rennecke and   
                      A. Schill   Using Distributed Multimedia
                                  Infrastructures for Advanced
                                  Teleteaching Applications  . . . . . . . 376
                   A. Hafid and   
                     R. Boutaba   A Scalable Scheme to Access Multimedia
                                  Documents with Quality of Service
                                  Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
              S. Hollfelder and   
                  A. Kraiss and   
                    T. C. Rakow   A Client-Controlled Adaptation Framework
                                  for Multimedia Database Systems  . . . . 397
                C.-M. Huang and   
                        C. Wang   Interactive Multimedia Communications at
                                  the Presentation Layer . . . . . . . . . 410
                       S. Wirag   Modeling of Adaptable Multimedia
                                  Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
             G. Michelitsch and   
                     M. Ott and   
               D. Reininger and   
                     G. Welling   QoS Aware Browsing in Distributed
                                  Multimedia Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 430
                  J. Deicke and   
                   U. Mayer and   
                     M. Glesner   An Object-Oriented Client/Server
                                  Architecture for Video-on-Demand
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
                   W. Holfelder   Interactive Remote Recording and
                                  Playback of Multicast Videoconferences   450


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Volume 1310, 1997

                    D. Petkovic   Challenges and Opportunities for Pattern
                                  Recognition and Computer Vision Research
                                  in Year 2000 and Beyond  . . . . . . . . 1
                O. F. Olsen and   
                     M. Nielsen   Multiscale Gradient Magnitude Watershed
                                  Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
                 S. Baronti and   
                  A. Casini and   
                   F. Lotti and   
                    S. Porcinai   Segmentation of Multispectral Images of
                                  Works of Art through Principal Component
                                  Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
                  C.-J. Sze and   
              H.-Y. M. Liao and   
                 H.-L. Hung and   
                     K.- C. Fan   Multiscale Edge Detection via Normal
                                  Changes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
                   I. Bloch and   
                      H. Maitre   Extending Adjacency to Fuzzy Sets for
                                  Coping with Imprecise Image Objects  . . 30
                G. Giacinto and   
                        F. Roli   Adaptive Selection of Image Classifiers  38
             L. P. Cordella and   
                  P. Foggia and   
                 C. Sansone and   
                  F. Tortorella   Classification Reliability and Its Use
                                  in Multi-classifier Systems  . . . . . . 46
                  C.-Y. Kim and   
                  Y.-S. Seo and   
                    I.-S. Kweon   Color Linear Model . . . . . . . . . . . 54
                  D. Marini and   
                       A. Rizzi   A Computational Approach to Color
                                  Illusions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
                    A. Grau and   
                     J. Saludes   Improved Textured Images Segmentation
                                  Using an Energy Functional . . . . . . . 70
          J. Regincos Isern and   
            J. Batlle Grabulosa   Contribution to the Colour Segmentation
                                  by Means of an Algorithm Which Reduces
                                  the CCDs Saturation Problems . . . . . . 79
                  B. Aiazzi and   
                L. Alparone and   
                 S. Baronti and   
                  V. Cappellini   Pyramid-Based Multi-sensor Image Data
                                  Fusion with Enhancement of Textural
                                  Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
                 D. Chetverikov   Texture Analysis Using Pairwise
                                  Interaction Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
                   P. Pujas and   
                    M.-J. Aldon   Estimation of the Color Image Gradient
                                  with Perceptual Attributes . . . . . . . 103
                 M. Lalonde and   
                          Y. Li   Contour Line Extraction from Color
                                  Images of Scanned Maps . . . . . . . . . 111
              P. Androutsos and   
              D. Androutsos and   
          K. N. Plataniotis and   
          A. N. Venetsanopoulos   Subjective Analysis of Edge Detectors in
                                  Color Image Processing . . . . . . . . . 119
           A. Carkacio\uglu and   
             F. T. Yarman-Vural   Similarity Measures for Binary and Grey
                                  Level Markov Random Field Textures . . . 127
                C. Cafforio and   
             E. Di Sciascio and   
             C. Guaragnella and   
                  G. Piscitelli   A Simple and Effective Edge Detector . . 134
               A. Biancardi and   
                L. Lombardi and   
                    V. Pacaccio   Improvements to Image Magnification  . . 142
               R. C. Wilson and   
                  E. R. Hancock   Refining Surface Curvature with
                                  Relaxation Labeling  . . . . . . . . . . 150
                   A. H. Salden   Dynamic Scale-Space Theories . . . . . . 158
                E. Barcucci and   
               A. Del Lungo and   
                   M. Nivat and   
                     R. Pinzani   Reconstructing Digital Sets from X-Rays  166
                L. Wendling and   
                 J. Desachy and   
                      A. Paries   Pattern Recognition from Compressed
                                  Labelled Trees of Fuzzy Regions  . . . . 174
                       X. Jiang   Optimality Analysis of Edge Detection
                                  Algorithms for Range Images  . . . . . . 182
                 F. Sloboda and   
                      B. Zat'Ko   Analysis Situs and Image Processing  . . 190
                P. Matsakis and   
                  J. Gadiou and   
                     J. Desachy   Defining Cost Functions and
                                  Profitability Measures for Digraphs
                                  Associated with Raster Dems  . . . . . . 198
              J. S. Sanchez and   
                     F. Pla and   
                    F. J. Ferri   Using Proximity and Spatial Homogeneity
                                  in Neighbourhood-Based Classifiers . . . 206
              C. Di Ruberto and   
                   M. Nappi and   
                    S. Vitulano   Image Segmentation by Means of Fuzzy
                                  Entropy Measure  . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
                  A. Basman and   
                 J. Lasenby and   
                     R. Cipolla   Efficient Region Segmentation through
                                  ``Creep-and-Merge''  . . . . . . . . . . 223
              J. M. Ithesta and   
                 P. J. Sanz and   
                A. P. Del Pobil   An Automatic Transformation from Bimodal
                                  to Pseudo-Binary Images  . . . . . . . . 231
                   Z. Zhang and   
                   M. Braun and   
                      P. Abbott   A New Deformable Model for $3$D Image
                                  Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
              P. Zingaretti and   
               A. Carbonaro and   
                      P. Puliti   Evolutionary Image Segmentation  . . . . 247
                P. C. Smits and   
           S. G. Dellepiane and   
                    G. Vernazza   Discontinuity Adaptive MRF Model for
                                  Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Analysis  255
                  O. Cuisenaire   Region Growing Euclidean Distance
                                  Transforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
                  S. C. Bae and   
                    I. S. Kweon   COP: A New Method for Extracting Edges
                                  and Corners  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
            O. R. P. Bellon and   
                    C. L. Tozzi   An Integrated Approach for Segmentation
                                  and Representation of Range Images . . . 279
                     V. Anh and   
                   J. Maeda and   
                T. Ishizaka and   
                      Y. Suzuki   Two-Dimensional Fractal Segmentation of
                                  Natural Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
                  M. Haindl and   
                         P. Zid   Fast Segmentation of Range Images  . . . 295
                    B. Kurt and   
                 M. Goekmen and   
                     A. K. Jain   Image Compression Based on Centipede
                                  Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
                   T. Ojala and   
                M. Pietikaeinen   Unsupervised Texture Segmentation Using
                                  Feature Distributions  . . . . . . . . . 311
                  T. Gevers and   
             A. W. M. Smeulders   Color Based Object Recognition . . . . . 319
           G. Van De Wouwer and   
                  S. Livens and   
              P. Scheunders and   
                    D. Van Dyck   Color Texture Classification by Wavelet
                                  Energy Correlation Signatures  . . . . . 327
                 E. Boldrin and   
                   R. Schettini   Cross-Media Color Matching Using Neural
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
             J. K. Aggarwal and   
                        S. Shah   Object Recognition and Performance
                                  Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
               A. L. Yuille and   
                 M. Ferraro and   
                       T. Zhang   Relating Image Warping to $3$D
                                  Geometrical Deformations . . . . . . . . 361
               G. Borgefors and   
                 G. Ramella and   
             G. Sanniti Di Baja   Using Top-Down and Bottom-Up Analysis
                                  for a Multiscale Skeleton Hierarchy  . . 369
              L. Di Stefano and   
                      F. Boland   A New Algorithm for $3$D Profilometry
                                  Based on Phase Measurement . . . . . . . 377
                   K. Pulli and   
                   M. Cohen and   
                 T. Duchamp and   
                       H. Hoppe   Surface Modeling and Display from Range
                                  and Color Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
                    N. Duta and   
                       M. Sonka   An Improved Active Shape Model: Handling
                                  Occlusion and Outliers . . . . . . . . . 398
             A. D. J. Cross and   
                  E. R. Hancock   Perspective Matching Using the EM
                                  Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
                    J. Sato and   
                     R. Cipolla   Identifying Human Face Profiles with
                                  Semi-Local Integral Invariants . . . . . 414
                 P. Camacho and   
                F. Arrebola and   
                    F. Sandoval   Adaptive Fovea Structures for
                                  Space-Variant Sensors  . . . . . . . . . 422
                 P. Bottoni and   
                  L. Cinque and   
                S. Levialdi and   
                      P. Mussio   Structural Characterization of Image
                                  Processing Operators . . . . . . . . . . 430
                  S. Spiess and   
                          M. Li   Easy Calibration of Pan/Tilt Camera
                                  Heads and Online Computation of the
                                  Epipolar Correspondences . . . . . . . . 438
                   M. Barni and   
               F. Bartolini and   
              V. Cappellini and   
                    F. Lambardi   Integration of Spatio-Temporal
                                  Information for Motion Detection by
                                  Means of Fuzzy Reasoning . . . . . . . . 446
                    Y. Malo and   
                   F. Ferri and   
                  J. Albert and   
                  J. M. Artigas   Adaptive Motion Estimation and Video
                                  Vector Quantization Based on
                                  Spatiotemporal Non-linearities of Human
                                  Perception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
                      A. Nomura   Integral Based Approach for Determining
                                  Motion Vector Fields . . . . . . . . . . 462
               M. Trajkovic and   
                      M. Hedley   A Practical Algorithm for Structure and
                                  Motion Recovery from Long Sequence of
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
                F. Dornaika and   
                      C. Garcia   Object Pose by Affine Iterations . . . . 478
                 J. Magarey and   
                 A. Kokaram and   
                   N. Kingsbury   Robust Motion Estimation Using
                                  Chrominance Information in Color Image
                                  Sequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
               N. Herodotou and   
          A. N. Venetsanopoulos   Temporal Prediction of Video Sequences
                                  Using an Image Warping Technique Based
                                  on Color Segmentation  . . . . . . . . . 494
                 J. Badenas and   
                   M. Bober and   
                         F. Pla   Motion and Intensity-Based Segmentation
                                  and Its Application to Traffic
                                  Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
                    A. Raji and   
                   E. Petit and   
                 J. Lemoine and   
                     S. Djeziri   A Geometrically Deformable Contour Model 510
                J.-D. Durou and   
              L. Mascarilla and   
                        D. Piau   Non-visible Deformations . . . . . . . . 519
                  W. Peckar and   
                C. Schnoerr and   
                    K. Rohr and   
                   H. S. Stiehl   Two-Step Parameter-Free Elastic Image
                                  Registration with Prescribed Point
                                  Displacements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
               R. Cucchiara and   
                M. Piccardi and   
                 M. Bariani and   
                       P. Mello   Learning for Feature Selection and Shape
                                  Detection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
                  G. Anelli and   
                  A. Broggi and   
                      G. Destri   Experiments on the Decomposition of
                                  Arbitrarily Shaped Binary Morphological
                                  Structuring Elements . . . . . . . . . . 543
                  A. Varley and   
                      P. Rayner   Bézier Modelling of Cracks  . . . . . . . 551
          A. R. Mirhosseini and   
                  K.-M. Lam and   
                         H. Yan   An Adaptive Deformable Template for
                                  Mouth Boundary Modeling  . . . . . . . . 559
                 L. H. Tung and   
                        I. King   A Two-Stage Framework for Polygon
                                  Retrieval Using Minimum Circular Error
                                  Bound  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
                 P. K. Saha and   
                 D. D. Majumder   Topology and Shape Preserving Parallel
                                  Thinning for $3$D Digital Images --- A
                                  New Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
                  M. S. Lew and   
                M. Chaudron and   
               N. Huijsmans and   
                         A. She   Convergence of Model Based Shape from
                                  Shading  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
                    M. Ciuc and   
                  D. Coquin and   
                       P. Bolon   Quantitative Assessment of Two
                                  Skeletonization Algorithms Adapted to
                                  Rectangular Grids  . . . . . . . . . . . 588
                 M. Falcone and   
                      M. Sagona   An Algorithm for the Global Solution of
                                  the Shape-from-Shading Model . . . . . . 596
                       M. Peura   A Statistical Classification Method for
                                  Hierarchical Irregular Objects . . . . . 604
                   R. K. K. Yip   Multi-level Dynamic Programming for
                                  Axial Motion Stereo Line Matching  . . . 612
                 O. Schreer and   
                I. Hartmann and   
                       R. Adams   Analysis of Grey-Level Features for Line
                                  Segment Stereo Matching  . . . . . . . . 620
                T. Shioyama and   
                   H. Y. Wu and   
                W. B. Jiang and   
                    S. Terauchi   $3$D Object Positioning from Monocular
                                  Image Brightnesses . . . . . . . . . . . 628
                X.-F. Zhang and   
                     A. Luo and   
                     W. Tao and   
                   H. Burkhardt   Camera Calibration Based on
                                  $3$D-Point-Grid  . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
              L. Sommellier and   
                   E. Tosan and   
                    D. Vandorpe   A Geometric Modeling Tool for
                                  Stereo-Matching and Reconstruction of a
                                  Model of $3$D-Scene  . . . . . . . . . . 644
                     F. Pla and   
                       M. Bober   Estimating Translation/Deformation
                                  Motion through Phase Correlation . . . . 653
                 C. Meilhac and   
                      C. Nastar   Robust Fitting of $3$D CAD Models to
                                  Video Streams  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
                A. Fusiello and   
                 V. Roberto and   
                      E. Trucco   Experiments with a New Area-Based Stereo
                                  Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
                  C. Menard and   
                W. G. Kropatsch   Adaptive Stereo Matching in Correlation
                                  Scale-Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
                 J.-I. Park and   
                       S. Inoue   Hierarchical Depth Mapping from Multiple
                                  Cameras  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
              B. T. Messmer and   
                       H. Bunke   Fast Computation of Error-Correcting
                                  Graph Isomorphisms Based on Model
                                  Precompilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
               F. Serratosa and   
                    A. Sanfeliu   Function-Described Graphs Applied to
                                  $3$D Object Representation . . . . . . . 701
                  N. Oswald and   
                        P. Levi   Cooperative Vision in a Multi-Agent
                                  Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1311, 1997

                        R. Jain   Content-Centric Computing in Visual
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                J. Martinez and   
                   S. Guillaume   Color Image Retrieval Fitted to
                                  ``Classical'' Querying . . . . . . . . . 14
            D. P. Huijsmans and   
                  M. S. Lew and   
                   D. Denteneer   Quality Measures for Interactive Image
                                  Retrieval with a Performance Evaluation
                                  of Two 3 x 3 Texel-based Methods . . . . 22
           A. M. Bruckstein and   
                 R. J. Holt and   
                A. N. Netravali   Holographic Image Representations: The
                                  Fourier Transform Method . . . . . . . . 30
                 S. Santini and   
                        R. Jain   Image Databases Are Not Databases with
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
               N. Zingirian and   
               P. Baglietto and   
                 M. Maresca and   
                   M. Migliardi   Customizing MPEG Video Compression
                                  Algorithms to Specific Application
                                  Domains: The Case of Highway Monitoring  46
                 B. Carpentieri   A New Lossless Image Compression
                                  Algorithm Based on Arithmetic Coding . . 54
                    L. Teixeira   Analysis of a Two Step MPEG Video System 62
                       K. Wiatr   Dedicated Hardware Processors for a
                                  Real-Time Image Data Pre-processing
                                  Implemented in FPGA Structure  . . . . . 69
                M. Ferretti and   
                       D. Rizzo   Wavelet Transform Architectures: A
                                  System Level Review  . . . . . . . . . . 77
              S. Van Assche and   
                 W. Philips and   
                    I. Lemahieu   Lossless Compression of Pre-press Images
                                  Using a Novel Colour Decorrelation
                                  Technique  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
                  F. Marino and   
                  E. Stella and   
               N. Veneziani and   
                    A. Distante   Real Time Hardware Architecture for
                                  Visual Robot Navigation  . . . . . . . . 93
                 R. Distasi and   
                   M. Nappi and   
                    S. Vitulano   Speeding Up Fractal Encoding of Images
                                  Using a Block Indexing Technique . . . . 101
               A. Biancardi and   
                     A. Merigot   Adding Associative Meshes to the PACCO
                                  I.P. Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
                L. Teixeira and   
                     T. Andrade   Smoothing of MPEG Multi-program Video
                                  Coding for Packet Networks . . . . . . . 117
                C. Saraceno and   
                    R. Leonardi   Audio-visual Processing for Scene Change
                                  Detection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
                 E. Vicario and   
                       W. X. He   Weighted Walkthroughs in Retrieval by
                                  Content of Pictorial Data  . . . . . . . 132
              F. Mokhtarian and   
                  S. Abbasi and   
                     J. Kittler   A New Approach to Computation of
                                  Curvature Scale Space Image for Shape
                                  Similarity Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . 140
                  M. S. Lew and   
            D. P. Huijsmans and   
                   D. Denteneer   Optimal Keys for Image Database Indexing 148
                 C. Meghini and   
              F. Sebastiani and   
                    U. Straccia   The Terminological Image Retrieval Model 156
                  S.-C. Pei and   
                    C.-M. Cheng   Novel Block Truncation Coding of Image
                                  Sequences for Limited-Color Display  . . 164
                    S. Moss and   
                  E. R. Hancock   Image Registration with Shape Mixtures   172
               A. Del Bimbo and   
                M. Mugnaini and   
                    P. Pala and   
                       F. Turco   Image Retrieval by Color Regions . . . . 180
                  L. Cinque and   
                S. Levialdi and   
                 A. Malizia and   
                     R. Mancini   Interactive Model-Based Matching
                                  Retrieval  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
                     Y. Seo and   
                    S. Choi and   
                     H. Kim and   
                      K.-S Hong   Where Are the Ball and Players? Soccer
                                  Game Analysis with Color Based Tracking
                                  and Image Mosaick  . . . . . . . . . . . 196
                 C. Colombo and   
                   A. Rizzi and   
                    I. Genovesi   Histogram Families for Color-Based
                                  Retrieval in Image Databases . . . . . . 204
                    P. Pala and   
                     S. Santini   Image Retrieval by Multidimensional
                                  Elastic Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
                 G. G. Vass and   
                  M. Daoudi and   
                     F. Ghorbel   Optimization Methods in Multilayer
                                  Classifier Networks for Automatic
                                  Control of Lamellibranch Larva Growth    220
               G. Cucurachi and   
                 G. Tascini and   
                      F. Piazza   Neural Networks for Region Detection . . 228
           D. O. Gorodnichy and   
                   A. M. Reznik   Static and Dynamic Attractors of
                                  Auto-associative Neural Networks . . . . 238
            L. I. Timchenko and   
               Y. F. Kutaev and   
               M. A. Grudin and   
                S. V. Cepornyuk   A Brain-Like Approach to Multistage
                                  Hierarchical Image Processing  . . . . . 246
                A. J. Pinho and   
                  L. B. Almeida   Contextual Edge Detection Using a
                                  Recurrent Neural Network . . . . . . . . 254
                  S. I. Cho and   
                   H. Saito and   
                       S. Ozawa   A Divide-and-Conquer Strategy in
                                  Recovering Shape of Book Surface from
                                  Shading  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
                    Y. Sato and   
                T. Ishikawa and   
                      M. Otsuki   Reconstruction of $3$D Shape and Texture
                                  by Active Rangefinding . . . . . . . . . 270
             M. G. Albanesi and   
                    L. Lombardi   Wavelets for Multiresolution Shape
                                  Recognition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
                    J. Chao and   
              A. Karasudani and   
                      K. Minowa   Invariant Object Representation and
                                  Recognition Using Lie Algebra of
                                  Perceptual Vector Fields . . . . . . . . 284
                  N. M. Sirakov   A Fast Approach for Determining of
                                  Visibility of $3$D Object's Surfaces . . 292
                  M. Pontil and   
                       A. Verri   Direct Aspect-Based $3$D Object
                                  Recognition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
             L. De Floriani and   
                 P. Magillo and   
                       E. Puppo   Visualizing Parametric Surfaces at
                                  Variable Resolution  . . . . . . . . . . 308
                   M. Burge and   
                      W. Burger   Learning Visual Ideals . . . . . . . . . 316
                J. R. Serra and   
                 J. B. Subirana   Adaptive Non-cartesian Networks for
                                  Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
           D. O. Gorodnichy and   
            W. W. Armstrong and   
                          X. Li   Adaptive Logic Networks for Facial
                                  Feature Detection  . . . . . . . . . . . 332
                  J. Martin and   
                  J. L. Crowley   An Appearance-Based Approach to
                                  Gesture-Recognition  . . . . . . . . . . 340
                   K. Straahlen   Exponential Vector Field Tomography  . . 348
                  S. Sarkar and   
                   S. Chaudhuri   Detection of Rib Shadows in Digital
                                  Chest Radiographs  . . . . . . . . . . . 356
                J. M. Pardo and   
                 D. Cabello and   
                       J. Heras   A Markov Random Field Model for Bony
                                  Tissue Classification  . . . . . . . . . 364
                 A. Garrido and   
      N. Perez De La Blanca and   
             M. Garcia-Silvente   A New Methodology to Automatically
                                  Segment Biomedical Images  . . . . . . . 372
                T. M. Buzug and   
                   J. Weese and   
                  C. Lorenz and   
                        W. Beil   Histogram-Based Image Registration for
                                  Digital Subtraction Angiography  . . . . 380
                S. Loncaric and   
                   D. Kovacevic   A Method for Segmentation of CT Head
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
                   H. Jiang and   
                     W. Tiu and   
                S. Yamamoto and   
                    S.-I Iisaku   Automatic Recognition of Spicules in
                                  Mammograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
                V. Di Lecce and   
                   A. Guerriero   Specialized Environment for Medical
                                  Radiological Image Visualization . . . . 404
                C. R. Dance and   
                  M. H. Syn and   
               R. W. Prager and   
               J. P. M. Gosling   Interactive Segmentation of $3$D
                                  Ultrasound Using Deformable Solid Models
                                  and Active Contours  . . . . . . . . . . 412
                  Y. Kawata and   
                K. Kanazawa and   
                S. Toshioka and   
                        N. Niki   Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Lung
                                  Cancer Based on Helical CT Images  . . . 420
                   F. Bello and   
        A. C. F. Colchester and   
                    S. A. Roell   A Generalized Geometry and Intensity
                                  Based Partial Volume Correction for
                                  Magnetic Resonance Images  . . . . . . . 428
               C. Bonifazzi and   
                   G. Maino and   
                     A. Tartari   A Regularization Method for Unfolding
                                  the Measured Data of Different X-Ray
                                  Spectrometers in Compton Scattering
                                  Tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
                S. Vinitski and   
                 T. Iwanaga and   
                C. Gonzalez and   
                     D. Andrews   Fast Tissue Segmentation Based on a $4$D
                                  Feature Map: Preliminary Results . . . . 445
                J. Kontinen and   
                 J. Roening and   
                   R. M. MacKie   Texture Features in the Classification
                                  of Melanocytic Lesions . . . . . . . . . 453
                  S. Rachid and   
                    N. Niki and   
               H. Nishitahi and   
                    S. Nakamura   Segmentation of Sputum Color Image for
                                  Lung Cancer Diagnosis Based on Neural
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
                  C.-C. Hah and   
              H.-Y. M. Liao and   
                   G.-J. Yu and   
                     L.-H. Chen   Fast Face Detection via Morphology-Based
                                  Pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
                F. Arrebola and   
                 P. Camacho and   
                    F. Sandoval   Generalization of Shifted Fovea
                                  Multiresolution Geometries Applied to
                                  Object Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
            C. S. Regazzoni and   
               A. Teschioni and   
                     E. Stringa   A Long Term Change Detection Method for
                                  Surveillance Applications  . . . . . . . 485
         P. Vannoorenberghe and   
                 C. Motamed and   
          J.-M. Blosseville and   
                 J.-G. Postaire   Automatic Pedestrian Recognition Using
                                  Real-time Motion Analysis  . . . . . . . 493
                  M. Kosugi and   
                   K. Yamashita   Person Identification System Based on a
                                  Trapezoid Pyramid Architecture of a
                                  Grey-Level Image . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
                 M. Gregori and   
                L. Lombardi and   
                  M. Savini and   
                     A. Scianna   Autonomous Plant Inspection and Anomaly
                                  Detection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
                    F. Hahn and   
                        R. Mota   Nobel Chile Jalapeño Sorting Using
                                  Structured Laser and Neural Networks
                                  Classifiers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
                T. Sumimoto and   
                K. Kuramoto and   
                   S. Okada and   
                    H. Miyauchi   Development of Image Processing
                                  Technique for Detection of the Rescue
                                  Target in the Marine Casualty  . . . . . 524
                 N. Schultz and   
               J. M. Carstensen   Bimodal Histogram Transformation Based
                                  on Maximum Likelihood Parameter
                                  Estimates in Univariate Gaussian
                                  Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
         M. H. Ghassemian Yazdi   A Robust Structural Fingerprint
                                  Restoration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
              X. F. Hermida and   
            F. M. Rodriguez and   
              J. L. F. Lijo and   
                    F. P. Sande   A System for the Automatic and Real Time
                                  Recognition of V.L.P.'s (Vehicle Licence
                                  Plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
                 R. Vaccaro and   
                  S. Dellepiane   Spatial Correlation Features for SAR
                                  Images in a Small Sample Size Context    560
              T. C. H. Heng and   
                    Y. Kuno and   
                      Y. Shirai   Combination of Active Sensing and Sensor
                                  Fusion for Collision Avoidance in Mobile
                                  Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
                 R. Bozzano and   
                    A. Siccardi   Underwater Vegetation Detection in High
                                  Frequency Sonar Images: A Preliminary
                                  Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
                  A. Branca and   
               M. G. Abbate and   
            F. P. Lovergine and   
                    G. Attolico   Leather Inspection through Singularities
                                  Detection Using Wavelet Transforms . . . 584
                 G. Dimauro and   
                S. Impedovo and   
                   G. Pirlo and   
                       A. Salzo   Zoning Design for Handwritten Numeral
                                  Recognition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
                A. Chianese and   
                M. De Santo and   
                  A. Picariello   Improving the Use of Contours and
                                  Skeletons for Off-Line Cursive Script
                                  Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
               M. A. Oezdil and   
         F. T. Yarman-Vural and   
                       N. Arica   Optical Character Recognition Without
                                  Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
                    A. Amin and   
                  M. Kavianifar   Automatic Recognition of Printed Arabic
                                  Text Using Neural Network Classifier . . 616
            A. F. R. Rahman and   
                M. C. Fairhurst   A Novel Pair-Wise Recognition Scheme for
                                  Handwritten Characters in the Framework
                                  of a Multi-expert Configuration  . . . . 624
               E. Del Ninno and   
              G. Nicchiotti and   
                   E. Ottaviani   A General and Flexible Deskewing Method
                                  Based on Generalized Projections . . . . 632
                   L. Duffy and   
             F. Lebourgeois and   
                      H. Emptoz   Logical Structure Analysis by
                                  Typographic Characteristics Extraction   639
                      J. Hu and   
            A. S. Rosenthal and   
                    M. K. Brown   Combining High-Level Features with
                                  Sequential Local Features for On-Line
                                  Handwriting Recognition  . . . . . . . . 647
                Y. Mizukami and   
                        K. Koga   Handwritten Chinese Character
                                  Recognition Using Displacement
                                  Extraction Based on Directional Features 655
               D. L. Farkas and   
               B. T. Ballou and   
                      C. Du and   
                   G. W. Fisher   Optical Image Acquisition, Analysis and
                                  Processing for Biomedical Applications   663
                  P. Abbott and   
                       M. Braun   Segmentation of Ultrasound Image Data by
                                  Two Dimensional Autoregressive Modelling 672
                 A. Neumann and   
                      C. Lorenz   Comparison and Application of Selected
                                  Statistical Shape Models in Medical
                                  Imaging  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
            R. Van De Walle and   
                I. Lemahieu and   
                      E. Achten   Two Motion Detection Algorithms for
                                  Projection-Reconstruction Magnetic
                                  Resonance Imaging: Theory and
                                  Experimental Verification  . . . . . . . 688
                  N. Nagata and   
                 T. Dobashi and   
                  Y. Manabe and   
                       T. Usami   Image Analysis and Synthesis Using
                                  Physics-Based Modeling for Pearl Quality
                                  Evaluation System  . . . . . . . . . . . 697
               G. Garibotto and   
                   C. Scagliola   Computer Vision and Image Processing in
                                  Postal Automation  . . . . . . . . . . . 705
                   T. D. Kimura   Adaptive Pen User Interface with
                                  Supervised Competitive Learning  . . . . 713
              A. C. Kokaram and   
                  S. J. Godsill   Joint Detection, Interpolation, Motion
                                  and Parameter Estimation for Image
                                  Sequences with Missing Data  . . . . . . 719
              M. Tistarelli and   
                  E. Grosso and   
                   J. Bigun and   
                   C. Sacerdoti   The VIRSBS Project: Visual Intelligent
                                  Recognition for Secure Banking Services  727
                   V. Pahor and   
                 G. Ramponi and   
                    R. Castagno   The ESPRIT LTR Research Project:
                                  ``Nonlinear Model-Based Analysis and
                                  Description of Images for Multimedia
                                  Applications (NOBLESSE)''  . . . . . . . 735
                P. C. Smits and   
                  S. B. Serpico   Analysis and Segmentation of Remote
                                  Sensing Images for Land-Cover Mapping    743
              G. G. Pieroni and   
              G. L. Foresti and   
                      V. Murino   Integration of Optical and Acoustical
                                  Imaging Sensors for Underwater
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
                L. Khoudour and   
              J. P. Deparis and   
             J. L. Bruyelle and   
                  F. Cabestaing   Project CROMATICA  . . . . . . . . . . . 757
                  J. Austin and   
                G. Giacinto and   
           I. Kanellopoulos and   
                        K. Lees   The COMPARES Project: COnnectionist
                                  Methods for Preprocessing and Analysis
                                  of REmote Sensing Data . . . . . . . . . 765
                  A. C. Kokaram   Reconstruction of Severely Degraded
                                  Image Sequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
                    M. Mari and   
                  C. Dambra and   
             D. Chetverikov and   
                    J. Verestoy   The CRASH Project: Defect Detection and
                                  Classification in Ferrite Cores  . . . . 781


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1312, 1997

           P. R. F. Sampaio and   
                    N. W. Paton   Deductive Object-Oriented Database
                                  Systems: A Survey  . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                     W. May and   
            C. Schlepphorst and   
                      G. Lausen   Integrating Dynamic Aspects into
                                  Deductive Object-Oriented Databases  . . 20
                   E. Mayol and   
               J. A. Pastor and   
                E. Teniente and   
                        T. Urpi   FOLRE: A Deductive Database System for
                                  the Integrated Treatment of Updates  . . 35
               E. N. Hanson and   
                      S. Khosla   An Introduction to the TriggerMan
                                  Asynchronous Trigger Processor . . . . . 51
                 A. Geppert and   
                     D. Tombros   Logging and Post-Mortem Analysis of
                                  Workflow Executions Based on Event
                                  Histories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
             M. Schlesinger and   
                   G. Loerincze   Rule Modelling and Simulation in ALFRED  83
                   S. Comai and   
                       L. Tanca   Using the Properties of Datalog to Prove
                                  Termination and Confluence in Active
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
                    X. Wang and   
                  J.-H. You and   
                     L. Y. Yuan   On Confluence Property of Active
                                  Databases with Meta-Rules  . . . . . . . 118
              M. K. Tschudi and   
                S. D. Urban and   
             S. W. Dietrich and   
                A. P. Karadimce   An Implementation and Evaluation of the
                                  Refined Triggering Graph Method for
                                  Active Rule Termination Analysis . . . . 133
              H. W. R. Chan and   
             S. W. Dietrich and   
                    S. D. Urban   On Control Flow Testing of Active Rules
                                  in a Declarative Object-Oriented
                                  Framework  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
              P. Fraternali and   
                E. Teniente and   
                        T. Urpi   Validating Active Rules by Planning  . . 181
              M. Bouzeghoub and   
                  F. Fabret and   
                 F. Llirbat and   
                   M. Matulovic   ACTIVE-DESIGN: A Generic Toolkit for
                                  Deriving Specific Rule Execution Models  197


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1313, 1997

                S. Anderson and   
                     K. Tourlas   Diagrams and Programming Languages for
                                  Programmable Controllers . . . . . . . . 1
                  H. Dierks and   
                       C. Dietz   Graphical Specification and Reasoning:
                                  Case Study Generalised Railroad Crossing 20
                  G. Reggio and   
                      M. Larosa   A Graphic Notation for Formal
                                  Specifications of Dynamic Systems  . . . 40
                       G. Smith   A Semantic Integration of Object-Z and
                                  CSP for the Specification of Concurrent
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
              A. Mikhajlova and   
                  E. Sekerinski   Class Refinement and Interface
                                  Refinement in Object-Oriented Programs   82
                     S. Kleuker   Formalizing Requirements for Distributed
                                  Systems with Trace Diagrams  . . . . . . 102
                   F. Huber and   
                 B. Schaetz and   
                      G. Einert   Consistent Graphical Specification of
                                  Distributed Systems  . . . . . . . . . . 122
                    K. Lano and   
                     A. Sanchez   Design of Reactive Control Systems for
                                  Event-Driven Operations  . . . . . . . . 142
             H. Fleischhack and   
                      J. Tapken   An M-Net Semantics for a Real-Time
                                  Extension of SDL . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
                    M. Broy and   
                   R. Grosu and   
                       C. Klein   Reconciling Real-Time with Asynchronous
                                  Message Passing  . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
              M. Schoenhoff and   
                     M. Kowsari   Specifying the Remote Controlling of
                                  Valves in an Explosion Test Environment  201
             L. Devauchelle and   
               P. G. Larsen and   
                        H. Voss   PICGAL: Practical Use of Formal
                                  Specification to Develop a Complex
                                  Critical System  . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
                W. D. Young and   
                   W. R. Bevier   Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of an
                                  External Memory Manager  . . . . . . . . 237
                   P. Mukherjee   Automatic Translation of VDM-SL
                                  Specifications into Gofer  . . . . . . . 258
                S. Agerholm and   
                       J. Frost   Towards an Integrated CASE and Theorem
                                  Proving Tool for VDM-SL  . . . . . . . . 278
                    K. Lano and   
              J. Bicarregui and   
                J. Fiadeiro and   
                       A. Lopes   Specification of Required
                                  Non-determinism  . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
                     H. Tej and   
                       B. Wolff   A Corrected Failure-Divergence Model for
                                  CSP in Isabelle/HOL  . . . . . . . . . . 318
            B. K. Aichernig and   
                   P. G. Larsen   A Proof Obligation Generator for VDM-SL  338
                M. M. Ayadi and   
                   D. Bolignano   Verification of Cryptographic Protocols:
                                  An Experiment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
                  J.-C Gregoire   TLA + PROMELA: Conjecture, Check, Proof.
                                  Engineering New Protocols Using Methods
                                  and Formal Notations . . . . . . . . . . 378
                A. Mokkedem and   
             M. J. Ferguson and   
               R. deB. Johnston   A TLA Solution to the Specification and
                                  Verification of the RLP1 Retransmission
                                  Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
            J. M. R. Martin and   
                   S. A. Jassim   An Efficient Technique for Deadlock
                                  Analysis of Large Scale Process Networks 418
                      S. Yu and   
                         Z. Luo   Implementing a Model Checker for LEGO    442
                    A. Dold and   
            F. W. Von Henke and   
                 H. Pfeifer and   
                       H. Ruess   Formal Verification of Transformations
                                  for Peephole Optimization  . . . . . . . 459
                    R. F. Paige   A Meta-Method for Formal Method
                                  Integration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
                   D. Hemer and   
                  P. A. Lindsay   Reuse of Verified Design Templates
                                  Through Extended Pattern Matching  . . . 495
              F. S. De Boer and   
               U. Hannemann and   
                W.-P. De Roever   A Compositional Proof System for Shared
                                  Variable Concurrency . . . . . . . . . . 515
                  P. Michel and   
                       V. Wiels   A Framework for Modular Formal
                                  Specification and Verification . . . . . 533
               C. Petersohn and   
                      L. Urbina   A Timed Semantics for the STATEMATE
                                  Implementation of Statecharts  . . . . . 553
  D. W. J. Stringer-Calvert and   
                 S. Stepney and   
                        I. Wand   Using PVS to Prove a Z Refinement: A
                                  Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
                  P. Kellomaeki   Verification of Reactive Systems Using
                                  DisCo and PVS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
                  D. Cazier and   
                  J.-F. Dufourd   Term Rewrite Systems to Derive Set
                                  Boolean Operations on $2$D Objects . . . 605
                   L. Silva and   
                 A. Sampaio and   
                      E. Barros   A Normal Form Reduction Strategy for
                                  Hardware/Software Partitioning . . . . . 624
                  E. Boiten and   
                  H. Bowman and   
                 J. Derrick and   
                       M. Steen   Viewpoint Consistency in Z and LOTOS: A
                                  Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
                 M. Charpentier   A Unity Mapping Operator for Distributed
                                  Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1314, 1997

                   R. J. Mooney   Inductive logic programming for natural
                                  language processing  . . . . . . . . . . 3
               S. Muggleton and   
                    D. Page and   
                  A. Srinivasan   An initial experiment into
                                  stereochemistry-based drug design using
                                  inductive logic programming  . . . . . . 25
                S. Dzeroski and   
          S. Schulze-Kremer and   
              K. R. Heidtke and   
                      K. Sierns   Applying ILP to diterpene structure
                                  elucidation from 0103C NMR spectra . . . 41
              E. Van Baelen and   
                    L. De Raedt   Analysis and prediction of piano
                                  performances using inductive logic
                                  programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
               D. Gamberger and   
                      N. Lavrac   Noise detection and elimination applied
                                  to noise handling in a KRK chess endgame 72
              A. Srinivasan and   
                     R. D. King   Feature construction with inductive
                                  logic programming: A study of
                                  quantitative predictions of biological
                                  activity aided by structural attributes  89
                   M. Sebag and   
                   C. Rouveirol   Polynomial-time learning in logic
                                  programming and constraint logic
                                  programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
                   G. Kokai and   
                  Z. Alexin and   
                    T. Gyimothy   Analyzing and learning ECG waveforms . . 127
               F. Mizoguchi and   
                  H. Ohwada and   
                 M. Daidoji and   
                     S. Shivato   Learning rules that classify ocular
                                  fundus images for glaucoma diagnosis . . 146
                  H. Fujita and   
                    N. Yagi and   
                   T. Ozaki and   
                    K. Furukawa   A new design and implementation of
                                  Progol by bottom-up computation  . . . . 163
                      P. Flener   Inductive logic program synthesis with
                                  DIALOGS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
                H. Blockeel and   
                    L. De Raedt   Relational knowledge discovery in
                                  databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
                T. Scheffer and   
                R. Herbrich and   
                    F. Wysotzki   Efficient theta-subsumption based on
                                  graph algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
                   A. Jorge and   
                  P. B. Brazdil   Integrity Constraints in ILP using a
                                  Monte Carlo approach . . . . . . . . . . 229
                      A. Rieger   Restructuring chain datalog programs . . 245
                 N. Inuzuka and   
                    M. Kamo and   
                   N. Ishii and   
                        H. Seki   Top-down induction of logic programs
                                  from incomplete samples  . . . . . . . . 265
       S.-H. Nienhuys-Cheng and   
                     R. De Wolf   Least generalizations under implication  285
                       U. Pompe   Efficient proof encoding . . . . . . . . 299
                 T. Horvath and   
                R. H. Sloan and   
                       G. Turan   Learning logic programs with random
                                  classification noise . . . . . . . . . . 315
               M.- E. Goncalves   Handling quantifiers in ILP  . . . . . . 337
                   S. Muggleton   Learning from positive data  . . . . . . 358
                      Z. Markov   lambda-subsumption and its application
                                  to learning from positive-only examples  377


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1315, 1997

                      G. Sommer   Algebraic Aspects of Designing Behaviour
                                  Based Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                 G. H. Granlund   From Multidimensional Signals to the
                                  Generation of Responses  . . . . . . . . 29
                  A. Heyden and   
                   G. Sparr and   
                    K. Aastroem   Perception and Action Using Multilinear
                                  Forms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
           J. J. Koenderink and   
                A. J. Van Doorn   Local Image Operators and Iconic
                                  Structure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
                   T. Lindeberg   On Automatic Selection of Temporal
                                  Scales in Time-Causal Scale-Space  . . . 94
                        R. Lenz   Some Applications of Representations of
                                  Lie Algebras and Lie Groups  . . . . . . 114
                    L. Van Gool   A Systematic Approach to Geometric-Based
                                  Grouping and Non-accidentalness  . . . . 126
                  T. Buelow and   
                      G. Sommer   Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing
                                  Using an Algebraically Extended Signal
                                  Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
              A. V. Chernov and   
                  V. M. Chernov   On Hestenes' Formalization for
                                  Describing Linear Image Transforms . . . 164
                 W. Skarbek and   
                    K. Ignasiak   Fractal Basis Functions for Pattern
                                  Recognition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
                     A. Shashua   Trilinear Tensor: The Fundamental
                                  Construct of Multiple-view Geometry and
                                  Its Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
                  G. Csurka and   
                    O. Faugeras   Algebraic and Geometric Tools to Compute
                                  Projective and Permutation Invariants    207
        E. Bayro-Corrochano and   
                     J. Lasenby   A Unified Language for Computer Vision
                                  and Robotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
                       A. Naeve   Structure from Translational Observer
                                  Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
              C. Fermueller and   
               L. F. Cheong and   
                   Y. Aloimonos   The Geometry of Visual Space Distortion  249
              T. Tuytelaars and   
               M. Proesmans and   
                    L. Van Gool   The Cascaded Hough Transform as Support
                                  for Grouping and Finding Vanishing
                                  Points and Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
                E. Marchand and   
                   F. Chaumette   Visual Perception Strategies for $3$D
                                  Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
                    K. Kanatani   Statistical Optimization and Geometric
                                  Visual Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
              S. J. Maybank and   
                  A. D. Worrall   Path Prediction and Classification Based
                                  on Non-linear Filtering  . . . . . . . . 323
                       L. Dorst   Bottom-up Derivation of the
                                  Qualitatively Different Behaviours of a
                                  Car across Varying Spatio-Temporal
                                  Scales: A Study in Abstraction of
                                  Goal-Directed Motion . . . . . . . . . . 344
                      H. Ritter   Neural Network Approaches for Perception
                                  and Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
        E. Bayro-Corrochano and   
                    S. Buchholz   Geometric Neural Networks  . . . . . . . 379


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1316, 1997

                        M. Blum   Program error detection/correction:
                                  Turning PAC learning into Perfect
                                  learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                A. Ambainis and   
                 K. Apsitis and   
               R. Freivalds and   
                     W. Gasarch   Team learning as a game  . . . . . . . . 2
              E. Hirowatari and   
                     S. Arikawa   Inferability of recursive real-valued
                                  functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                    S. Jain and   
                   S. Lange and   
                      J. Nessel   Learning of r.e. languages from good
                                  examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
               S. Kobayashi and   
                    T. Yokomori   Identifiability of subspaces and
                                  homomorphic images of zero-reversible
                                  languages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
                 C. Domingo and   
                 T. Tsukiji and   
                    O. Watanabe   Partial Occam's razor and its
                                  applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
                M. Sitharam and   
                     T. Straney   Derandomized learning of Boolean
                                  functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
                  R. Parekh and   
                     V. Honavar   Learning DFA from simple examples  . . . 116
                   F. Denis and   
                    R. Gilleron   PAC learning under helpful distributions 132
                    H. Qiao and   
               N. S. V. Rao and   
                V. Protopopescu   PAC learning using Nadaraya-Watson
                                  estimator based on orthonormal systems   146
                   E. Boros and   
                 T. Ibaraki and   
                      K. Makino   Monotone extensions of Boolean data sets 161
                        M. Sato   Classical Brouwer-Heyting-Kolmogorov
                                  interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
                    Y. Mukouchi   Inferring a system from examples with
                                  time passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
               S. Matsumoto and   
                 Y. Hayashi and   
                     T. Shoudai   Polynomial time inductive inference of
                                  regular term tree languages from
                                  positive data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
                    J. Case and   
                    S. Jain and   
                      A. Sharma   Synthesizing noise-tolerant language
                                  learners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
                A. Ambainis and   
                 K. Apsitis and   
                  C. Calude and   
                   R. Freivalds   Effects of Kolmogorov complexity present
                                  in inductive inference as well . . . . . 244
                T. Erlebach and   
              P. Rossmanith and   
               H. Stadtherr and   
                      A. Steger   Learning one-variable pattern languages
                                  very efficiently on average, in
                                  parallel, and by asking queries  . . . . 260
                 J. Koebler and   
                     W. Lindner   Oracles in 0p2 are sufficient for exact
                                  learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
                  V. Arvind and   
            N. V. Vinodchandran   Exact learning via teaching assistants   291
                    A. Nakamura   An efficient exact learning algorithm
                                  for ordered binary decision diagrams . . 307
                        V. Vovk   Probability theory for the Brier game    323
                   X. Zhang and   
                       M. Numao   Learning and revising theories in noisy
                                  domains  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
                     L. Gurvits   A note on a scale-sensitive dimension of
                                  linear bounded functionals in Banach
                                  spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
                       W. Maass   On the relevance of time in neural
                                  computation and learning . . . . . . . . 364
                E. Takimoto and   
                   K. Hirai and   
                     A. Maruoka   A simple algorithm for predicting nearly
                                  as well as the best pruning labeled with
                                  the best prediction values of a decision
                                  tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
                        S. Kwek   Learning disjunctions of features  . . . 401
                    H. Sakamoto   Leaning simple deterministic
                                  finite-memory automata . . . . . . . . . 416
                     H. Arimura   Learning acyclic first-order Horn
                                  sentences from entailment  . . . . . . . 432
                T. Hegedues and   
                       P. Indyk   On learning disjunctions of zero-one
                                  threshold functions with queries . . . . 446


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1317, 1997

                   M. Leman and   
                   A. Schneider   Origin and Nature of Cognitive and
                                  Systematic Musicology: An Introduction   13
                  J. Louhivuori   Systematic, Cognitive and Historical
                                  Approaches in Musicology . . . . . . . . 30
                       M. Weber   Empiricism, Gestalt Qualities, and
                                  Determination of Style: Some Remarks
                                  Concerning the Relationship of Guido
                                  Adler to Richard Wallaschek, Alexius
                                  Meinong, Christian von Ehrenfels, and
                                  Robert Lach  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
                   M. Reybrouck   Gestalt Concepts and Music: Limitations
                                  and Possibilities  . . . . . . . . . . . 57
                 R. Eichert and   
                 L. Schmidt and   
                     U. Seifert   Logic, Gestalt Theory, and Neural
                                  Computation in Research on Auditory
                                  Perceptual Organization  . . . . . . . . 70
                   R. I. Godoey   Knowledge in Music Theory by Shapes of
                                  Musical Objects and Sound-Producing
                                  Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
                   E. Ungeheuer   Statistical Gestalts --- Perceptible
                                  Features in Serial Music . . . . . . . . 103
                   A. Schneider   ``Verschmelzung'', Tonal Fusion, and
                                  Consonance: Carl Stumpf Revisited  . . . 117
                   M. Leman and   
                    F. Carreras   Schema and Gestalt: Testing the
                                  Hypothesis of Psychoneural Isomorphism
                                  by Computer Simulation . . . . . . . . . 144
              N. C. Petroni and   
                   M. Tricarico   Self-organizing Neural Nets and the
                                  Perceptual Origin of the Circle of
                                  Fifths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
                    R. Parncutt   A Model of the Perceptual Root(s) of a
                                  Chord Accounting for Voicing and
                                  Prevailing Tonality  . . . . . . . . . . 181
                       D. Werts   `Good', `Fair', and `Bad' Chord
                                  Progressions: A Regression-Analysis of
                                  Some Psychological Chord Progression
                                  Data Obtained in an Experiment by J.
                                  Bharucha and C. Krumhansl  . . . . . . . 200
                      J. Keuler   Problems of Shape and Background in
                                  Sounds with Inharmonic Spectra . . . . . 214
                    R. Eberlein   A Method of Analysing Harmony, Based on
                                  Interval Patterns or ``Gestalten'' . . . 225
                    E. Isaacson   Neural Network Models for the Study of
                                  Post-Tonal Music . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
                  M. Franek and   
                       J. Mates   Tempo Relations: Is There a
                                  Psychological Basis for Proportional
                                  Tempo Theory?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
                    D. Moelants   A Framework for the Subsymbolic
                                  Description of Meter . . . . . . . . . . 263
              E. Cambouropoulos   Musical Rhythm: A Formal Model for
                                  Determining Local Boundaries, Accents
                                  and Metre in a Melodic Surface . . . . . 277
                   C. Krumhansl   Effects of Perceptual Organization and
                                  Musical Form on Melodic Expectancies . . 294
                      S. Larson   Continuations as Completions: Studying
                                  Melodic, Expectation in the Creative
                                  Microdomain Seek Well  . . . . . . . . . 321
                  P. Toiviainen   Optimizing Self-Organizing Timbre Maps:
                                  Two Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
                       M. Rusko   Towards a More General Understanding of
                                  the Nasality Phenomenon  . . . . . . . . 351
                      C. Reuter   Karl Erich Schumann's Principles of
                                  Timbre as a Helpful Tool in Stream
                                  Segregation Research . . . . . . . . . . 362
               T. Rochebois and   
                 G. Charbonneau   Cross-Synthesis Using Interverted
                                  Principal Harmonic Sub-Spaces  . . . . . 375
                   D. Cohen and   
                      S. Dubnov   Gestalt Phenomena in Musical Texture . . 386
                   A. Tanguiane   Technology of Interpretation and
                                  Expressive Pulses  . . . . . . . . . . . 409
                         J. Fyk   Intonational Protention in the
                                  Performance of Melodic Octaves on the
                                  Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1318, 1997

                  G. Davida and   
                 Y. Frankel and   
                Y. Tsiounis and   
                        M. Yung   Anonymity Control in E-Cash Systems  . . 1
                  E. Gabber and   
              P. B. Gibbons and   
                  Y. Matias and   
                       A. Mayer   How to Make Personalized Web Browsing
                                  Simple, Secure, and Anonymous  . . . . . 17
                       J. McCoy   Anonymous Networking and Virtual
                                  Intranets: Tools for Anonymous
                                  Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
             P. F. Syverson and   
          S. G. Stubblebine and   
               D. M. Goldschlag   Unlinkable Serial Transactions . . . . . 39
                    C. Radu and   
                R. Govaerts and   
                  J. Vandewalle   Efficient Electronic Cash with
                                  Restricted Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . 57
                       Y. Zheng   The SPEED Cipher . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
               S. L. Lelieveldt   Evaluating the Security of Electronic
                                  Money  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
             D. G. W. Birch and   
                   N. A. McEvoy   Electronic Cash --- Technology Will
                                  Denationalise Money  . . . . . . . . . . 95
                    D. P. Maher   Fault Induction Attacks, Tamper
                                  Resistance, and Hostile Reverse
                                  Engineering in Perspective . . . . . . . 109
                  L. C. Guillou   Some Critical Remarks on ``Dynamic Data
                                  Authentication'' as Specified in EMV '96 123
                       N. Lange   Single-Chip Implementation of a
                                  Cryptosystem for Financial Applications  135
                   R. L. Rivest   Perspectives on Financial Cryptography   145
             M. K. Franklin and   
                      D. Malkhi   Auditable Metering with Lightweight
                                  Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
                    J. Stem and   
                    S. Vaudenay   SVP: A Flexible Micropayment Scheme  . . 161
                 S. Jarecki and   
                     A. Odlyzko   An Efficient Micropayment System Based
                                  on Probabilistic Polling . . . . . . . . 173--191
                      Y. Yacobi   On the Continuum Between On-line and
                                  Off-line E-cash Systems --- I  . . . . . 193
                  H. Pagnia and   
                      R. Jansen   Towards Multiple-Payment Schemes for
                                  Digital Money  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
               M. Jakobsson and   
                        M. Yung   Applying Anti-Trust Policies to Increase
                                  Trust in a Versatile E-Money System  . . 217
                    P. P. Swire   The Uses and Limits of Financial
                                  Cryptography: A Law Professor's
                                  Perspective  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
                    E. J. Radlo   Legal Issues in Cryptography . . . . . . 259
                 A. M. Froomkin   Digital Signatures Today . . . . . . . . 287
                  C. R. Merrill   An Attorney's Roadmap to the Digital
                                  Signature Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 291
                      B. Wright   Alternative Visions for Legal Signatures
                                  and Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
                   P. C. Wayner   Money Laundering: Past, Present and
                                  Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
                   R. L. Rivest   Electronic Lottery Tickets as
                                  Micropayments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
                      P. Lampru   Strategic Tasks for Government in the
                                  Information Age  . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
                   I. Grigg and   
                    C. C. Petro   Using Electronic Markets to Achieve
                                  Efficient Task Distribution  . . . . . . 329
                   T. Goldstein   The Gateway Security Model in the Java
                                  Electronic Commerce Framework  . . . . . 340
                  D. W. Kravitz   Highly Scalable On-line Payments Via
                                  Task Decoupling  . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
                     B. Fox and   
                 B. Beckman and   
                       D. Simon   GUMP: Grand Unified Meta-Protocols
                                  Recipes for Simple, Standards-Based
                                  Financial Cryptography . . . . . . . . . 375
               B. Esslinger and   
                   J. Schneider   Secure Network Communications and Secure
                                  Store and Forward Mechanisms with the
                                  SAP R/3 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1319, 1997

                 G. Beydoun and   
                    A. Hoffmann   Acquisition of Search Knowledge  . . . . 1
                    P. Beys and   
                 M. Van Someren   A Systematic Approach to the
                                  Functionality of Problem-Solving Methods 17
                   P. Borst and   
                   H. Akkermans   An Ontology Approach to Product
                                  Disassembly  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
                 R. Boswell and   
                    S. Craw and   
                        R. Rowe   Knowledge Refinement for a Design System 49
             F. Cornelissen and   
               C. M. Jonker and   
                       J. Treur   Compositional Verification of
                                  Knowledge-Based Systems: A Case Study
                                  for Diagnostic Reasoning . . . . . . . . 65
                  S. Decker and   
                  M. Daniel and   
                 M. Erdmann and   
                      R. Studer   An Enterprise Reference Scheme for
                                  Integrating Model Based Knowledge
                                  Engineering and Enterprise Modelling . . 81
                      D. Fensel   The Tower-of-Adapter Method for
                                  Developing and Reusing Problem-Solving
                                  Methods  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
                  D. Fensel and   
                   E. Motta and   
                  S. Decker and   
                     Z. Zdrahal   Using Ontologies for Defining Tasks,
                                  Problem-Solving Methods and their
                                  Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
                    U. Hahn and   
                K. Schnattinger   An Empirical Evaluation of a System for
                                  Text Knowledge Acquisition . . . . . . . 129
                D. M. Jones and   
                    R. C. Paton   Acquisition of Conceptual Structure in
                                  Scientific Theories  . . . . . . . . . . 145
          R. Martinez-Bejar and   
            V. R. Benjamins and   
                F. Martin-Rubio   Designing Operators for Constructing
                                  Domain Knowledge Ontologies  . . . . . . 159
                     R. Perkuhn   Reuse of Problem-Solving Methods and
                                  Family Resemblances  . . . . . . . . . . 174
       C. Pierret-Golbreich and   
                       X. Talon   Specification of Flexible
                                  Knowledge-Based Systems  . . . . . . . . 190
                     A. Pos and   
               H. Akkermans and   
                   R. Straatman   Problem Solving for Redesign . . . . . . 205
                 C. Reynaud and   
         N. Aussenac-Gilles and   
             P. Tchounikine and   
                     F. Trichet   The Notion of Role in Conceptual
                                  Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
                D. Richards and   
                     P. Compton   Knowledge Acquisition First, Modelling
                                  Later  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
                B. D. Smith and   
                   K. Rajan and   
                  N. Muscettola   Knowledge Acquisition for the Onboard
                                  Planner of an Autonomous Spacecraft  . . 253
           B. Tschaitschian and   
                 A. Abecker and   
                 F. Schmalhofer   Information Tuning with KARAT:
                                  Capitalizing on Existing Documents . . . 269
                  S. Wallis and   
                      G. Nelson   Syntactic Parsing as a Knowledge
                                  Acquisition Problem  . . . . . . . . . . 285
                G. P. Zarri and   
                       S. Azzam   Building Up and Making Use of Corporate
                                  Knowledge Repositories . . . . . . . . . 301
                 F. Brazier and   
                 P. Van Eck and   
                       J. Treur   Modelling Competitive Co-operation of
                                  Agents in a Compositional Multi-Agent
                                  Framework  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
           F. M. T. Brazier and   
            N. J. E. Wijngaards   An Instrument for a Purpose Driven
                                  Comparison of Modelling Frameworks . . . 323
            T. Breidenstein and   
                I. Bournaud and   
                    F. Wolinski   Knowledge Discovery in Rule Bases  . . . 329
             V. M. H. Coupe and   
             L. C. Van der Gaag   Supporting Probability Elicitation by
                                  Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 335
                  J.-M. Gabriel   Towards More Collaboration Between
                                  Machine Learning Systems and their Users 341
                      D. Garcia   COATIS, an NLP System to Locate
                                  Expressions of Actions Connected by
                                  Causality Links  . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
                  S. Kaspar and   
                    A. Hoffmann   Using Knowledge Acquisition to Build
                                  Spoken Language Systems  . . . . . . . . 353
          L. Maillet-Contoz and   
                   J. Sallantin   An Assistant for a Design Project:
                                  Application to the Design of a Mixed
                                  Hardware/Software Architecture . . . . . 359
                   L. Poittevin   REVINOS: An Interactive Revision Tool
                                  Based on the Concept of Situation  . . . 365
                   R. Straatman   KIDS for KADS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
                L. Talavera and   
                      U. Cortes   Exploiting Inductive Bias Shift in
                                  Knowledge Acquisition from
                                  Ill-Structured Domains . . . . . . . . . 377
                    J. Kingston   The DARPA High Performance Knowledge
                                  Bases Programme  . . . . . . . . . . . . 383


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1320, 1997

                F. B. Schneider   Towards Fault-Tolerant and Secure
                                  Agentry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                      A. Reuter   Workflow Management: An Exercise in
                                  Distributed Computing  . . . . . . . . . 15
              A. Pogosyants and   
                  R. Segala and   
                       N. Lynch   Verification of the Randomized Consensus
                                  Algorithm of Aspnes and Herlihy: A Case
                                  Study  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
                   T. Eilam and   
                   S. Moran and   
                        S. Zaks   A Simple DFS-Based Algorithm for Linear
                                  Interval Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                M. Flammini and   
                E. Nardelli and   
                    G. Proietti   ATM Layouts with Bounded Hop Count and
                                  Congestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
                  K.-S. Lui and   
                        S. Zaks   Scheduling in Synchronous Networks and
                                  the Greedy Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . 66
               J. E. Gehrke and   
              C. G. Plaxton and   
                   R. Rajaraman   Rapid Convergence of a Local Load
                                  Balancing Algorithm for Asynchronous
                                  Rings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
              B. S. Chlebus and   
               R. De Prisco and   
               A. A. Shvartsman   Performing Tasks on Restartable
                                  Message-Passing Processors . . . . . . . 96
               R. De Prisco and   
                 B. Lampson and   
                       N. Lynch   Revisiting the Paxos Algorithm . . . . . 111
             M. K. Aguilera and   
                    W. Chen and   
                       S. Toueg   Heartbeat: A Timeout-Free Failure
                                  Detector for Quiescent Reliable
                                  Communication  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
               R. Guerraoui and   
                     A. Schiper   Genuine Atomic Multicast . . . . . . . . 141
                    S. Katz and   
                 P. Lincoln and   
                      J. Rushby   Low-Overhead Time-Triggered Group
                                  Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
               J.-M. Helary and   
              A. Mostefaoui and   
                      M. Raynal   Virtual Precedence in Asynchronous
                                  Systems: Concept and Applications  . . . 170
                  S. D. Stoller   Detecting Global Predicates in
                                  Distributed Systems with Clocks  . . . . 185
                   J. James and   
                    A. K. Singh   Fault Tolerance Bounds for Memory
                                  Consistency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
                   V. Luchangco   Precedence-Based Memory Models . . . . . 215
                Y.-J. Joung and   
                     J.-Y. Liao   Strong Interaction Fairness in a Fully
                                  Distributed System with Unbounded Speed
                                  Variability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
                  A. Beimel and   
                    M. Franklin   Reliable Communication over Partially
                                  Authenticated Networks . . . . . . . . . 245
                  C. Johnen and   
                   G. Alari and   
               J. Beauquier and   
                    A. K. Datta   Self-Stabilizing Depth-First Token
                                  Passing on Rooted Networks . . . . . . . 260
                J. A. Garay and   
                 R. Gennaro and   
                   C. Jutla and   
                       T. Rabin   Secure Distributed Storage and Retrieval 275
                   M. Inoue and   
                  S. Moriya and   
                T. Masuzawa and   
                    H. Fujiwara   Optimal Wait-Free Clock Synchronization
                                  Protocol on a Shared-Memory
                                  Multi-processor System . . . . . . . . . 290
                        M. Moir   Transparent Support for Wait-Free
                                  Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
                 P. Jayanti and   
                      S. Khanna   On the Power of Multi-objects  . . . . . 320


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1321, 1997

                    F. Neri and   
                      L. Saitta   Modeling Conceptual Change: An
                                  Interdisciplinary Approach . . . . . . . 1
                   M. Botta and   
                A. Giordana and   
                       R. Piola   Refining Numerical Terms in Horn Clauses 13
                 D. Malerba and   
                F. Esposito and   
                G. Semeraro and   
                     S. Caggese   Handling Continuous Data in Top-Down
                                  Induction of First-Order Rules . . . . . 24
                P. Frasconi and   
                    M. Gori and   
                 M. Maggini and   
                  E. Martinelli   Inductive Inference of Tree Automata by
                                  Recursive Neural Networks  . . . . . . . 36
               L. Ardissono and   
                  G. Boella and   
                     R. Damiano   A Computational Model of
                                  Misunderstandings in Agent Communication 48
                 G. Barbero and   
                    V. Lombardo   Wide-Coverage Lexicalized Grammars . . . 60
                 P. Barboni and   
                     D. Sestero   Flexible Response Choice Using
                                  Problem-Solving Plans and Rethorical
                                  Relations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
            M.- J. Nederhof and   
                       G. Satta   A Variant of Earley Parsing  . . . . . . 84
                 M. Piaggio and   
               A. Sgorbissa and   
                G. Vercelli and   
                    R. Zaccaria   Autonomous Robot Navigation Using a
                                  Reactive Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
                  A. Chella and   
                  S. Gaglio and   
                  G. Sajeva and   
                   F. Torterolo   A Hybrid Architecture for Autonomous
                                  Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
                    E. Zagrouba   $3$-D Facets Construction for
                                  Stereovision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
                 M. Baldoni and   
                U. Baroglio and   
               D. Cavagnino and   
                    G. Lo Bello   Extraction of Discriminant Features from
                                  Image Fractal Encoding . . . . . . . . . 127
                  G. Armano and   
                      G. Fumera   Learning Relational Concepts at
                                  Different Levels of Granularity  . . . . 139
               C. Carpineto and   
                      G. Romano   Inferring Minimal Rule Covers from
                                  Relations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
                  R. Basili and   
             M. T. Pazienza and   
                    M. Vindigni   Corpus-Driven Unsupervised Learning of
                                  Verb Subcategorization Frames  . . . . . 159
                   G. Kokai and   
                  J. Csirik and   
                    T. Gyimothy   Learning the Syntax and Semantic Rules
                                  of an ECG Grammar  . . . . . . . . . . . 171
                   E. Lamma and   
                   P. Mello and   
                  M. Milano and   
                     F. Riguzzi   Introducing Abduction into (Extensional)
                                  Inductive Logic Programming System . . . 183
                 V. Brusoni and   
                 L. Console and   
              P. Terenziani and   
             D. Theseider Dupre   An Efficient Algorithm for Temporal
                                  Abduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
                  M. Cadoli and   
              A. Giovanardi and   
                     M. Schaerf   Experimental Analysis of the
                                  Computational Cost of Evaluating
                                  Quantified Boolean Formulae  . . . . . . 207
                    F. Massacci   A Proof Theory for Tractable
                                  Approximations of Propositional
                                  Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
                      R. Rosati   Embedding Minimal Knowledge into
                                  Autoepistemic Logic  . . . . . . . . . . 231
              F. A. Asnicar and   
                 M. Di Fant and   
                       C. Tasso   User Model-Based Information Filtering   242
               L. Portinale and   
                     P. Torasso   A Comparative Analysis of Horn Models
                                  and Bayesian Networks for Diagnosis  . . 254
                   E. Sangineto   Multi-agent Negotiation and Planning
                                  Through Knowledge Contextualization  . . 266
           C. Castelfranchi and   
                     R. Falcone   From Task Delegation to Role Delegation  278
            N. D. Monekosso and   
                   P. Remagnino   Automated Reasoning On-Board Autonomous
                                  Spacecrafts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
                        A. Oddi   A Weakly Backjumping Strategy to Solve
                                  Hard Scheduling Problems . . . . . . . . 302
               M. Baioletti and   
               S. Marcugini and   
                      A. Milani   Compiling Task Networks into Partial
                                  Order Planning Domains . . . . . . . . . 311
                N. Cancedda and   
                G. Kamstrup and   
                  E. Pianta and   
                 E. Pietrosanti   A Hybrid Approach to Hypertext
                                  Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
              B. De Carolis and   
                F. De Rosis and   
                  S. Pizzutillo   Generating User-Adapted Hypermedia from
                                  Discourse Plans  . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
                  A. Artale and   
                 B. Magnini and   
                 C. Strapparava   WordNet for Italian and Its Use for
                                  Lexical Discrimination . . . . . . . . . 346
                     M. Gaspari   Efficient Support for Reactive Rules in
                                  Prolog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
            E. Compatangelo and   
               F. M. Donini and   
                      G. Rumolo   Reasoning with Behavioural Knowledge in
                                  Application Domain Models  . . . . . . . 369
            E. Madalinska-Bugaj   How to Solve Qualification and
                                  Ramification Using Dijkstra's Semantics
                                  for Programming Languages  . . . . . . . 381
                  D. Pacholezyk   Towards a Qualitative Representation of
                                  Linguistic Negation of Nuanced
                                  Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
                 P. Avesani and   
                  A. Perini and   
                       F. Ricci   CBET: A Case Base Exploration Tool . . . 405
                 A. Bonzano and   
              P. Cunningham and   
                       B. Smyth   Learning Feature Weights for CBR: Global
                                  versus Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
                 G. Attardi and   
              A. Cisternino and   
                        M. Simi   CompAss: a System for Plans of Study
                                  Compilation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
                 A. Balderi and   
                    M. Solimano   A Prototypal System for Data-Validation  431
             S. Bergamaschi and   
                 C. Sartori and   
             D. Beneventano and   
                     M. Vincini   ODB-Tools: a Description Logics Based
                                  Tool for Schema Validation and Semantic
                                  Query Optimization in Object Oriented
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
                 D. Malerba and   
                F. Esposito and   
                G. Semeraro and   
                 L. De Filippis   Processing Paper Documents with WISDOM   439
                        F. Neri   REGAL3.2: FOL Concept Learning by
                                  Cooperative Genetic Algorithms . . . . . 443
                G. Semeraro and   
                F. Esposito and   
                 D. Malerba and   
                     N. Fanizzi   IDL: A Prototypical Intelligent Digital
                                  Library Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
                 P. Bazzica and   
                G. Casonato and   
                       A. Cesta   An Object-Oriented Architecture for the
                                  DRS Scheduling Problem . . . . . . . . . 451
             R. Brancaleoni and   
                   A. Cesta and   
                    D. D'Aloisi   MASMA: A Personal Assistant for Meetings
                                  Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1323, 1997

                       M. Fuchs   Flexible Proof-Replay with Heuristics    1
                       M. Fuchs   Flexible Re-enactment of Proofs  . . . . 13
                       D. Fuchs   Inference Rights for Controlling Search
                                  in Generating Theorem Provers  . . . . . 25
                   P. Gomes and   
                       C. Bento   A Retrieval Method for Exploration of a
                                  Case Memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                    U. Hahn and   
                     M. Klenner   Incremental Concept Evolution Based on
                                  Adaptive Feature Weighting . . . . . . . 49
                    M. Ettaouil   A $0-1$ Quadratic Knapsack Problem for
                                  Modelizing and Solving the Constraint
                                  Satisfaction Problems  . . . . . . . . . 61
                A. P. Tomas and   
                  M. Filgueiras   An Algorithm for Solving Systems of
                                  Linear Diophantine Equations in Naturals 73
                 Y. Smirnov and   
                   M. M. Veloso   GenSAT: A Navigational Approach  . . . . 85
                  P. Soares and   
                   N. J. Mamede   Timetabling Using Demand Profiles  . . . 97
                      R. Lu and   
                     K. Han and   
                      Y. Ma and   
                       W. Zhang   Intelligent VR Training  . . . . . . . . 111
                 C. Choquet and   
             P. Tchounikine and   
                     F. Trichet   Training Strategies and Knowledge
                                  Acquisition: Using the same Reflective
                                  Tools for Different Purposes . . . . . . 119
                  D. Pacholczyk   About the Intended Meaning of a
                                  Linguistic Negation  . . . . . . . . . . 131
                    H. S. Pinto   Integration of Inheritance in SNePS  . . 143
                   J. Vejnarova   Measures of Uncertainty and Independence
                                  Concept in Different Calculi . . . . . . 155
             G. Bittencourt and   
                       I. Tonin   A Multi-Agent Approach to First-Order
                                  Logic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
           M. Da Costa Mora and   
           G. Pereira Lopes and   
                  H. Coelho and   
                  R. M. Viccari   Modelling Dynamic Aspects of Intentions  179
              J. M. Fonseca and   
             E. De Oliveira and   
              A. Steiger-Garcao   Multi-Agent Negotiation Algorithms for
                                  Resources Cost Estimation: A Case Study  195
                   A. Cesar and   
             P. L. Da Costa and   
                 G. Bittencourt   Parla: A Cooperation Language for
                                  Cognitive Multi-Agent Systems  . . . . . 207
               M. Schroeder and   
                    I. Mora and   
                  J. J. Alferes   Vivid Agents Arguing about Distributed
                                  Extended Logic Programs  . . . . . . . . 217
                  H. Prendinger   Approximate Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . 229
                     H. Farreny   New Results About Sub-Admissibility for
                                  General Families of Heuristic Search
                                  Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
                       M. Takac   Fixed Point Classification Method for
                                  Qualitative Simulation . . . . . . . . . 255
                P. A. Matos and   
                  J. P. Martins   Contextual Logic of Change and the
                                  Ramification Problem . . . . . . . . . . 267
                 S. Schacht and   
                        U. Hahn   Temporal Reasoning about Actor Systems   279
  N. F. Da Fonseca Bastos Gomes   A CLP Model to the Job Sequencing
                                  Problem  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
          A. L. Castellanos and   
             J. Castellanos and   
                D. Manrique and   
                    A. Martinez   A New Approach for Extracting Rules from
                                  a Trained Neural Network . . . . . . . . 297
        P. Larrañaga and   
              M. J. Gallego and   
                  B. Sierra and   
                      L. Urkola   Bayesian Networks, Rule Induction and
                                  Logistic Regression in the Prediction of
                                  the Survival of Women Suffering from
                                  Breast Cancer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
                  M. T. Cox and   
                   M. M. Veloso   Controlling for Unexpected Goals when
                                  Planning in a Mixed-Initiative Setting   309
   P. V. S. R. Bhanu Prasad and   
                     D. Khemani   Cooperative Memory Structures and
                                  Commonsense Knowledge for Planning . . . 319
              J. Pellegrini and   
                      J. Wainer   Diagonalization and Type Rewriting in
                                  Clam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
                   S. Poria and   
                  R. Garigliano   Granularity for Explanation  . . . . . . 331
                 L. Jerinic and   
                V. Devedzic and   
                   M. Lomic and   
                     D. Radovic   Object Model of Intelligent Tutoring
                                  Shell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
                   A. Cunha and   
                        O. Belo   Resource Allocation on Agent
                                  Meta-Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
                    O. Dressier   Diagnostic Information at Your
                                  Fingertips!  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
              L. M. Pereira and   
                          R. Li   Reasoning about Actions with Abductive
                                  Logic Programming  . . . . . . . . . . . 361
                   F. J. Varela   Dimensions of Embodiments: Possible
                                  Futures for Cognitive Science  . . . . . 389
                    T. Mitchell   Machine Learning Meets Natural Language  391


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1324, 1997

                  M. Stefik and   
                    G. Lavendel   Libraries and Digital Property Rights    1
                   S. Abiteboul   Object Database Support for Digital
                                  Libraries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
                 R. Procter and   
                A. McKinlay and   
              A. Goldenberg and   
                   E. Davenport   Enhancing Community and Collaboration in
                                  the Virtual Library  . . . . . . . . . . 25
               L. Slaughter and   
             B. Shneiderman and   
                 G. Marchionini   Comprehension and Object Recognition
                                  Capabilities for Presentations of
                                  Simultaneous Video Key Frame Surrogates  41
               J. C. French and   
               A. L. Powell and   
               J. L. Pfaltz and   
                    E. Schulman   Automating the Construction of Authority
                                  Files in Digital Libraries: A Case Study 55
             K. Tochtermann and   
              W.-F. Riekert and   
                       G. Wiest   Using Semantic, Geographical, and
                                  Temporal Relationships to Enhance Search
                                  and Retrieval in Digital Catalogs  . . . 73
                    R. Iannella   Metadata Repositories Using PICS . . . . 87
              A. F. Smeaton and   
                    F. Crimmins   Relevance Feedback and Query Expansion
                                  for Searching the Web: A Model for
                                  Searching a Digital Library  . . . . . . 99
                J. M. Ponte and   
                    W. B. Croft   Text Segmentation by Topic . . . . . . . 113
                     D. Hawking   Scalable Text Retrieval for Large
                                  Digital Libraries  . . . . . . . . . . . 127
                  A. Crespo and   
               H. Garcia-Molina   Awareness Services for Digital Libraries 147
                C. Nikolaou and   
               M. Marazakis and   
               D. Papadakis and   
               Y. Yeorgiannakis   Towards a Common Infrastructure for
                                  Large-Scale Distributed Applications . . 173
                G. Semeraro and   
                F. Esposito and   
                 D. Malerba and   
                     N. Fanizzi   Machine Learning + On-line Libraries =
                                  IDL  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
                 M. Dartois and   
               T. Sakaguchi and   
                S. Sugimoto and   
                      K. Tabata   Building a Multilingual Electronic Text
                                  Collection of Folk Tales as a Set of
                                  Encapsulated Document Objects: An
                                  Approach for Casual Users to Browse
                                  Multilingual Documents on the Fly  . . . 215
                      R. Ferber   Automated Indexing with Thesaurus
                                  Descriptors: A Co-occurrence Based
                                  Approach to Multilingual Retrieval . . . 233
                P. Sheridan and   
               M. Braschler and   
                   P. Schaeuble   Cross-Language Information Retrieval in
                                  a Multilingual Legal Domain  . . . . . . 253
                   A. Bozzi and   
                  S. Calabretto   The Digital Library and Computational
                                  Philology: The BAMBI Project . . . . . . 269
               T. A. Phelps and   
                    R. Wilensky   Multivalent Annotations  . . . . . . . . 287
           V. Christophides and   
                   M. Doerr and   
                   I. Fundulaki   A Semantic Network Approach to
                                  Semi-structured Documents Repositories   305
                 C. Meghini and   
              F. Sebastiani and   
                    U. Straccia   Modelling the Retrieval of Structured
                                  Documents Containing Texts and Images    325
              S. M. Harding and   
                W. B. Croft and   
                        C. Weir   Probabilistic Retrieval of OCR Degraded
                                  Text Using $N$-Grams . . . . . . . . . . 345
              T. C. Noordermeer   Deposit for Dutch Electronic
                                  Publications: Research and Practice in
                                  The Netherlands  . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
                    M. Breu and   
                       R. Weber   Charging for a Digital Library --- The
                                  Business Model and the Cost Models of
                                  the MeDoc Digital Library  . . . . . . . 375
                        S. Mony   Biblioth\`eque Nationale de France's
                                  Audiovisual System: Digital Audio,
                                  Video, and Photo Consultation in a
                                  Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
                    J. Bern and   
                    C. Damm and   
                      C. Meinel   The Electronic Colloquium on
                                  Computational Complexity (ECCC): A
                                  Digital Library in Use . . . . . . . . . 405


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1325, 1997

             A. W. Biermann and   
                C. A. Guinn and   
               M. Fulkerson and   
                     G. A. Keim   Goal-oriented multimedia dialogue with
                                  variable initiative  . . . . . . . . . . 1
                  W. W. Chu and   
             A. F. Cardenas and   
                    R. K. Taira   Knowledge-based image retrieval with
                                  spatial and temporal constructs  . . . . 17
                   M. Lowry and   
                K. Havelund and   
                       J. Penix   Verification and validation oral systems
                                  that control deep-space spacecraft . . . 35
           G. Piatetsky-Shapiro   Data mining and knowledge discovery: The
                                  third generation . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
                        J. Chen   Embedding prioritized circumscription in
                                  logic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
                  S. Conrad and   
                       G. Saake   Extending temporal logic for capturing
                                  evolving behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . 60
                 P. Lambrix and   
                     L. Padgham   A description logic model for querying
                                  knowledge bases for structured documents 72
                   M. Botta and   
                A. Giordana and   
                       R. Piola   Refining first order theories with
                                  neural networks  . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
                   N. Zhong and   
                     C. Liu and   
                      S. Ohsuga   A way of increasing both autonomy and
                                  versatility of a KDD system  . . . . . . 94
                  B. Barber and   
                 H. J. Hamilton   A comparison of attribute selection
                                  strategies for attribute-oriented
                                  generalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
               H. S. Nguyen and   
                     A. Skowron   Boolean reasoning for feature extraction
                                  problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
                  L. Saitta and   
                    F. Neri and   
                  A. Tiberghien   Worm model construction in children
                                  during physics learning  . . . . . . . . 127
                 R. Feldman and   
                W. Kloesgen and   
                 A. Zilberstein   Document explorer: discovering knowledge
                                  in document collections  . . . . . . . . 137
                  T. Elomaa and   
                       J. Rousu   Well-behaved evaluation functions for
                                  numerical attributes . . . . . . . . . . 147
                J. Kacprzyk and   
                    G. Szkatuta   An improved inductive learning algorithm
                                  with a preanalysis of data . . . . . . . 157
                  L. Martin and   
                       C. Vrain   Efficient induction of numerical
                                  constraints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
                   J. Zhang and   
                 H. J. Hamilton   Learning English syllabification for
                                  words  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
                     S. C. Yoon   Towards conceptual query answering . . . 187
                  T. Schaub and   
                     P. Nicolas   An implementation platform for
                                  query-answering in default logics:
                                  theoretical underpinnings  . . . . . . . 197
                   M. Singh and   
                 J. Barnett and   
                    M. P. Singh   Automating spoken dialogue systems . . . 207
                 W. Skarbek and   
                    K. Ignasiak   Handwritten digit recognition by local
                                  principal components analysis  . . . . . 217
                    J. Debenham   From conceptual model to internal model  227
                       Q. Zhang   Speeding GA-based attribute selection
                                  for image interpretation . . . . . . . . 237
                B. S. Hadad and   
                     C. F. Eick   Using recurrent selection to improve GA
                                  performance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
                A. Giordana and   
                  L. Saitta and   
                    G. Lo Bello   A coevolutionary approach to concept
                                  learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
                F. Federman and   
                  S. F. Dorchak   Representation of music in a learning
                                  classifier system  . . . . . . . . . . . 267
                W. Van Laer and   
                L. De Raedt and   
                    S. Dzeroski   On multi-class problems and
                                  discretization in inductive logic
                                  programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
                K.-M. Huang and   
                   J. M. Zytkow   Discovering empirical equations from
                                  robot-collected data . . . . . . . . . . 287
                     S. Tsumoto   Induction of positive and negative
                                  deterministic rules based on rough set
                                  model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
                  L. J. Mazlack   Autonomous database mining and disorder
                                  measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
                  J. Calmet and   
                S. Jekutsch and   
                P. Kullmann and   
                       J. Schue   KOMET --- a system for the integration
                                  of heterogeneous information sources . . 318
                  E. Nissan and   
                    D. Rousseau   Towards A1 formalisms for legal evidence 328
                     C. Capponi   Type extensibility of a knowledge
                                  representation system with powersets . . 338
                  D. Costal and   
                       A. Olive   Planning based on view updating in
                                  deductive databases  . . . . . . . . . . 348
              S. K. Choubey and   
                 V. V. Raghavan   Generic and fully automatic
                                  content-based image retrieval
                                  architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
                 J. Eusterbrock   Program synthesis from examples by
                                  theory formation . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
                  Y. Y. Yao and   
                  S. K. M. Wong   Interval approaches for uncertain
                                  reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
             M. A. Klopotek and   
                S. T. Wierzchon   Qualitative versus quantitative
                                  interpretation of the mathematical
                                  theory of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . 391
                     Q. Zhu and   
                        Z. Chen   Knowledge discovery from databases with
                                  the guidance of a causal network . . . . 401
              M. J. Donahoo and   
              J. W. Murdock and   
                 A. K. Goel and   
                     S. Navathe   From data to knowledge: method-specific
                                  transformations  . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
                M. Kryszkiewicz   Generalized rules in incomplete
                                  information systems  . . . . . . . . . . 421
               R. Cucchiara and   
                   E. Lamma and   
                   P. Mello and   
                      M. Milano   An interactive constraint-based system
                                  for selective attention in visual search 431
                D. A. Maluf and   
                  G. Wiederhold   Abstraction of representation for
                                  interoperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
                S. Carberry and   
                   J. R. Clarke   Trauma CASE: exploiting the knowledge
                                  base of an existing decision support
                                  system to automatically construct
                                  medical cases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
                  D. Pacholczyk   An intelligent system dealing with
                                  negative information . . . . . . . . . . 467
                    P. Bosc and   
                      O. Pivert   On representation-based querying of
                                  databases containing ill-known values    477
                      D. Slezak   Decision value oriented decomposition of
                                  data tables  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
       J. W. Grzymala-Busse and   
                      L. J. Old   A machine learning experiment to
                                  determine part of speech from
                                  word-endings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
                    M. Quafafou   Learning flexible concepts from
                                  uncertain data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
              M. Hadzikadic and   
                   B. F. Bohren   Determining attribute relevance in
                                  decision trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
                 J. Y. Chai and   
                 A. W. Biermann   A WordNet based rule generalization
                                  engine in meaning extraction system  . . 529
               D. Calvanese and   
              G. De Giacomo and   
                   M. Lenzerini   Representing and reasoning on SGML
                                  documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
                    G. P. Zarri   Conceptual modelling of the ``meaning''
                                  of textual narrative documents . . . . . 550
               J. D. Oldham and   
                V. W. Marek and   
                M. Truszczynski   Intelligent computation of presentation
                                  documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
                   T. Andreasen   Flexible database querying based on
                                  associations of domain values  . . . . . 570
                 F. Cuppens and   
                   R. Demolombe   A modal logical framework for security
                                  policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
                 R. Haehnle and   
               N. V. Murray and   
                   E. Rosenthal   Completeness for linear regular negation
                                  normal form inference systems  . . . . . 590
                     X. Nie and   
                         Q. Guo   Renaming a set of non-Horn clauses . . . 600
                       Y. Zhang   Constraints, causal rules and minimal
                                  change in model-based update . . . . . . 609
                F. Esposito and   
                 D. Malerba and   
                G. Semeraro and   
                     S. Ferilli   Knowledge revision for document
                                  understanding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1326, 1997

                      M. Bieber   Enhancing Information Comprehension
                                  Through Hypertext  . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                 P. Brusilovsky   Efficient Techniques for Adaptive
                                  Hypermedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
                E. Gobbetti and   
                      R. Turner   Exploring Annotated $3$D Environments on
                                  the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . 31
                     J. Kay and   
                  B. Kummerfeld   User Models for Customized Hypertext . . 47
                 R. E. Kent and   
                       C. Neuss   Conceptual Analysis of Hypertext . . . . 70
                    J. Mayfield   Two-Level Models of Hypertext  . . . . . 90
                  C. Pearce and   
                      E. Miller   The TELLTALE Dynamic Hypertext
                                  Environment: Approaches to Scalability   109
                    W. Wang and   
                  C. Ghaoui and   
                        R. Rada   Domain Model Based Hypertext for
                                  Collaborative Authoring  . . . . . . . . 131
                     D. Rus and   
                 D. Subramanian   Information Retrieval, Information
                                  Structure, and Information Agents  . . . 145


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1327, 1997

                     W. Schultz   Reward Responses of Dopamine Neurons: A
                                  Biological Reinforcement Signal  . . . . 3
                 H. Markram and   
                     M. Tsodyks   The Information Content of Action
                                  Potential Trains --- A Synaptic Basis    13
                      R. Miller   Cortical Cell Assemblies, Laminar
                                  Interaction, and Thalamocortical
                                  Interplay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
                      N. Brunel   Cross-Correlations in Sparsely Connected
                                  Recurrent Networks of Spiking Neurons    31
                I. V. Tetko and   
                 A. E. P. Villa   A Comparative Study of Pattern Detection
                                  Algorithm and Dynamical System Approach
                                  Using Simulated Spike Trains . . . . . . 37
                       J. Rouat   Spatio-Temporal Pattern Recognition with
                                  Neural Networks: Application to Speech   43
                  P. Lansky and   
                      V. Lanska   Noise in Integrate-and-Fire Models of
                                  Neuronal Dynamics  . . . . . . . . . . . 49
               C. W. Eurich and   
                H. R. Dinse and   
                   U. Dicke and   
                       B. Godde   Coarse Coding Accounts for Improvement
                                  of Spatial Discrimination after Plastic
                                  Reorganization in Rats and Humans  . . . 55
                 S. Schultz and   
                 S. Panzeri and   
                  A. Treves and   
                    E. T. Rolls   Analogue Resolution in a Model of the
                                  Schaffer Collaterals . . . . . . . . . . 61
                  M. Mattia and   
                        S. Fusi   Modeling Networks with Linear (VLSI)
                                  Integrate-and-Fire Neurons . . . . . . . 67
                    G. Deco and   
                  B. Schuermann   An Information-Theoretic Analysis of
                                  Temporal Coding Strategies by Spiking
                                  Central Neurons  . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
                    R. Ritz and   
                T. J. Sejnowski   Correlation Coding in Stochastic Neural
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
                      A. Hirose   Two-Dimensional Hodgkin--Huxley
                                  Equations for Investigating a Basis of
                                  Pulse-Processing Neural Networks . . . . 85
                 E. Koerner and   
                     U. Koerner   Concurrent Parallel-Sequential
                                  Processing in Gamma Controlled
                                  Cortical-Type Networks of Spiking
                                  Neurones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
                    L. S. Smith   A Noise-Robust Auditory Modeling Front
                                  End for Voiced Speech  . . . . . . . . . 97
                   T. V. Ho and   
                       J. Rouat   A Novelty Detector Using a Network of
                                  Integrate and Fire Neurons . . . . . . . 103
                  J. Eggert and   
               J. L. Van Hemmen   Derivation of Pool Dynamics from
                                  Microscopic Neuronal Models  . . . . . . 109
                 V. Steuber and   
                 D. J. Willshaw   How a Single Purkinje Cell Could Learn
                                  the Adaptive Timing of the Classically
                                  Conditioned Eye-Blink Response . . . . . 115
                    W. Senn and   
                 M. Tsodyks and   
                     H. Markram   An Algorithm for Synaptic Modification
                                  Based on Exact Timing of Pre- and
                                  Post-Synaptic Action Potentials  . . . . 121
                   L. Benuskova   Modeling Plasticity in Rat Barrel Cortex
                                  Induced by One Spared Whisker  . . . . . 127
                   R. Kohli and   
                P. G. H. Clarke   Mathematical Analysis of Competition
                                  Between Sensory Ganglion Cells for Nerve
                                  Growth Factor in the Skin  . . . . . . . 133
               A. Van Ooyen and   
                 D. J. Willshaw   Competition Amongst Neurons for
                                  Neurotrophins  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
              M. Samuelides and   
                  S. Thorpe and   
                      E. Veneau   Implementing Hebbian Learning in a
                                  Rank-Based Neural Network  . . . . . . . 145
                  B. Graham and   
                 D. J. Willshaw   A Model of Clipped Hebbian Learning in a
                                  Neocortical Pyramidal Cell . . . . . . . 151
               C. W. Eurich and   
                J. D. Cowan and   
                   J. G. Milton   Hebbian Delay Adaptation in a Network of
                                  Integrate-and-Fire Neurons . . . . . . . 157
                    A. Loerincz   Hippocampal Formation Trains Independent
                                  Components via Forcing Input
                                  Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
                  S. Loewel and   
              K. E. Schmidt and   
                      W. Singer   Nature vs. Nurture in the Development of
                                  Tangential Connections and Functional
                                  Maps in the Visual Cortex  . . . . . . . 171
                M. Huebener and   
                  D. Shoham and   
                 S. Schulze and   
                    G. Braendle   Geometric Relationships Between Feature
                                  Maps in Cat Visual Cortex  . . . . . . . 177
                S. Wimbauer and   
                 O. Wenisch and   
               J. L. Van Hemmen   A Linear Hebbian Model for the
                                  Development of Spatiotemporal Receptive
                                  Fields of Simple Cells . . . . . . . . . 183
                 M. Stetter and   
                 E. W. Lang and   
                   K. Obermayer   Synapse Clustering Can Drive
                                  Simultaneous ON-OFF and Ocular-Dominance
                                  Segregation in a Model of Area 17  . . . 189
                    F. Wolf and   
                      T. Geisel   Must Pinwheels Move During Visual
                                  Development? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
                 F. Frisone and   
                  L. Perico and   
                  P. G. Morasso   Extending the TRN Model in a
                                  Biologically Plausible Way . . . . . . . 201
               D. Brockmann and   
                H. U. Bauer and   
             M. Riesenhuber and   
                      T. Geisel   SOM-Model for the Development of
                                  Oriented Receptive Fields and
                                  Orientation Maps from Non-oriented
                                  ON-center OFF-center Inputs  . . . . . . 207
                   U. Bauer and   
                 P. Adorjan and   
                  M. Scholz and   
                   J. B. Levitt   On the Anatomical Basis of Field Size,
                                  Contrast Sensitivity, and Orientation
                                  Selectivity in Macaque Striate Cortex: A
                                  Model Study  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
                 C. Ziegaus and   
                     E. W. Lang   Statistics of Natural and Urban Images   219
                  T. Burger and   
                     E. W. Lang   A CBL Network Model with Intracortical
                                  Plasticity and Natural Image Stimuli . . 225
                   U. Ernst and   
                K. Pawelzik and   
                    F. Wolf and   
                      T. Geisel   Geometry of Orientation Preference Map
                                  Determines Nonclassical Receptive Field
                                  Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
                 H. Bartsch and   
                 M. Stetter and   
                   K. Obermayer   A Model for Orientation Tuning and
                                  Contextual Effects of Orientation
                                  Selective Receptive Fields . . . . . . . 237
                 L. Wiskott and   
                T. J. Sejnowski   Objective Functions for Neural Map
                                  Formation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
                  K. Kopecz and   
                      K. Mohraz   Relative Time Scales in the
                                  Self-Organization of Pattern
                                  Classification: From One-Shot to
                                  Statistical Learning . . . . . . . . . . 249
                    J. Chao and   
                  Y. Miyata and   
                     S. Yoshida   Realization of Geometric Illusions and
                                  Geometry of Visual Space with Neural
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
                   V. N. Vapnik   The Support Vector Method  . . . . . . . 263
                   R. S. Sutton   On the Significance of Markov Decision
                                  Processes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
                N. Chatenet and   
                     H. Bersini   Economical Reinforcement Learning for
                                  Non Stationary Problems  . . . . . . . . 283
                  T. Czernichow   A Double Gradient Algorithm to Optimize
                                  Regularization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
             N. P. Bradshaw and   
               A. Duchateau and   
                     H. Bersini   Global Least-Squares vs. EM Training for
                                  the Gaussian Mixture of Experts  . . . . 295
               H. J. Kappen and   
                F. B. Rodriguez   Accelerated Learning in Boltzmann
                                  Machines Using Mean Field Theory . . . . 301
                        S. Boes   Adaptive Online Learning for
                                  Nonstationary Problems . . . . . . . . . 307
              M. Aboukassem and   
               S. Schwember and   
                  S. Noehte and   
                     R. Maenner   Weight Discretization due to Optical
                                  Constraints and Its Influence on the
                                  Generalization Abilities of a Simple
                                  Perceptron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
                 S. Soltani and   
                    S. Canu and   
                  D. Boichu and   
                  Y. Grandvalet   Wavelet Frames Based Estimator . . . . . 319
               N. Mozayyani and   
                     G. Vaucher   A Spatio-temporal Perceptron for On-Line
                                  Handwritten Character Recognition  . . . 325
                    M. G. Weiss   Learning Oscillations Using Adaptive
                                  Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
                 P. Eggenberger   Creation of Neural Networks Based on
                                  Developmental and Evolutionary
                                  Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
                 A. Bettoni and   
              P. Campadelli and   
                      M. Parodi   A Boosting Algorithm for Regression  . . 343
               M. Taniguchi and   
                       V. Tresp   Combining Regularized Neural Networks    349
                   S. M. Rueger   Making Stochastic Networks Deterministic 355
                     B. Ruf and   
                     M. Schmitt   Unsupervised Learning in Networks of
                                  Spiking Neurons Using Temporal Coding    361
                 A. Selonen and   
                    J. Lampinen   Experiments on Regularizing MLP Models
                                  with Background Knowledge  . . . . . . . 367
                 S. Gutjahr and   
                       J. Feist   Elliptical Basis Function Networks for
                                  Classification Tasks . . . . . . . . . . 373
                I. Galleske and   
                 J. Castellanos   Probabilistic Neural Networks with
                                  Rotated Kernel Functions . . . . . . . . 379
               N. Jankowski and   
             V. Kadirkamanathan   Statistical Control of RBF-like Networks
                                  for Classification . . . . . . . . . . . 385
                  M. Scherf and   
                      W. Brauer   Improving RBF Networks by the Feature
                                  Selection Approach EUBAFES . . . . . . . 391
                    L. Graf and   
                 U. Kressel and   
                      J. Franke   Polynomial Classifiers and Support
                                  Vector Machines  . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
                  M. Kimura and   
                      R. Nakano   Unique Representations of Dynamical
                                  Systems Produced by Recurrent Neural
                                  Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
                      B. Hammer   Generalization of Elman Networks . . . . 409
                M. Ishikawa and   
                     K. Nishino   Designing Neural Networks by a
                                  Combination of Structural Learning and
                                  Genetic Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . 415
                  M. Varsta and   
           J. del R. Millan and   
                   J. Heikkonen   A Recurrent Self-Organizing Map for
                                  Temporal Sequence Processing . . . . . . 421
                  P. Stagge and   
                    B. Sendhoff   An Extended Elman Net for Modeling Time
                                  Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
                 M. Kuzmina and   
                 E. Manykin and   
                      I. Surina   Recurrent Associative Memory Network of
                                  Nonlinear Coupled Oscillators  . . . . . 433
                 H. Wersing and   
                J. J. Steil and   
                      H. Ritter   A Layered Recurrent Neural Network for
                                  Feature Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
                   K. Meert and   
                       J. Ludik   A Multilayer Real-Time Recurrent
                                  Learning Algorithm for Improved
                                  Convergence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
                     A. Storkey   Increasing the Capacity of a Hopfield
                                  Network without Sacrificing
                                  Functionality  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
                    H. Wang and   
                        D. Bell   A Novel Associative Network
                                  Accommodating Pattern Deformation  . . . 457
              Y. Grandvalet and   
                        S. Canu   Adaptive Noise Injection for Input
                                  Variables Relevance Determination  . . . 463
             P. Van De Laar and   
                  S. Gielen and   
                      T. Heskes   Input Selection with Partial Retraining  469
                     E. Mayoraz   On the Complexity of Recognizing
                                  Iterated Differences of Polyhedra  . . . 475
                Y. Guermeur and   
             F. D'Alche-Buc and   
                   P. Gallinari   Optimal Linear Regression on Classifier
                                  Outputs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
              R. Quelavoine and   
                      P. Nocera   Learning Verification in Multilayer
                                  Neural Networks  . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
                 O. J. Kwon and   
                     S. Y. Bang   Design of a Fault Tolerant Multilayer
                                  Perceptron with a Desired Level of
                                  Robustness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
                    P. Moerland   Mixtures of Experts Estimate A
                                  Posteriori Probabilities . . . . . . . . 499
                 A. Doering and   
                 M. Galicki and   
                       H. Witte   Admissibility and Optimality of the
                                  Cascade-Correlation Algorithm  . . . . . 505
                 N. P. Bradshaw   The Effective VC Dimension of the
                                  $n$-tuple Classifier . . . . . . . . . . 511
                     E. Oja and   
                J. Karhunen and   
                  A. Hyvaerinen   From Neural Principal Components to
                                  Neural Independent Components  . . . . . 519
                   A. Taleb and   
                      C. Jutten   Entropy Optimization --- Application to
                                  Blind Source Separation  . . . . . . . . 529
              B.-U. Koehler and   
                  T.-W. Lee and   
                 R. Orglmeister   Improving the Performance of Infomax
                                  Using Statistical Signal Processing
                                  Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
                 P. Pajunen and   
                    J. Karhunen   A Maximum Likelihood Approach to
                                  Nonlinear Blind Source Separation  . . . 541
              M. Mattavelli and   
                  E. Amaldi and   
                    J.-M. Vesin   A Perceptron-Based Approach to Piecewise
                                  Linear Modeling with an Application to
                                  Time Series  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
                     E. Oja and   
                 K. Valkealahti   Local Independent Component Analysis by
                                  the Self-Organizing Map  . . . . . . . . 553
                 G. Linares and   
                  P. Nocera and   
                      H. Meloni   Model Breaking Detection Using
                                  Independent Component Classifier . . . . 559
       A. Paraschiv-Ionescu and   
                  C. Jutten and   
                     G. Bouvier   Neural Network Based Processing for
                                  Smart Sensors Arrays . . . . . . . . . . 565
                   S. Fiori and   
                  A. Uncini and   
                      F. Piazza   Application of the MEC Network to
                                  Principal Component Analysis and Source
                                  Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
                 J. Joutsensalo   Semi-Blind Source Parameter Separation   577
              B. Schoelkopf and   
                A. J. Smola and   
                   K.-R Mueller   Kernel Principal Component Analysis  . . 583
             T. Balachander and   
                 R. Kothari and   
                     H. Cualing   An Empirical Comparison of
                                  Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for
                                  Pattern Classification . . . . . . . . . 589
                  J. Bruske and   
                      G. Sommer   Topology Representing Networks for
                                  Intrinsic Dimensionality Estimation  . . 595
               E. Haekkinen and   
                P. Koikkalainen   SOM Based Visualization in Data Analysis 601
            G. A. Carpenter and   
                F. D. M. Wilson   ARTMAP-DS: Pattern Discrimination by
                                  Discounting Similarities . . . . . . . . 607
                     B. Fritzke   A Self-Organizing Network that Can
                                  Follow Non-stationary Distributions  . . 613
                  M. Burger and   
                 T. Graepel and   
                   K. Obermayer   Phase Transitions in Soft Topographic
                                  Vector Quantization  . . . . . . . . . . 619
                M. Herrmann and   
                    T. Villmann   Vector Quantization by Optimal Neural
                                  Gas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
                 J.-C. Fort and   
                       G. Pages   Convergences of the Kohonen Maps: A
                                  Dynamical System Approach  . . . . . . . 631
                   J. Laaksonen   Local Subspace Classifier  . . . . . . . 637
                   J. P. Delmas   Asymptotic Distributions Associated to
                                  Unsupervised Oja's Learning Equation . . 643
              N. A. Vlassis and   
              A. Dimopoulos and   
            G. Papakonstantinou   The Probabilistic Growing Cell
                                  Structures Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . 649
              S. Hochreiter and   
                 J. Schmidhuber   Unsupervised Coding with LOCOCODE  . . . 655
              B. Dobrzewski and   
                  D. Ruwish and   
                        M. Bode   Wave Propagation in Self-Organizing
                                  Feature Maps as a Means for the
                                  Representation of Temporal Sequences . . 661
                       N. Pican   Contextual Kohonen SOM with Orthogonal
                                  Weight Estimator Principle . . . . . . . 667
                      H. Ritter   Self-Organizing Maps for Robot Control   675
                      I. Harvey   Cognition is Not Computation; Evolution
                                  is Not Optimisation  . . . . . . . . . . 685
                 C. Scheier and   
                     R. Pfeifer   Information Theoretic Implications of
                                  Embodiment for Neural Network Learning   691
                        J. Tani   Visual Attention and Learning of a
                                  Cognitive Robot  . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
                   S. Egner and   
                     C. Scheier   Feature Binding Through Temporally
                                  Correlated Neural Activity in a Robot
                                  Model of Visual Perception . . . . . . . 703
                S. A. Huber and   
                H. H. Buelthoff   Modeling Obstacle Avoidance Behavior of
                                  Flies Using an Adaptive Autonomous Agent 709
              T. R. Neumann and   
                S. A. Huber and   
                H. H. Buelthoff   Minimalistic Approach to $3$D Obstacle
                                  Avoidance Behavior from Simulated
                                  Evolution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
                  J. Vaario and   
                   K. Shimohara   Synthesis of Developmental and
                                  Evolutionary Modeling of Adaptive
                                  Autonomous Agents  . . . . . . . . . . . 721
              A. Buehlmeier and   
                 P. Steiner and   
                M. Rossmann and   
                       K. Goser   Hebbian Multilayer Network in a
                                  Wheelchair Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
                   S. Nolfi and   
                      D. Parisi   Neural Networks in an Artificial Life
                                  Perspective  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
               J. del R. Millan   Incremental Acquisition of Local
                                  Networks for the Control of Autonomous
                                  Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
                     H. H. Lund   Robot-Animal Interaction . . . . . . . . 745
               H. A. Mallot and   
                   M. Franz and   
              B. Schoelkopf and   
                H. H. Buelthoff   The View-Graph Approach to Visual
                                  Navigation and Spatial Memory  . . . . . 751
                O. Trullier and   
                     J.-A Meyer   Place Sequence Learning for Navigation   757
                 A. Billard and   
                       G. Hayes   Learning to Communicate Through
                                  Imitation in Autonomous Robots . . . . . 763
             R. Salustowicz and   
                 M. Wiering and   
                 J. Schmidhuber   On Learning Soccer Strategies  . . . . . 769
                K. Mizutani and   
                       T. Omori   A Model of Logic Like Inference by
                                  Memory Model PATON . . . . . . . . . . . 775
                  N. Saadia and   
                  Y. Amirat and   
                 J. Pontnau and   
              A. Ramdane-Cherif   Force Feedback Control of an Assembly
                                  Robot by Neural Networks . . . . . . . . 781
                  M. Dapper and   
                   R. Maass and   
                    V. Zahn and   
                   R. Eckmiller   Neural Force Control (NFC) for Complex
                                  Manipulator Tasks  . . . . . . . . . . . 787
                T. Frontzek and   
                  N. Goerke and   
                   R. Eckmiller   A Hybrid Path Planning System Combining
                                  the A-Method and RBF-Networks  . . . . . 793
                  A. Chella and   
                  S. Gaglio and   
                   V. Mulia and   
                      G. Sajeva   An ASSOM Neural Network to Represent
                                  Actions Performed by an Autonomous Agent 799
                     R. Salomon   The Application of Radial Basis Function
                                  Networks with Implicit Continuity
                                  Constraints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
                G. Indiveri and   
                   P. Vetschure   Autonomous Vehicle Guidance Using Analog
                                  VLSI Neuromorphic Sensors  . . . . . . . 811
                 V. Ortmann and   
                   R. Eckmiller   Neural Network Visual Tracking System    817
                    F. Pasemann   Pole-Balancing with Different Evolved
                                  Neurocontrollers . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
                   I. Kokcharov   Calibration of Parallel Robots by
                                  Evolutionary Algorithm . . . . . . . . . 831
                  I. Duleba and   
                   R. Muszynski   On Use of ANNs to Model and to Control
                                  Robot Manipulators . . . . . . . . . . . 837
                  C. Ledoux and   
                     F. Bonnard   Identification of the Electric Arc of a
                                  Furnace  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
                C. Breining and   
                         G. Alt   On Using MLPs for Step Size Control in
                                  Echo Cancellation for Hands-Free
                                  Telephone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
                  R. Habtom and   
                        L. Litz   Neurocontrol of Nonlinear Dynamic
                                  Systems Subject to Unmeasured
                                  Disturbance Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 855


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1328, 1997

          Patrick Blackburn and   
              Marc Dymetman and   
              Alain Lecomte and   
                Aarne Ranta and   
    Christian Retoré and   
Eric Villemonte de la Clergerie   Logical Aspects of Computational
                                  Linguistics: An Introduction . . . . . . 1
           Aravind K. Joshi and   
                    Seth Kulick   Partial Proof Trees, Resource Sensitive
                                  Logics, and Syntactic Constraints  . . . 21
                  Marcus Kracht   Inessential Features . . . . . . . . . . 43
                    Dale Miller   Linear Logic as Logic Programming: An
                                  Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
                 Edward Stabler   Derivational Minimalism  . . . . . . . . 68
         V. Michele Abrusci and   
 Christophe Fouqueré and   
          Jacqueline Vauzeilles   Tree adjoining grammars in
                                  non-commutative linear logic . . . . . . 96
               Denis Bechet and   
             Philippe de Groote   Constructing Different Phonological
                                  Bracketings from a Proof Net . . . . . . 118
                 Pascal Boldini   Vagueness and Type Theory  . . . . . . . 134
                    Yann Coscoy   A Natural Language Explanation for
                                  Formal Proofs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
                    Martin Emms   Models for Polymorphic Lambek Calculus   168
                 Claire Gardent   Sloppy Identity  . . . . . . . . . . . . 188--207
              Stephen J. Hegner   A Family of Decidable Feature Logics
                                  which Support HPSG-Style Set and List
                                  Constructions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
               Ruth Kempson and   
        Wilfried Meyer Viol and   
                     Dov Gabbay   Language Understanding: A Procedural
                                  Perspective  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
             Paul John King and   
             Kiril Ivanov Simov   The Automatic Deduction of
                                  Classificatory Systems from Linguistic
                                  Theories (Abridged)  . . . . . . . . . . 248
         Lucia H. B. Manara and   
                  Anne De Roeck   A Belief-Centered Treatment of Pragmatic
                                  Presupposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
                Jacek Marciniec   Connected Sets of Types and Categorial
                                  Consequence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
        Josep M. Merenciano and   
                   Glyn Morrill   Generation as Deduction on Labelled
                                  Proof Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
             Jens Michaelis and   
                  Marcus Kracht   Semilinearity as a Syntactic Invariant   329
                 Stefan Riezler   Quantitative Constraint Logic
                                  Programming for Weighted Grammar
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
                   James Rogers   Strict $ \mathbf {LT}_2 $: Regular ::
                                  Local : Recognizable . . . . . . . . . . 366
                   Irene Schena   Pomset Logic and Variants in Natural
                                  Languages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
        Frieder Stolzenburg and   
         Stephan Höhne and   
                Ulrich Koch and   
                    Martin Volk   Constraint Logic Programming for
                                  Computational Linguistics  . . . . . . . 406
                 Marek Szczerba   Representation Theorems for Residuated
                                  Groupoids  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1329, 1997

                      A. Galton   Continuous Change in Spatial Regions . . 1
                 K. Hornsby and   
                M. J. Egenhofer   Qualitative Representation of Change . . 15
            M. A. Rodriguez and   
                M. J. Egenhofer   Image-Schemata-Based Spatial Inferences:
                                  The Container-Surface Algebra  . . . . . 35
                   A. Dieberger   A City Metaphor to Support Navigation in
                                  Complex Information Spaces . . . . . . . 53
                   S. Timpf and   
                    A. U. Frank   Using Hierarchical Spatial Data
                                  Structures for Hierarchical Spatial
                                  Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
                  M. Raubal and   
            M. J. Egenhofer and   
                  D. Pfoser and   
                     N. Tryfona   Structuring Space with Image Schemata:
                                  Wayfinding in Airports as a Case Study   85
                   B. Smith and   
                    A. C. Varzi   Fiat and Bona Fide Boundaries: Towards
                                  an Ontology of Spatially Extended
                                  Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
                       B. Plewe   A Representation-Oriented Taxonomy of
                                  Gradation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
                     M. V. Gray   Classification as an Impediment to the
                                  Reliable and Valid Use of Spatial
                                  Information: A Disaggregate Approach . . 137
               H. Couclelis and   
                   J. Gottsegen   What Maps Mean to People: Denotation,
                                  Connotation, and Geographic
                                  Visualization in Land-Use Debates  . . . 151
                J. G. Stell and   
                  M. F. Worboys   The Algebraic Structure of Sets of
                                  Regions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
               V. H. Nguyen and   
                  C. Parent and   
                S. Spaccapietra   Complex Regions in Topological Queries   175
                  M. Knauff and   
                    R. Rauh and   
                        J. Renz   A Cognitive Assessment of Topological
                                  Spatial Relations: Results from an
                                  Empirical Investigation  . . . . . . . . 193
             J.-F. Hangouet and   
                      R. Djadri   Voronoi Diagrams on Line Segments:
                                  Measurements for Contextual
                                  Generalization Purposes  . . . . . . . . 207
                     T. Bittner   A Qualitative Coordinate Language of
                                  Location of Figures within the Ground    223
                     C. Tao and   
                M. Molenaar and   
                   T. Bouloucos   Identification of Fuzzy Objects from
                                  Field Observation Data . . . . . . . . . 241
                T. Federico and   
                    N. Franklin   Long-Term Spatial Representations From
                                  Pictorial and Textual Input  . . . . . . 261
                 B. Berendt and   
               P. Jansen-Osmann   Feature Accumulation and Route
                                  Structuring in Distance Estimations ---
                                  An Interdisciplinary Approach  . . . . . 279
                 D. R. Montello   The Perception and Cognition of
                                  Environmental Distance: Direct Source of
                                  Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
                      F. Harvey   Improving Multi-Purpose GIS Design:
                                  Participative Design . . . . . . . . . . 313
                   J. Portugali   Self-Organization, Cities, Cognitive
                                  Maps and Information Systems . . . . . . 329
               T. Barkowsky and   
                      C. Freksa   Cognitive Requirements on Making and
                                  Interpreting Maps  . . . . . . . . . . . 347
                    G. L. Allen   From Knowledge to Words to Wayfinding:
                                  Issues in the Production and
                                  Comprehension of Route Directions  . . . 363
                  S. L. Epstein   Spatial Representation for Pragmatic
                                  Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
                   M. Erwig and   
                   M. Schneider   Partition and Conquer  . . . . . . . . . 389
                    S. C. Chase   Supporting Emergence in Spatial
                                  Reasoning with Shape Algebras and Formal
                                  Logic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
                 P. Haunold and   
                S. Grumbach and   
                   G. Kuper and   
                     Z. Lacroix   Linear Constraints: Geometric Objects
                                  Represented by Inequalities  . . . . . . 429
                  M. J. Almeida   An Event-Based Approach to Spatial
                                  Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
                     G. Edwards   Geocognostics --- A New Framework for
                                  Spatial Information Theory . . . . . . . 455
              J.-P. Cheylan and   
                T. Libourel and   
                       C. Mende   Graphical Modelling for Geographical
                                  Explanation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
                     M. Gahegan   Experiments Using Context and
                                  Significance to Enhance the Reporting
                                  Capabilities of GIS  . . . . . . . . . . 485
                  A. Abella and   
                   J. R. Kender   Automatic Summarization of Radiographic
                                  Imagery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
                    M. Barrault   An Automated System for Name Placement
                                  which Complies with Cartographic Quality
                                  Criteria: The Hydrographic Network . . . 499
                I. Benenson and   
                   J. Portugali   Agent-Based Simulations of a City
                                  Dynamics in a GIS Environment  . . . . . 501
                 B. Bennett and   
                 A. G. Cohn and   
                        A. Isli   A Logical Approach to Incorporating
                                  Qualitative Spatial Reasoning into GIS   503
                   A. D. Blaser   User Interaction in a Sketch-Based GIS
                                  User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
                        U. Rupp   Metrical Refinement of Topological
                                  Relations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
                     F. B. Zahn   Approximation of Topological Relations
                                  Between Fuzzy Regions Satisfying a
                                  Linguistically Described Query . . . . . 509


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1330, 1997

              P. Van Hentenryck   Visual Solver, a Modeling Language for
                                  Constraint Programming . . . . . . . . . 1
            N. B. Guernalec and   
                  A. Colmerauer   Narrowing a $ 2 n $-block of Sortings in
                                  $ O(n \log n) $  . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
                  Y. Caseau and   
                    F. Laburthe   Solving Various Weighted Matching
                                  Problems with Constraints  . . . . . . . 17
                J.-C. Regin and   
                    J.-F. Puget   A Filtering Algorithm for Global
                                  Sequencing Constraints . . . . . . . . . 32
                 F. De Boer and   
              M. Gabbrielli and   
                      M. C. Meo   Semantics and Expressive Power of a
                                  Timed Concurrent Constraint Language . . 47
                P. Devienne and   
               J. M. Talbot and   
                       S. Tison   Solving Classes of Set Constraints with
                                  Tree Automata  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
                 I. P. Gent and   
                J. L. Underwood   The Logic of Search Algorithms: Theory
                                  and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
                      S. Melzer   Verification of Parallel Systems Using
                                  Constraint Programming . . . . . . . . . 92
              D. Achlioptas and   
             L. M. Kirousis and   
                E. Kranakis and   
                     D. Krizanc   Random Constraint Satisfaction: A More
                                  Accurate Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
                C. P. Gomes and   
                  B. Selman and   
                       N. Crato   Heavy-Tailed Distributions in
                                  Combinatorial Search . . . . . . . . . . 121
                     G. Istrate   Counting, Structure Identification and
                                  Maximum Consistency for Binary
                                  Constraint Satisfaction Problems . . . . 136
                    I. Rish and   
                       D. Frost   Statistical Analysis of Backtracking on
                                  Inconsistent CSPs  . . . . . . . . . . . 150
                      Y. Caseau   Using Constraint Propagation for Complex
                                  Scheduling Problems: Managing Size,
                                  Complex Resources and Travel . . . . . . 163
                   D. Sabin and   
                  E. C. Freuder   Understanding and Improving the MAC
                                  Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
                B. M. Smith and   
                    S. A. Grant   Modelling Exceptionally Hard Constraint
                                  Satisfaction Problems  . . . . . . . . . 182
                P. Galinier and   
                      J.-K. Hao   Tabu Search for Maximal Constraint
                                  Satisfaction Problems  . . . . . . . . . 196
                  Y. Hamadi and   
                    D. Merceron   Reconfigurable Architectures: A New
                                  Vision for Optimization Problems . . . . 209
                K. Hirayama and   
                       M. Yokoo   Distributed Partial Constraint
                                  Satisfaction Problem . . . . . . . . . . 222
                  L. Michel and   
              P. Van Hentenryck   Localizer: A Modeling Language for Local
                                  Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
                 S. Abdennadher   Operational Semantics and Confluence of
                                  Constraint Propagation Rules . . . . . . 252
                  A. Boudet and   
                   E. Contejean   AC-Unification of Higher-Order Patterns  267
                 M. Hermann and   
                 P. G. Kolaitis   On the Complexity of Unification and
                                  Disunification in Commutative Idempotent
                                  Semigroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
                 M. Mueller and   
                 J. Niehren and   
                    A. Podelski   Ordering Constraints over Feature Trees  297
                R. Debruyne and   
                    C. Bessiere   From Restricted Path Consistency to
                                  Max-Restricted Path Consistency  . . . . 312
                 I. P. Gent and   
               E. MacIntyre and   
                 P. Prosser and   
                        P. Shaw   The Constrainedness of Arc Consistency   327
                 Chu Min Li and   
                      Anbulagan   Look-Ahead Versus Look-Back for
                                  Satisfiability Problems  . . . . . . . . 341--355
                       M. Yokoo   Why Adding More Constraints Makes a
                                  Problem Easier for Hill-Climbing
                                  Algorithms: Analyzing Landscapes of CSPs 356
                  L. Michel and   
                     J.-F Puget   Interval Methods for Non-linear
                                  Constraints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
                      S. Minton   Configurable Solvers: Tailoring General
                                  Methods to Specific Applications . . . . 372
                P. Baptiste and   
                     C. Le Pape   Constraint Propagation and Decomposition
                                  Techniques for Highly Disjunctive and
                                  Highly Cumulative Project Scheduling
                                  Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
                 J. C. Beck and   
            A. J. Davenport and   
                      M. S. Fox   Five Pitfalls of Empirical Scheduling
                                  Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
                S. De Givry and   
              G. Verfaillie and   
                      T. Schiex   Bounding the Optimum of Constraint
                                  Optimization Problems  . . . . . . . . . 405
                  G. Pesant and   
                M. Gendreau and   
                  J.-M Rousseau   GENIUS-CP: A Generic Single-Vehicle
                                  Routing Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . 420
                 C. Bettini and   
               X. Sean Wang and   
                     S. Jajodia   Satisfiability of Quantitative Temporal
                                  Constraints with Multiple Granularities  435
                S. Crumbach and   
                       G. Kuper   Tractable Recursion over Geometric Data  450
             C. M. Hoffmann and   
               A. Lomonosov and   
                    M. Sitharam   Finding Solvable Subsets of Constraint
                                  Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
                   D. Cohen and   
                 P. Jeavons and   
                  M. Koubarakis   Tractable Disjunctive Constraints  . . . 478
                  W. Harvey and   
              P. J. Stuckey and   
                     A. Borning   Compiling Constraint Solving Using
                                  Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
                J.-M. Labat and   
                      L. Mynard   Oscillation, Heuristic Ordering and
                                  Pruning in Neighborhood Search . . . . . 506
                     C. Schulte   Programming Constraint Inference Engines 519
                I. Shvetsov and   
                V. Telerman and   
                     D. Ushakov   NeMo+: Object-Oriented Constraint
                                  Programming Environment Based on
                                  Subdefinite Models . . . . . . . . . . . 534
               L. Pacholski and   
                    A. Podelski   Set Constraints: A Pearl in Research on
                                  Constraints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1331, 1997

                   A. G. Merten   From Conceptual Modeler to University
                                  President  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
               V. C. Storey and   
                 H. Ullrich and   
                  S. Sundaresan   An Ontology for Database Design
                                  Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
                   K. D. Schewe   Well-behaving Rule Systems for
                                  Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented
                                  Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
              M. Lloyd-Williams   Exploiting Domain Knowledge During the
                                  Automated Design of Object-Oriented
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
                   S. Purao and   
                   V. C. Storey   Intelligent Support for Retrieval and
                                  Synthesis of Patterns for
                                  Object-Oriented Design . . . . . . . . . 30
                  I. Petrounias   A Conceptual Development Framework for
                                  Temporal Information Systems . . . . . . 43
                  D. Costal and   
                   A. Olive and   
                   M. R. Sancho   Temporal Features of Class Populations
                                  and Attributes in Conceptual Models  . . 57
           I. A. Goralwalla and   
                 D. Szafron and   
                M. T. Oezsu and   
                   R. J. Peters   Managing Schema Evolution Using a
                                  Temporal Object Model  . . . . . . . . . 71
                     S. Iyengar   Distributed Object Repositories:
                                  Concepts and Standards . . . . . . . . . 85
                     D. Dey and   
                      S. Sarkar   Extended SQL Support for Uncertain Data  102
              A. C. Bloesch and   
                   T. A. Halpin   Conceptual Queries Using ConQuer-II  . . 113
                   L. Baekgaard   Transaction-Based Specification of
                                  Database Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . 127
                 M. Schreft and   
                   M. Stumptner   Behavior Consistent Refinement of Object
                                  Life Cycles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
                     L. Liu and   
                          C. Pu   ActivityFlow: Towards Incremental
                                  Specification and Flexible Coordination
                                  of Workflow Activities . . . . . . . . . 169
                   M. L. Brodie   Silver Bullet Shy On Legacy Mountain:
                                  When Neat Technology Just Doesn't Work
                                  --- or --- Miracles To Save The Realm:
                                  Faustian Bargains Or Noble Pursuits  . . 183
                       D. Moody   A Multi-level Architecture for
                                  Representing Enterprise Data Models  . . 184
                  J. Sekine and   
                   A. Kitai and   
                 Y. Ooshima and   
                      Y. Oohara   Data Model for Customizing DB Schemas
                                  Based on Business Policies . . . . . . . 198
                H. Dalianis and   
                 P. Johannesson   Explaining Conceptual Models --- An
                                  Architecture and Design Principles . . . 215
                  T. Hruska and   
                    P. Kolencik   Extending an Object-Oriented Model:
                                  Multiple Class Objects . . . . . . . . . 229
                V. B. Misic and   
                       S. Moser   Formal Approach to Metamodeling: A
                                  Generic Object-Oriented Perspective  . . 243
                  W. W. Chu and   
                       G. Zhang   Associations and Roles in
                                  Object-Oriented Modeling . . . . . . . . 257
                 A. Analyti and   
                N. Spyratos and   
             P. Constantopoulos   Property Covering: A Powerful Construct
                                  for Schema Derivations . . . . . . . . . 271
             M. M. Gammoudi and   
               J. D. Mendes and   
                    W. S. Pinto   Inheritance Graph Hierarchy Construction
                                  Using Rectangular Decomposition of a
                                  Binary Relation and Designer Feedback    285
                K. Waiyamai and   
                  R. Taouil and   
                      L. Lakhal   Towards an Object Database Approach for
                                  Managing Concept Lattices  . . . . . . . 299
                  C. Batini and   
              G. Longobardi and   
                  S. Fornasiero   An Experience of Integration of
                                  Conceptual Schemas in the Italian Public
                                  Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
                M. Albrecht and   
                   M. Altus and   
                       M. Steeg   Application-Oriented Design of Behavior:
                                  A Transformational Approach Using RADD   323
                      D. Wu and   
                 D. Agrawai and   
               A. El Abbadi and   
                       A. Singh   A Java-Based Framework for Processing
                                  Distributed Objects  . . . . . . . . . . 333
              E. Malinowski and   
                S. Chakravarthy   Fragmentation Techniques for
                                  Distributing Object-Oriented Databases   347
                N. Pissinou and   
                   K. Makki and   
                    M. Hong and   
                          L. Ji   An Agent Based Mobile System . . . . . . 361
                  S. B. Navathe   Is the Future of Conceptual Modeling
                                  Bleak or Bright? . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
                P. Thompson and   
                 J. W. Sweitzer   Successful Practices in Developing a
                                  Complex Information Model  . . . . . . . 376
                  M. L. Lee and   
                     T. W. Ling   Resolving Constraint Conflicts in the
                                  Integration of Entity-Relationship
                                  Schemas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
                 P. McBrien and   
               A. Poulovassilis   A Formal Framework for ER Schema
                                  Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
              U. Hohenstein and   
                     V. Plesser   A Generative Approach to Database
                                  Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
                     L. Yee and   
                         C. Hsu   A Virtual Reality Interface to an
                                  Enterprise Metadatabase  . . . . . . . . 436
        A. N. W. Dahanayake and   
                  H. G. Sol and   
                 J. L. G. Dietz   A Fully Flexible CAME in a CASE
                                  Environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
                    M. Gong and   
                   L. Scott and   
                    Y. Xiao and   
                       R. Offen   A Rapid Development Model for Meta-CASE
                                  Tool Design  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1332, 1997

                   W. Gropp and   
                        E. Lusk   Why Are PVM and MPI So Different?  . . . 3--10
                J. Kitowski and   
                K. Boryczko and   
                   J. Moscinski   Comparison of PVM and MPI Performance in
                                  Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
                                  Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--16
                 J. Piernas and   
                  A. Flores and   
                   J. M. Garcia   Analyzing the Performance of MPI in a
                                  Cluster of Workstations Based on Fast
                                  Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--24
                   M. Resch and   
                  H. Berger and   
                    T. Boenisch   A Comparison of MPI Performance on
                                  Different MPPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--32
                 J. L. Roda and   
               C. Rodriguez and   
                 F. Almeida and   
            D. Gonzalez-Morales   Predicting the Performance of Injection
                                  Communication Patterns on PVM  . . . . . 33--40
               L. P. Santos and   
                  V. Castro and   
                     A. Proenca   Evaluation of the Communication
                                  Performance on a Parallel Processing
                                  System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--48
                P. S. Souza and   
               L. J. Senger and   
              M. J. Santana and   
                  R. C. Santana   Evaluating Personal High Performance
                                  Computing with PVM on Windows and LINUX
                                  Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--56
              P. W. Uminski and   
             M. R. Matuszek and   
                    H. Krawczyk   Experimental Evaluation of PVM Group
                                  Communication  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--66
                    J.-M. Adamo   ARCH, An Object Oriented MPI-Based
                                  Library for Asynchronous and Loosely
                                  Synchronous Parallel System Programming  67--74
                  T. Beisel and   
                 E. Gabriel and   
                       M. Resch   An Extension to MPI for Distributed
                                  Computing on MPPs  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--82
               C. Di Napoli and   
                M. Giordano and   
                  M. M. Furnari   Distributed and Cooperative Applications
                                  in PVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--90
                 G. E. Fagg and   
             J. J. Dongarra and   
                       A. Geist   Heterogeneous MPI Application
                                  Interoperation and Process Management
                                  under PVMPI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--98
                    O. Galibert   YLC, A C++ Linda System on Top of PVM    99--106
                    G. A. Geist   Advanced Capabilities in PVM 3.4 . . . . 107--115
                G. A. Geist and   
                 J. A. Kohl and   
         P. M. Papadopoulos and   
                    S. L. Scott   Beyond PVM 3.4: What We've Learned,
                                  What's Next, and Why . . . . . . . . . . 116--126
         G. J. Hoyos-Rivera and   
            V. G. Sanchez-Arias   Using PVM to Build an Interface to
                                  Support Cooperative Work in a
                                  Distributed Systems Environment  . . . . 127--134
                S. Mintchev and   
                       V. Getov   Towards Portable Message Passing in
                                  Java: Binding MPI  . . . . . . . . . . . 135--142
               G. Mysliwiec and   
                J. Sipowicz and   
                    R. Schaefer   Control Activities in Message Passing
                                  Environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--150
          P. Theodoropoulos and   
                P. Tsanakas and   
            G. Papakonstantinou   Global Semaphores in a Parallel
                                  Programming Environment  . . . . . . . . 151--158
                 V. Vlassov and   
                L.- E. Thorelli   A Synchronizing Shared Memory: Model and
                                  Programming Implementation . . . . . . . 159--166
                    K. Wolf and   
                 E. Brakkee and   
                       D. P. Ho   Communication in Multi-Physics
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--176
                 M. Fischer and   
                       J. Simon   Embedding SCI into PVM . . . . . . . . . 177--184
                  R. Hempel and   
                H. Ritzdorf and   
                  F. Zimmermann   Implementation of MPI on NEC's SX-4
                                  Multi-Node Architecture  . . . . . . . . 185--193
           B. J. Overeinder and   
                 P. M. A. Sloot   Breaking the Curse of Dynamics by Task
                                  Migration: Pilot Experiments in the
                                  Polder Metacomputer  . . . . . . . . . . 194--207
                   J. Rough and   
               A. Goscinski and   
                    D. De Paoli   PVM on the RHODOS Distributed Operating
                                  System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--218
               F. J. Alfaro and   
               J. A. Gallud and   
                  J. L. Sanchez   A Function to Dynamic Workload
                                  Allocation in Distributed Applications   219--225
                R. Baraglia and   
                   M. Cosso and   
               D. Laforenza and   
                     M. Nicosia   Integrating PVaniM into WAMM for
                                  Monitoring Meta-Applications . . . . . . 226--233
                   M. Bubak and   
                  W. Funika and   
                   J. Moscinski   Evaluation of Parallel Application's
                                  Behavior in Message Passing Environment  234--241
                 J. Y. Cotronis   Message-Passing Program Development by
                                  Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--249
              B. Di Martino and   
                  A. Mazzeo and   
                N. Mazzocca and   
                     U. Villano   Interaction Patterns Detection in PVM
                                  Programs to Support Simulation . . . . . 250--256
             W. Krotz-Vogel and   
                    H.-C. Hoppe   The PALLAS Parallel Programming
                                  Environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--266
                  T. Ludwig and   
                  R. Wismueller   OMIS 2.0 --- A Universal Interface for
                                  Monitoring Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 267--276
                S. Manegold and   
                    F. Waas and   
                      D. Gudlat   In Quest of the Bottleneck ---
                                  Monitoring Parallel Database Systems . . 277--284
                V. Sunderam and   
                   B. Topol and   
                   S. Moyer and   
                      A. Krantz   Tools and Auxiliary Subsystems in PVM    285--294
                  R. Wismueller   Debugging Message Passing Programs Using
                                  Invisible Message Tags . . . . . . . . . 295--304
              V. Alexandrov and   
                    K. Chan and   
                 A. Gibbons and   
                      W. Rytter   On the PVM/MPI Computations of Dynamic
                                  Programming Recurrences  . . . . . . . . 305--312
               J. L. Alonso and   
                 H. Schmidt and   
               V. N. Alexandrov   Parallel Branch and Bound Algorithms for
                                  Integer and Mixed Integer Linear
                                  Programming Problems under PVM . . . . . 313--320
                 R. Blaheta and   
                    O. Jakl and   
                       J. Stary   PVM-Implementation of the PCG Method
                                  with Displacement Decomposition  . . . . 321--328
                  R. Ciegis and   
              R. Sablinskas and   
                  J. Wasniewski   Numerical Integration on
                                  Distributed-Memory Parallel Systems  . . 329--336
              M. Derakhshan and   
              S. Hammarling and   
                     A. Krommer   PINEAPL: A European Project on Parallel
                                  Industrial Numerical Applications and
                                  Portable Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . 337--342
             J. J. Dongarra and   
                 F. Desprez and   
                 A. Petitet and   
                 C. Randriamaro   Block-Cyclic Array Redistribution on
                                  Networks of Workstations . . . . . . . . 343--350
               M. Mazzariol and   
              B. A. Gennart and   
                V. Messerli and   
                   R. D. Hersch   Performance of CAP-Specified Linear
                                  Algebra Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . 351--358
               G. Mysliwiec and   
                J. Sipowicz and   
                    H. Burkhart   Implementing Parallel SBS-Type Linear
                                  Solvers Using ALWAN  . . . . . . . . . . 359--366
                 M. Peinado and   
                  R. Venkatesan   Highly Parallel Cryptographic Attacks    367--374
                       D. Petcu   Implementation of Some Multiprocessor
                                  Algorithms for ODEs Using PVM  . . . . . 375--382
                    M. Soch and   
                  P. Tvrdik and   
                        M. Volf   Parallel Graph-Partitioning Using the
                                  Mob Heuristic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383--389
                   G. Zilli and   
                 L. Bergamaschi   Truncated Block Newton and Quasi-Newton
                                  Methods for Sparse Systems of Nonlinear
                                  Equations. Experiments on Parallel
                                  Platforms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--400
                  R. Aversa and   
                G. Iannello and   
                    N. Mazzocca   An MPI Driven Parallelization Strategy
                                  for Different Computing Platforms: A
                                  Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--408
                    P. Bala and   
                   T. Clark and   
              P. Grochowski and   
                      B. Lesyng   Parallel Version of a Quantum Classical
                                  Molecular Dynamics Code for Complex
                                  Molecular and Biomolecular Systems . . . 409--416
                C. Bendtsen and   
                      Z. Zlatev   Running Large-Scale Air Pollution Models
                                  on Message Passing Machines  . . . . . . 417--426
                   G. Bozas and   
            M. Fleischhauer and   
                  S. Zimmermann   PVM Experiences in Developing the MIDAS
                                  Parallel Database System . . . . . . . . 427--434
                A. Clematis and   
                    A. Coda and   
               M. Spagnuolo and   
                     M. Mineter   Developing Non-Local Iterative Parallel
                                  Algorithms for GIS on Cray T3D Using MPI 435--442
                K. Demuynck and   
              J. Broeckhove and   
                      F. Arickx   Dynamic Optimization of a Distributed VR
                                  System by Network-Balancing  . . . . . . 443--450
              V. Di Martino and   
                      G. Ruocco   Molecular Dynamics on Hybrid Memory
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451--456
                M. Exbrayat and   
                       H. Kosch   Offering Parallelism to a Sequential
                                  Database Management System on a Network
                                  of Workstations Using PVM  . . . . . . . 457
          A. S. Galaktionov and   
             P. D. Anderson and   
                G. W. M. Peters   Mixing Simulations: Tracking Strongly
                                  Deforming Fluid Volumes in $3$D Flows    463
             C. Goumopoulos and   
                  E. Housos and   
                   O. Liljenzin   Parallel Crew Scheduling on Workstation
                                  Networks Using PVM . . . . . . . . . . . 470--477
                  M. Grecki and   
               G. Jablonski and   
                 A. Napieralski   MOPS --- Parallel Environment for
                                  Simulation of Electronic Circuits Using
                                  Physical Models of Semiconductor Devices 478--485
                E. Reinhard and   
                    A. Chalmers   Message Handling in Parallel Radiance    486--493
                     R. Roy and   
                  Z. Stankovski   Parallelization of Neutron Transport
                                  Solvers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494--501
         E. Garcia Salcines and   
         G. Cerruela Garcia and   
    J. I. Benavides Benitez and   
         F. Muñoz Garcia   Parallel Rendering of Radiance on
                                  Distributed Memory System by PVM . . . . 502--507
                   M. Strietzel   Parallel Turbulence Simulation:
                                  Resolving the Inertial Subrange of
                                  Kolmogorov's Spectra . . . . . . . . . . 508--516


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1333, 1997

                  R. Merker and   
                U. Eckhardt and   
                  D. Fimmel and   
                   H. Schreiber   A System for Designing Parallel
                                  Processor Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                    C. Schaffer   On the Role of Architectures in Systems
                                  Engineering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
                       M. Sveda   An Approach to Safety Critical Systems
                                  Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
T. Müller-Wipperfürth   Extensions and Semantics of Controller
                                  State Diagrams for Practical
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
                    D. Auer and   
                  H. Dobler and   
                    G. Weishaar   Design and Implementation of an Energy
                                  Management System for an Integrated Iron
                                  and Steel Plant  . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
                   A. Anaya and   
            M. J. Rodriguez and   
                      J. Parets   Representation and Management of Memory
                                  and Decision in Evolving Software
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
                        H. Mayr   GEM --- A Generic Engineering Framework
                                  for Mechanical Engineering Based Upon
                                  Meta Models  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
                  M. Larnac and   
               V. Chapurlat and   
                 J. Magnier and   
                      B. Chenot   Formal Representation and Proof of the
                                  Interpreted Sequential Machine Model . . 95
                    U. Glaesser   Modelling of Concurrent and Embedded
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
                     A. Cau and   
                W.-P. De Roever   A Dense-Time Temporal Logic with Nice
                                  Compositionality Properties  . . . . . . 123
                 P. Cabalar and   
                R. P. Otero and   
                M. Cabarcos and   
                    A. Barreiro   Introducing Planning in Discrete Event
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
                 P. Gruenbacher   Moving Towards an Agent-Based
                                  Engineering Environment  . . . . . . . . 314
                 L. Preucil and   
                      P. Stepan   Experiencing Modeling and Development of
                                  an Intelligent Autonomous Robot  . . . . 324
                  R. Probst and   
                     P. Kopacek   Latest Developments in Robotics  . . . . 345
             R. Moreno-Diaz and   
                   J. Mira Mira   Architectures for Complex Behaviour
                                  Inspired in the Nervous System . . . . . 353
                 J. P. Neto and   
           H. T. Siegelmann and   
                J. F. Costa and   
            C. P. Suarez Araujo   Turing Universality of Neural Nets
                                  (Revisited)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
                   W. Jacak and   
                   S. Dreiseitl   Lifelong Learning Approach to
                                  Intelligent Agents Modeling  . . . . . . 367
                   V. Marik and   
              O. Stepankova and   
                    J. Lazansky   Role of Qualitative Reasoning in a
                                  Multi-Agent System . . . . . . . . . . . 380
                     L. Lhotska   Learning in Multi-Agent Systems:
                                  Theoretical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . 394
           M. Aleman-Flores and   
             K. N. Leibovic and   
                 R. Moreno-Diaz   A Computational Model for Visual Size,
                                  Location and Movement  . . . . . . . . . 406
                    Z. Bubnicki   Logic-Algebraic Method for a Class of
                                  Knowledge Based Systems  . . . . . . . . 420
                 J. Scharaenger   Image Compression by Multilevel
                                  Polynomial Interpolation and Wavelet
                                  Texture Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
                 L. Alvarez and   
                J. Esclarin and   
                E. Gonzalez and   
                     L. Mazorra   Image Enhancement Using and Optimum
                                  Quantizer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
                 A. Nueckel and   
                A. Klappenecker   On the Parametrization of Algebraic
                                  Discrete Fourier Transforms  . . . . . . 453
                   M. Burge and   
                      W. Burger   Learning Visual Ideals . . . . . . . . . 464
        P. Medina-Rodriguez and   
            E. Fernandez-Garcia   Multiple Representation of Complex
                                  Intensity Changes for Image Segmentation 473
                  J. Santos and   
                     R. J. Duro   Design of ANN Architectures for Handling
                                  the Temporal Dimension in Signal
                                  Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
               V. M. Gulias and   
                J. S. Jorge and   
             J. J. Quintela and   
                   J. L. Freire   From Sequential to Distributed Formal
                                  Proofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
                 J. A. Vila and   
                 J. Presedo and   
              M. F. Delgado and   
                    R. Iglesias   Improvement in the Computational
                                  Efficiency in the Analysis of Signals by
                                  way of Adaptive Time Frequency
                                  Distributions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
               M. Mauerkirchner   Event Based Simulation of Software
                                  Development Project Planning . . . . . . 527
                  M. Tanabu and   
               J.-I. Iijima and   
                       N. Shiba   Application of Intelligent Worldwide DSS
                                  to Optimization Problems . . . . . . . . 541
                   W. Jacak and   
                    G. Jahn and   
                   J. Rozenblit   System Theoretical Approach to Control
                                  and Synchronization of Teleeducation in
                                  Open Distributed Environment . . . . . . 549
             W. Czarczynski and   
                R. Klempous and   
                     J. Nikodem   Multilevel Approach to Traffic Control
                                  System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
                   J. Kueng and   
                  R. Wagner and   
                       W. Woess   A Comparison of 4-GL Development Tools
                                  in the Area of Metadata and Dynamic User
                                  Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
                 D. Schuett and   
                 F. Pichler and   
                  J. Scharinger   Cryptographic Permutations Based on BOOT
                                  Decompositions of Walsh Matrices . . . . 580
                   M. Ceska and   
                V. Janousek and   
                      T. Vojnar   PNtalk --- a Computerized Tool for
                                  Object Oriented Petri Nets Modelling . . 591
                C. Schaffer and   
                      J. Zeindl   System Level Design of Microcontroller
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1334, 1997

                 M. Bellare and   
                     P. Rogaway   Minimizing the use of random oracles in
                                  authenticated encryption schemes . . . . 1
            G. Di Crescenzo and   
                 K. Sakurai and   
                        M. Yung   Zero-knowledge proofs of decision power:
                                  new protocols and optimal
                                  round-complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                     T. Koshiba   Computational learning theoretic
                                  cryptanalysis of language theoretic
                                  cryptosystems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
                     Y. Bai and   
                V. Varadharajan   A language for specifying sequences of
                                  authorization transformations and its
                                  applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
                  H.-M. Sun and   
                     B.-L. Chen   On the decomposition constructions for
                                  perfect secret sharing schemes . . . . . 50
                   I. Biehl and   
                      S. Wetzel   Traceable visual cryptography  . . . . . 61
                 H. Ghodosi and   
                J. Pieprzyk and   
                R. Safavi-Naini   Remarks on the multiple assignment
                                  secret sharing scheme  . . . . . . . . . 72
                 C. Charnes and   
                  K. Martin and   
                J. Pieprzyk and   
                R. Safavi-Naini   Secret sharing in hierarchical groups    81
                    T. Aura and   
                    P. Nikander   Stateless connections  . . . . . . . . . 87
                    R. Choi and   
                      J. Na and   
                     K. Lee and   
                         E. Kim   Design of a security platform for CORBA
                                  based application  . . . . . . . . . . . 98
                    A. Lioy and   
                   F. Maino and   
                   M. Mezzalama   Secure document management and
                                  distribution in an open network
                                  environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
                   S. Obana and   
                    K. Kurosawa   A02 --- code = Affine resolvable + BIBD  118
               K. M. Martin and   
                R. Safavi-Naini   Multisender authentication systems with
                                  unconditional security . . . . . . . . . 130
                 K. Hayashi and   
                 E. Okamoto and   
                       M. Mambo   Proposal of user identification scheme
                                  using mouse  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
                  W. Millan and   
                   A. Ckark and   
                      E. Dawson   An effective genetic algorithm for
                                  finding highly nonlinear Boolean
                                  Functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
                X.-M. Zhang and   
                   Y. Zheng and   
                        H. Imai   Duality of Boolean functions and its
                                  cryptographic significance . . . . . . . 159
                  E. Dawson and   
                        C.-K Wu   Construction of correlation immune
                                  Boolean functions  . . . . . . . . . . . 170
               M. J. Mihaljevic   An improved key stream generator based
                                  on the programmable cellular automata    181
                     A. Joesang   A Trust policy framework . . . . . . . . 192
                   L. Chang and   
                I. S. Moskowitz   Critical analysis of security in voice
                                  hiding techniques  . . . . . . . . . . . 203
              Sangjoon Park and   
               Sangwoo Park and   
                Kwangjo Kim and   
                     Dongho Won   Two efficient RSA multisignature schemes 217--222
                     S. Kim and   
                    S. Park and   
                         D. Won   Proxy signatures, Revisited  . . . . . . 223
                  J. Kelsey and   
                B. Schneier and   
                      D. Wagner   Related-key cryptanalysis of $3$-WAY,
                                  Biham-DES, CAST, DES-X NewDES, RC2, and
                                  TEA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--246
                     F. Zhu and   
                      B.-A. Guo   A multiplication-addition structure
                                  against differential attack  . . . . . . 247
                  Y. Kaneko and   
                  S. Moriai and   
                        K. Ohta   On strict estimation method of provable
                                  security against differential  . . . . . 258
               T. Shimoyama and   
                   S. Amada and   
                      S. Moriai   Improved fast software implementation of
                                  block ciphers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
                 M. M. Alabbadi   Security comments on the Hwang--Chen
                                  algebraic-code cryptosystem  . . . . . . 274
                  A. Miyaji and   
                     T. Ono and   
                       H. Cohen   Efficient elliptic curve exponentiation  282
                    J. Chao and   
                 N. Matsuda and   
                      S. Tsujii   Efficient construction of secure
                                  hyperelliptic discrete logarithm
                                  problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
          D. Bleichenbacher and   
                    M. Joye and   
               J.-J. Quisquater   A new and optimal chosen-message attack
                                  on RSA-type cryptosystems  . . . . . . . 302
                   Y. Sakai and   
                 K. Sakurai and   
                    I. Ishizuka   On weak RSA-keys produced from Pretty
                                  Good Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
                  K. Kobara and   
                        H. Imai   Self-synchronized message randomization
                                  methods for subliminal channels  . . . . 325
                 M. Chapman and   
                      D. Davida   Hiding the Hidden: A software system for
                                  concealing ciphertext as innocuous text  335
                        C. Boyd   Digital signature and public key
                                  cryptosystem in a prime order subgroup
                                  of Zn0*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
                 J. Patarin and   
                      L. Goubin   Trapdoor one-way permutations and
                                  multivariate polynomials . . . . . . . . 356
                 J. Patarin and   
                      L. Goubin   Asymmetric cryptography with S-Boxes . . 369
                  P. Camion and   
                    H. Chabanne   On the powerline system  . . . . . . . . 381
                      J. Traore   Making unfair a ``fair'' blind signature
                                  scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
                        C. Boyd   Enforcing traceability in software . . . 398
                         W. Mao   Publicly verifiable partial key escrow   409
                H. Watanabe and   
                      T. Kasami   A secure code for recipient watermarking
                                  against conspiracy attacks by all users  414
                 J. W. Gray and   
                  K. F. Epsilon   Protocols for issuing public-key
                                  certificates over the Internet . . . . . 424
                  A. Postma and   
                    T. Krol and   
                   E. Molenkamp   Distributed cryptographic function
                                  application protocols  . . . . . . . . . 435
                   W. Ogata and   
                K. Kurosawa and   
                    K. Sako and   
                    K. Takatani   Fault tolerant anonymous channel . . . . 440
               J. D. Ferrer and   
     R. X. Sanchez del Castillo   An implementable scheme for secure
                                  delegation of computing and data . . . . 445
           J. Van der Merwe and   
                S. H. Von Solms   Electronic commerce with secure
                                  intelligent trade agent  . . . . . . . . 452
                H. Peterson and   
                     G. Poupard   Efficient scalable fair cash with
                                  off-line extortion prevention  . . . . . 463
                    L. Chen and   
                 C. J. Mitchell   An anonymous and undeniable payment
                                  scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1335, 1997

               D. P. Williamson   Gadgets, Approximation, and Linear
                                  Programming: Improving Hardness Results
                                  for Cut and Satisfiability Problems  . . 1
                    P. Alimonti   Non-Oblivious Local Search for MAX
                                  $2$-CCSP with Application to MAX DICUT   2
                     H. Alt and   
                   U. Fuchs and   
                     K. Kriegel   On the Number of Simple Cycles in Planar
                                  Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                   L. Babel and   
                      S. Olariu   On the Separable-Homogeneous
                                  Decomposition of Graphs  . . . . . . . . 25
                   L. Babel and   
                G. J. Woeginger   Pseudo-Hamiltonian Graphs  . . . . . . . 38
              J.-C. Bermond and   
                M. Di Ianni and   
                M. Flammini and   
                    S. Perennes   Acyclic Orientations for Deadlock
                                  Prevention in Interconnection Networks   52
                  K. Bertet and   
                 J. Gustedt and   
                      M. Morvan   Weak-Order Extensions of an Order  . . . 65
                 A. Bertoni and   
              P. Campadelli and   
                    R. Posenato   An Upper Bound for the Maximum Cut Mean
                                  Value  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
                 U. Brandes and   
                      D. Handke   NP-Completeness Results for Minimum
                                  Planar Spanners  . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
                      S. Brandt   Computing the Independence Number of
                                  Dense Triangle-Free Graphs . . . . . . . 100
             H. J. Broersma and   
                E. Dahlhaus and   
                       T. Kloks   Algorithms for the Treewidth and Minimum
                                  Fill-In of HHD-Free Graphs . . . . . . . 109
                    E. Dahlhaus   Minimal Elimination Ordering Inside a
                                  Given Chordal Graph  . . . . . . . . . . 132
                 F. D'Amore and   
                    F. Iacobini   On-Line Algorithms for Networks of
                                  Temporal Constraints . . . . . . . . . . 144
              B. De Fluiter and   
               H. L. Bodlaender   Parallel Algorithms for Treewidth Two    157
                  Y. Dinitz and   
            M. Feighelstein and   
                        S. Zaks   On Optimal Graphs Embedded into Paths
                                  and Rings, with Analysis Using
                                  l1-Spheres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
                   F. F. Dragan   On Greedy Matching Ordering and Greedy
                                  Matchable Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
                T. Erlebach and   
                      K. Jansen   Off-Line and On-Line Call-Scheduling in
                                  Stars and Trees  . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
                 P. Hlineny and   
                  J. Kratochvil   Computational Complexity of the Krausz
                                  Dimension of Graphs  . . . . . . . . . . 214
                   T. Kloks and   
                 D. Kratsch and   
                     H. Mueller   Asteroidal Sets in Graphs  . . . . . . . 229
              J. Kratochvil and   
            A. Proskurowski and   
                    J. A. Telle   Complexity of Colored Graph Covers I.
                                  Colored Directed Multigraphs . . . . . . 242
                  M. Mosbah and   
                       N. Saheb   A Syntactic Approach to Random Walks on
                                  Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
                     E. Prisner   Bicliques in Graphs II: Recognizing
                                  $k$-Path Graphs and Underlying Graphs of
                                  Line Digraphs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
                     M. Sampels   Large Networks with Small Diameter . . . 288
                    K. Skodinis   The Bounded Tree-Width Problem of
                                  Context-Free Graph Languages . . . . . . 303
                      M. Thorup   Structured Programs Have Small
                                  Tree-Width and Good Register Allocation  318
                      R. Uehara   A Measure of Parallelization for the
                                  Lexicographically First Maximal Subgraph
                                  Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
                     T. Vos and   
                   D. Swierstra   Make Your Enemies Transparent  . . . . . 342
                    K. Wada and   
                    W. Chen and   
                     Y. Luo and   
                   K. Kawaguchi   Optimal Fault-Tolerant ATM-Routings for
                                  Biconnected Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . 354


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1336, 1997

              B. A. Marsolf and   
               A. J. C. Bik and   
             K. A. Gallivan and   
              H. A. G. Wijshoff   The Generation of Optimized Codes Using
                                  Nonzero Structure Analysis . . . . . . . 1
                  G. R. Gao and   
                      V. Sarkar   On the Importance of an End-To-End View
                                  of Memory Consistency in Future Computer
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
                      D. Gannon   High Performance Distributed Object
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
               A. V. Veidenbaum   Instruction Cache Prefetching Using
                                  Multilevel Branch Prediction . . . . . . 51
                     G. Cybenko   High Performance Wireless Computing  . . 71
                  H. R. Arabnia   High-Performance Computing and
                                  Applications in Image Processing and
                                  Computer Vision  . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
                    T. Watanabe   Present and Future of HPC Technologies   73
           R. J. Eickemeyer and   
              R. E. Johnson and   
               S. R. Kunkel and   
                      B. H. Lim   Evaluation of Multithreaded Processors
                                  and Thread-Switch Policies . . . . . . . 75
                  P. Kacsuk and   
                     M. Amamiya   A Multithreaded Implementation Concept
                                  of Prolog on Datarol-II Machine  . . . . 91
                   S. Evripidou   Thread Synchronization Unit (TSU): A
                                  Building Block for High Performance
                                  Computers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
                        T. Sato   Data Dependence Path Reduction with
                                  Tunneling Load Instructions  . . . . . . 119
                   N. Imlig and   
                      A. Tsutui   Performance Estimation of Embedded
                                  Software with Pipeline and Cache Hazard
                                  Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
                  H. Nakajo and   
                A. Ichikawa and   
                      Y. Kaneda   An Implementation and Evaluation of a
                                  Distributed Shared-Memory System on
                                  Workstation Clusters Using Fast Serial
                                  Links  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
                      J. Ma and   
                   R. Huang and   
                      E. Tsuboi   Designing and Optimizing
                                  $3$-connectivity Communication Networks
                                  Using a Distributed Genetic Algorithm    159
               A. Funahashi and   
                  T. Hanawa and   
                   H. Amano and   
                       T. Kudoh   Adaptive Routing on the Recursive
                                  Diagonal Torus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
            C. J. Brownhill and   
                 A. Nicolau and   
                  S. Novack and   
         C. D. Polychronopoulos   Achieving Multi-level Parallelization    183
                  A. Kubota and   
                 S. Tatsumi and   
                  T. Tanaka and   
                     M. Goshima   A Technique to Eliminate Redundant
                                  Inter-Processor Communication on
                                  Parallelizing Compiler TINPAR  . . . . . 195
                  T. Uehara and   
                 Y. Kunieda and   
                       T. Tsuda   An Automatic Vectorizing/Parallelizing
                                  Pascal Compiler V-Pascal V.3 . . . . . . 205
                K. Ishizaki and   
                 H. Komatsu and   
                    T. Nakatani   An Algorithm for Automatic Detection of
                                  Loop Indices for Communication
                                  Overlapping  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
                M. Sasakura and   
                     K. Joe and   
                       K. Araki   Nara View: An Interactive $3$D
                                  Visualization System for Parallelization
                                  of Programs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
                 K. Inenaga and   
                S. Kusakabe and   
                T. Morimoto and   
                     M. Amamiya   Hybrid Approach for Non-strict Dataflow
                                  Program on Commodity Machine . . . . . . 243
                Y. Nobukuni and   
               T. Matsumoto and   
                      K. Hiraki   Resource Management Methods for General
                                  Purpose Massively Parallel OS SSS-Core   255
                N. Uchihira and   
                  H. Kawata and   
                      F. Tamura   Scenario-Based Hypersequential
                                  Programming: Formulation of
                                  Parallelization  . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
                 Y. Akiyama and   
                   M. Saito and   
                 T. Noguchi and   
                     K. Onizuka   Parallelization of Space Plasma Particle
                                  Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
              E. De Sturler and   
                       D. Loher   Implementing Iterative Solvers for
                                  Irregular Sparse Matrix Problems in High
                                  Performance Fortran  . . . . . . . . . . 293
                 L. Mutenda and   
                  M. Hiyama and   
               T. Yoshinaga and   
                        T. Baba   Parallel Navigation in an A-NETL Based
                                  Parallel OODBMS  . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
                 N. Shimizu and   
                    T. Watanabe   High Performance Parallel FFT on
                                  Distributed Memory Parallel Computers    317
                 T. Tooyama and   
                   S. Horiguchi   Parallel Computation Model LogPQ . . . . 327
                   T. Nanri and   
                    H. Sato and   
                   M. Shimasaki   Cost Estimation of Coherence Protocols
                                  of Software Managed Cache on Distributed
                                  Shared Memory System . . . . . . . . . . 335
                    H. Sato and   
                   T. Nanri and   
                   M. Shimasaki   A Portable Distributed Shared Memory
                                  System on the Cluster Environment:
                                  Design and Implementation Fully in
                                  Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
                   Y. Omori and   
                  A. Fukuda and   
                         K. Joe   An Object-Oriented Framework for Loop
                                  Parallelization  . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
               T. Ogasawara and   
                     H. Komatsu   A Method for Runtime Recognition of
                                  Collective Communication on
                                  Distributed-Memory Multiprocessors . . . 361
                   K. Nishi and   
                   J. Cheng and   
                    K. Ushijima   Improving the Performance of Automated
                                  Forward Deduction System EnCal . . . . . 371
                H. Mizuseki and   
               K. Esfarjani and   
                   Z.-Q. Li and   
                        K. Ohno   Efficiency of Parallel Machine for
                                  Large-Scale Simulation in Computational
                                  Physics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
                 K. Onizuka and   
                 T. Noguchi and   
                   M. Saito and   
                     Y. Akiyama   Parallel PDB Data Retriever ``PDB Diving
                                  Booster''  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
              A. I. Cristea and   
                     T. Okamoto   A Parallelization Method for Neural
                                  Networks with Weak Connection Design . . 397
                J. Torresen and   
               O. Landsverk and   
                    S. Mori and   
                   H. Nakashima   Exploiting Parallel Computers to Reduce
                                  Neural Network Training Time of Real
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1337, 1997

                    F. L. Bauer   The Might of Formulas and Their Limits   1
                  Heinz Zemanek   Hardware --- Software: An Equivalence
                                  and a Contradiction  . . . . . . . . . . 9
                   Wolfgang Coy   Defining Discipline  . . . . . . . . . . 21
                   Dirk Siefkes   Computer Science as Cultural Development
                                  --- Toward a Broader Theory  . . . . . . 37
               Jozef Gruska and   
                 Roland Vollmar   Towards Adjusting Informatics Education
                                  to Information Era . . . . . . . . . . . 49
            Herbert Klaeren and   
           Christiane Floyd and   
         Friedrich Diestelmeier   Informatics and Society: A Curriculum
                                  for Distance Education . . . . . . . . . 69
         Alexandru Mateescu and   
         Grzegorz Rozenberg and   
                   Arto Salomaa   Syntactic and Semantic Aspects of
                                  Parallelism  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
                  Ingbert Kupka   Unique Fixpoints in Complete Lattices
                                  with Applications to Formal Languages
                                  and Semantics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
               Georg Karner and   
                   Werner Kuich   On Abstract Families of Languages, Power
                                  Series, and Elements . . . . . . . . . . 117
          Klaus-Jörn Lange   Are There Formal Languages Complete for
                                  SymSPACE$ (\log n) $?  . . . . . . . . . 125
               Matthias Jantzen   On Twist-Closed Trios: A New Morphic
                                  Characterization of r.e. Sets  . . . . . 135
             Javier Esparza and   
               Peter Rossmanith   An Automata Approach to Some Problems on
                                  Context-Free Grammars  . . . . . . . . . 143
                Karel Culik and   
                    Jarkko Kari   On Aperiodic Sets of Wang Tiles  . . . . 153
                  Birgit Jenner   Closure under Complementation of
                                  Logspace Complexity Classes --- A Survey 163
                   Bernd Kirsig   A Relation Between Sparse and Printable
                                  Sets in NSPACE$ (\log n) $ . . . . . . . 177
                Klaus Weihrauch   A Foundation for Computable Analysis . . 185
        Jürgen Schmidhuber   A Computer Scientist's View of Life, the
                                  Universe, and Everything . . . . . . . . 201
                 Manfred Kudlek   Calendars and Chronologies . . . . . . . 209
              Hartmut Ehrig and   
                  Julia Padberg   A Uniform Approach to Petri Nets . . . . 219
                   Astrid Kiehn   Observing Partial Order Runs of Petri
                                  Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
       José Meseguer and   
              Ugo Montanari and   
               Vladimir Sassone   Representation Theorems for Petri Nets   239
                 Volker Diekert   A Remark on Trace Equations  . . . . . . 251--260
             Ekkart Kindler and   
                Wolfgang Reisig   Verification of Distributed Algorithms
                                  with Algebraic Petri Nets  . . . . . . . 261
                  Walter Vogler   A Short Story on Action Refinement . . . 271
                   Manfred Broy   Interactive and Reactive Systems:
                                  States, Observations, Experiments,
                                  Input, Output, Nondeterminism,
                                  Compositionality, and all That . . . . . 279
                    Hans Daduna   Discrete Time Analysis of a State
                                  Dependent Tandem with Different Customer
                                  Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
                Jörg Desel   How Distributed Algorithms Play the
                                  Token Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
                    Rolf Walter   The Asynchronous Stack Revisited: Rounds
                                  Set the Twilight Reeling . . . . . . . . 307
                  B. Monien and   
              P. Berenbrink and   
             R. Lüling and   
                      M. Riedel   Online Scheduling of Continuous Media
                                  Streams  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
                 Hans Langmaack   Contribution to Goodenough's and
                                  Gerhart's theory of software testing and
                                  verification: relation between strong
                                  compiler test and compiler
                                  implementation verification  . . . . . . 321
           Günter Hotz and   
                   Hongzhong Wu   On the Arrangement Complexity of Uniform
                                  Trees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
                   Harold Boley   A Relational-Functional Integration for
                                  Declarative Programming  . . . . . . . . 351
     Siegfried Kanngießer   Inside and Outside the Chinese Room  . . 359
          Christopher Habel and   
              Carola Eschenbach   Abstract Structures in Spatial Cognition 369
               Christian Freksa   Spatial and Temporal Structures in
                                  Cognitive Processes  . . . . . . . . . . 379
        Daniel Hernándes   Qualitative vs. Fuzzy Representations of
                                  Spatial Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
                   D. Hernandez   Qualitative vs. fuzzy representations of
                                  spatial distance . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
               Simone Pribbenow   What's a Part? --- On Formalizing
                                  Part-Whole Relations . . . . . . . . . . 399
             Claus R. Rollinger   SPOCK: A Feasibility Study on the
                                  Completeness of Parts Lists  . . . . . . 407
                 Kerstin Schill   Decision Support Systems with Adaptive
                                  Reasoning Strategies . . . . . . . . . . 417
                Katharina Morik   Knowledge Discovery in Databases --- An
                                  Inductive Logic Programming Approach . . 429
                     Kurt Ammon   The Composition Heuristic  . . . . . . . 437
             Gerhard Weiß   The Job Assignment Problem: A Study in
                                  Parallel and Distributed Machine
                                  Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
        Mohamed Salah Hamdi and   
                    Karl Kaiser   Self-Improving Behavior Arbitration  . . 455
                   Margit Sturm   Neural Networks for Manipulator Path
                                  Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
           Martin Eldracher and   
                     Thomas Pic   Path Planning Using a Subgoal Graph  . . 473
     Christian Schittenkopf and   
                   Gustavo Deco   A Nonlinear Markovian Characterization
                                  of Time Series Using Neural Networks . . 481
               Gabriele Scheler   Feature-Based Perception of Semantic
                                  Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
                     Gerda Ruge   Automatic Detection of Thesaurus
                                  Relations for Information Retrieval
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
              Leo Pfefferer and   
             Dieter Schütt   InfoSphere\TM-V: A New Approach to
                                  $3$D-Visualization of Information  . . . 507


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1338, 1997

                    R. Feldmann   Computer Chess: Algorithms and
                                  Heuristics for a Deep Look into the
                                  Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                 M. Van Kreveld   Algorithms for Triangulated Terrains . . 19
                     K.-J Lange   On the Distributed Realization of
                                  Parallel Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . 37
             J. A. Makowsky and   
                    E. V. Ravve   The Fundamental Problem of Database
                                  Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
                J. Nesetril and   
                      D. Turzik   Solving and Approximating Combinatorial
                                  Optimization Problems (Towards MAX CUT
                                  and TSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
                     P. Orponen   The Computational Power of Continuous
                                  Time Neural Networks . . . . . . . . . . 86
                   K. Weihrauch   A Foundation for Computable Analysis . . 104
                  J. Wiedermann   Towards Machines That Can Think  . . . . 122
                H. Wozniakowski   Computational Complexity of Continuous
                                  Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
                        S. Zaks   Path Layout in ATM Networks  . . . . . . 144
                  S. Covaci and   
                    T. Magedanz   The Mobile Agent Technology  . . . . . . 161
                     D. A. Duce   Theory and Practice in Interactionally
                                  Rich Distributed Systems . . . . . . . . 163
                     V. Issarny   Configuration-Based Programming Systems  183
        P. K. Muthukrishnan and   
                   B. R. Bryant   Automatic Generation of Parallelizing
                                  Compilers for Object-Oriented
                                  Programming Languages from Denotational
                                  Semantics Specifications . . . . . . . . 201
                    D. Bjoerner   A Formal Software Engineering Paradigm:
                                  From Domains via Requirements to
                                  Software --- Formal Specification and
                                  Design Calculi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
         A. Kuntzmann-Combelles   The Whole Picture to Software Process
                                  Improvement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
                        W. Pree   Object-Oriented Design Patterns  . . . . 266
             K. R. Dittrich and   
                     A. Geppert   Object-Oriented DBMS and Beyond  . . . . 275
             M. E. Orlowska and   
                      H. Li and   
                         C. Liu   On Integration of Relational and
                                  Object-Oriented Database Systems . . . . 295
             M. H. Williams and   
                    N. W. Paton   From OO Through Deduction to Active
                                  Databases --- ROCK, ROLL and RAP . . . . 313
                        J. Zara   An Introduction to Virtual Reality
                                  Modeling Language  . . . . . . . . . . . 331
                    J. Zlatuska   Stepping Stones to an Information
                                  Society  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
               L. Becchetti and   
                    C. Gaibisso   Lower Bounds for the Virtual Path Layout
                                  Problem in ATM Networks  . . . . . . . . 375
                     B. Dai and   
                 D. A. Bell and   
                   J. G. Hughes   Query Processing in Temporal Evidential
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
                   C. De Castro   A First Approach to Temporal Predicate
                                  Locking for Concurrency Detection in
                                  Temporal Relational Databases Supporting
                                  Schema Versioning  . . . . . . . . . . . 391
                C. Gaibisso and   
                    G. Proietti   Efficient Insertion of Approximately
                                  Sorted Sequences of Items into a
                                  Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
                P. Galdamez and   
   F. D. Muñoz-Escoi and   
           J. M. Bernabeu-Auban   High Availability Support in CORBA
                                  Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
                     V. Glasnak   On $f$-Sparse Sets in NP--P  . . . . . . 415
                     M. Hof and   
            H. Moessenboeck and   
                 P. Pirkelbauer   Zero-Overhead Exception Handling Using
                                  Metaprogramming  . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
                J. Janousek and   
                    B. Melichar   The Output-Store Formal Translator
                                  Directed by LR Parsing . . . . . . . . . 432
                      J. Kadlec   Parallel Processing on Alphas Under
                                  MATLAB 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440--447
                      P. Kolman   PRAM Lower Bound for Element
                                  Distinctness Revisited . . . . . . . . . 448
                     I. Kopecek   Optimal Trees for Searching in Codebook  456
                    R. Kralovic   Time Optimal Self-Stabilizing Algorithms 464
                   P. Kroha and   
                     M. Strauss   Requirements Specification Iteratively
                                  Combined with Reverse Engineering  . . . 473
                      A. Kucera   On Finite Representations of
                                  Infinite-State Behaviours  . . . . . . . 481
                       S. Lucas   Efficient Strong Sequentiality Using
                                  Replacement Restrictions . . . . . . . . 489
                   M. Marchiori   Optimal Encodings  . . . . . . . . . . . 497
                    F. Mraz and   
                  M. Platek and   
                  P. Jancar and   
                       J. Vogel   Monotonic Rewriting Automata with a
                                  Restart Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . 505
       S.-H. Nienhuys-Cheng and   
                    A. De Bruin   Kahn's Fixed-Point Characterization for
                                  Linear Dynamic Networks  . . . . . . . . 513
                    K. Pala and   
                  P. Rychly and   
                        P. Smrz   DESAM --- Annotated Corpus for Czech . . 523
                       Y. Peter   Mobility Management in CORBA: A Generic
                                  Implementation of the LifeCycle Service  531
                   W. Pijls and   
                    A. De Bruin   A Theory of Game Trees, Based on
                                  Solution Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
               H. Schroeder and   
                  A. E. May and   
                   I. Vrt'o and   
                      O. Sykora   Approximation Algorithms for the Vertex
                                  Bipartization Problem  . . . . . . . . . 547
               H. Schroeder and   
                  O. Sykora and   
                       I. Vrt'o   Optical All-to-All Communication for
                                  Some Product Graphs  . . . . . . . . . . 555
                  D. Strupl and   
                      R. Neruda   Parallelizing Self-Organizing Maps . . . 563


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1339, 1997

                 G. Dimauro and   
                S. Impedovo and   
                   G. Pirlo and   
                       A. Salzo   Handwriting Recognition: State of the
                                  Art and Future Trends  . . . . . . . . . 1
                 C. Y. Suen and   
                       Z. C. Li   Crucial Combinations for the Recognition
                                  of Handwritten Letters . . . . . . . . . 19
                        A. Amin   Recognition of Printed and Handwritten
                                  Arabic Characters  . . . . . . . . . . . 40
              A. El-Yacoubi and   
                 M. Gilloux and   
                R. Sabourin and   
                     C. Y. Suen   Objective Evaluation of the Discriminant
                                  Power of Features in an HMM-based Word
                                  Recognition System . . . . . . . . . . . 60
                W. Guerfali and   
                   R. Plamondon   Effect of Variability on Letters
                                  Generation with the Vectorial
                                  Delta-Lognormal Model  . . . . . . . . . 74
                    R. Sabourin   Off-Line Signature Verification: Recent
                                  Advances and Perspectives  . . . . . . . 84
                 R. Kasturi and   
                         H. Luo   Research Advances in Graphics
                                  Recognition: An Update . . . . . . . . . 99
                      A. Belaid   Future Trends in Retrospective Document
                                  Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
               G. Borgefors and   
                 G. Ramella and   
             G. Sanniti di Baja   A. Low Level Processing Using Binary
                                  Pyramids to Create Multi-resolution
                                  Shape Descriptors  . . . . . . . . . . . 129
                  M. Frucci and   
                    A. Marcelli   Contour Pixel Classification for
                                  Character Skeletonization  . . . . . . . 141
                  A. Belaid and   
                    Y. Chenevoy   Constraint Propagation vs. Syntactical
                                  Analysis for the Logical Structure
                                  Recognition of Library References  . . . 153
               S. Tayeb-Bey and   
                    A. S. Saidi   Grammatical Formalism for Document
                                  Understanding System: From Documents
                                  towards HTML Text  . . . . . . . . . . . 165
                   S. Diana and   
                  E. Trupin and   
              Y. Lecourtier and   
                     J. Labiche   Document Modeling for Form Class
                                  Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
                   L. Duffy and   
             F. Lebourgeois and   
                      H. Emptoz   Composite Document Analysis by Means of
                                  Typographic Characteristics  . . . . . . 188
                 J. Sauvola and   
            H. Kauniskangas and   
                D. Doermann and   
                M. Pietikaeinen   Techniques for the Automated Testing of
                                  Document Analysis Algorithms . . . . . . 201
                 J. Sauvola and   
            H. Kauniskangas and   
                D. Doermann and   
                        C. Shin   Graphical Tools and Techniques for
                                  Querying Document Image Databases  . . . 213
         N. Rodrigues Gomes and   
                      L. L. Lee   Handwritten Numeral Recognition via
                                  Fuzzy Logic and Local Discriminating
                                  Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
                       A. Leroy   Unsupervised Learning of Character
                                  Prototypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
                  Z. Wimmer and   
        S. Garcia-Salicetli and   
                 B. Dorizzi and   
                   P. Gallinari   Off-Line Cursive Word Recognition with a
                                  Hybrid Neural-HMM System . . . . . . . . 249
                   C. Simon and   
                  E. Levrat and   
                R. Sabourin and   
                     J. Bremont   A Fuzzy Perception for Off-Line
                                  Handwritten Signature Verification . . . 261
                 R. Martens and   
                     L. Claesen   An Evaluation of Different Handwriting
                                  Observation Techniques from a Signature
                                  Verification Point of View . . . . . . . 273
             C. De Oliveira and   
             C. A. Kaestner and   
              F. Bortolozzi and   
                    R. Sabourin   Generation of Signatures by Deformations 283
               M. Yoshimura and   
                   I. Yoshimura   An Application of the Sequential Dynamic
                                  Programming Matching Method to Off-Line
                                  Signature Verification . . . . . . . . . 299
               T. W. Rauber and   
             V. B. De Souza and   
                    S. Rossetto   A System for Automatic Form Reading  . . 311
              A. L. Koerich and   
                      L. L. Lee   Automatic Extraction of Filled-in
                                  Information from Bankchecks Based on
                                  Prior Knowledge about Layout Structure   322
            J. E. B. Santos and   
              F. Bortolozzi and   
                    R. Sabourin   A Simple Methodology to Bankcheck
                                  Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1340, 1997

                  J. Nievergelt   Introduction to Geometric Computing:
                                  From Algorithms to Software  . . . . . . 1
                 C. M. Gold and   
              P. R. Remmele and   
                        T. Roos   Voronoi Methods in GIS . . . . . . . . . 21
                 M. Van Kreveld   Digital Elevation Models and TIN
                                  Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                     M. De Berg   Visualization of TINs  . . . . . . . . . 79
                      R. Weibel   Generalization of Spatial Data:
                                  Principles and Selected Algorithms . . . 99
              J. Nievergelt and   
                    P. Widmayer   Spatial Data Structures: Concepts and
                                  Design Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
                 E. Bugnion and   
                    T. Roos and   
             R. Wattenhofer and   
                    P. Widmayer   Space Filling Curves versus Random Walks 199
                        L. Arge   External-Memory Algorithms with
                                  Applications in GIS  . . . . . . . . . . 213
                     S. Schirra   Precision and Robustness in Geometric
                                  Computations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--287


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1341, 1997

                  H. J. Ohlbach   Efficient Data Structures for Deduction
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                    P. A. Flach   Inductive Logic Databases: From
                                  Extensional to Intensional Knowledge . . 3
                    S. Ceri and   
              P. Fraternali and   
              S. Paraboschi and   
                      G. Psaila   Sharing Software Tools on the Web: The
                                  IDEA Web Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                      G. Vossen   Transactional Workflows  . . . . . . . . 20
                   C. Baral and   
                        J. Lobo   From Action Theories to Updates,
                                  Transactions, Triggers and Agents  . . . 26
               S. Chaudhuri and   
                       U. Dayal   Data Warehousing and OLAP for Decision
                                  Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
                    G. Dong and   
               K. Ramamohanarao   Maintaining Constrained Transitive
                                  Closure by Conjunctive Queries . . . . . 35
                  D. Gluche and   
                   T. Grust and   
              C. Mainberger and   
                   M. H. Scholl   Incremental Updates for Materialized OQL
                                  Views  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
                         H. Shu   View Maintenance Using Conditional
                                  Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
                 A. Borgida and   
                     G. Weddell   Adding Uniqueness Constraints to
                                  Description Logics . . . . . . . . . . . 85
                       D. Toman   A Point-Based Temporal Extension of SQL  103
               I. S. Mumick and   
                     K. A. Ross   Attribute-Oriented View Definitions in
                                  Relational and Deductive Databases . . . 122
               M. Mahoui-Guerni   Exploiting Semantic of Typed Objects
                                  Under an Optimistic Control in the
                                  Transactional Deferred Update Model: A
                                  Promising Approach . . . . . . . . . . . 140
                 D. Theodoratos   Logical Updating of Object Class
                                  Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
                  D. Costal and   
                E. Teniente and   
                        T. Urpi   An Approach to Obtain Intensional
                                  Translations for Consistent View
                                  Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
                 E. Bertino and   
                G. Guerrini and   
                       I. Merlo   Trigger Inheritance and Overriding in
                                  Active Object Database Systems . . . . . 193
              A. Sundermier and   
          T. Ben Abdellatif and   
             S. W. Dietrich and   
                    S. D. Urban   Object Deltas in an Active Database
                                  Development Environment  . . . . . . . . 211
            S.-E. Lautemann and   
                  P. Eigner and   
                     C. Woehrle   The COAST Project: Design and
                                  Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
                   C. Baral and   
                    J. Lobo and   
                  G. Trajcevski   Formal Characterizations of Active
                                  Databases: Part II . . . . . . . . . . . 247
                     C. Zaniolo   The Nonmonotonic Semantics of Active
                                  Rules in Deductive Databases . . . . . . 265
               F. Giannotti and   
                   G. Manco and   
                   M. Nanni and   
                   D. Pedreschi   Datalog++: A Basis for Active
                                  Object-Oriented Databases  . . . . . . . 283
                  T. Hruska and   
                    P. Kolencik   Comparison of Categorical Foundations of
                                  Object-Oriented Database Model . . . . . 302
                     W. May and   
              B. Ludaescher and   
                      C. Lausen   Well-Founded Semantics for Deductive
                                  Object-Oriented Database Languages . . . 320
                   S. Greco and   
                       D. Sacca   Deterministic Semantics for Datalog:
                                  Complexity and Expressive Power  . . . . 337
                   F. Neven and   
             J. Van den Bussche   On Implementing Structured Document
                                  Query Facilities on Top of a DOOD  . . . 351
                     K. Jim and   
                     J. Lai and   
                   B. Wuethrich   A Data Mining Algorithm Optimal for
                                  Single Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
             R. Himmeroeder and   
                  G. Lausen and   
              B. Ludaescher and   
                C. Schlepphorst   On a Declarative Semantics for Web
                                  Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
                  K. Aberer and   
                     D. Che and   
                       K. Boehm   Rule-Based Generation of Logical Query
                                  Plans with Controlled Complexity . . . . 399
                M.-S. Hacid and   
                  P. Marcel and   
                     C. Rigotti   A Rule-Based Data Manipulation Language
                                  for OLAP Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
                  D. Zimmer and   
             A. Meckenstock and   
                      R. Unland   A General Model for Event Specification
                                  in Active Database Management Systems    419
                     L. Fegaras   Optimizing Large OODB Queries  . . . . . 421
         E. Nantajeewarawat and   
                    V. Wuwongse   Nonmonotonic Inheritance Through
                                  Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
                 P. Godfrey and   
                        J. Gryz   Overview of Dynamic Query Evaluation in
                                  Intensional Query Optimization . . . . . 425
                   P.-T Kandzia   Towards Efficient Evaluation of Methods
                                  by Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1342, 1997

                     K. Tam and   
                   J. Lloyd and   
              Y. Lesperance and   
                    H. Levesque   Controlling Autonomous Robots with GOLOG 1
                R. M. Bolle and   
                  B.-L. Yeo and   
                    M. M. Yeung   Video Query and Retrieval  . . . . . . . 13
                    L. Sterling   On Finding Needles in WWW Haystacks  . . 25
                   W. S. Havens   Extending Dynamic Backtracking for
                                  Distributed Constraint Satisfaction
                                  Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                    W. Pang and   
                  S. D. Goodwin   Constraint-Directed Backtracking . . . . 47
                J. Thornton and   
                      A. Sattar   Applied Partial Constraint Satisfaction
                                  Using Weighted Iterative Repair  . . . . 57
                  N. Ritter and   
                   R. Owens and   
                 K. Yogesan and   
                P. Van Saarloos   The Application of Mutual Information to
                                  the Registration of Stereo and Temporal
                                  Images of the Retina . . . . . . . . . . 67
               J. R. Cooper and   
                 R. O. Hastings   Kalman Filtering from a Phase Based
                                  Optical Flow Operator  . . . . . . . . . 77
                S. W. Perry and   
                        L. Guan   Adaptive Constraint Restoration and
                                  Error Analysis Using a Neural Network    87
                 C. Grinton and   
               L. Sonenberg and   
                    L. Sterling   Exploring Agent Cooperation: Studies
                                  with a Simple Pursuit Game . . . . . . . 96
              M. A. Abtroun and   
                      S. Hassas   The Serializability Problem in a
                                  Parallel Rule-Based System: A Solution
                                  by Distributed Coordination  . . . . . . 106
                  H. H. Bui and   
               D. Kieronska and   
                   S. Venkatesh   Optimal Communication Among Team Members 116
                 T. Schnier and   
                        J. Gero   Dominant and Recessive Genes in
                                  Evolutionary Systems Applied to Spatial
                                  Reasoning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
              H. J. Pierrot and   
                  R. Hinterding   Using Multi-chromosomes to Solve a
                                  Simple Mixed Integer Problem . . . . . . 137
             M. Mohammadian and   
                     M. Kingham   Hierarchical and Feed-Forward Fuzzy
                                  Logic for Financial Modelling and
                                  Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
                    J. Debenham   A Knowledge-Based System for Workflow
                                  Management Using the World Wide Web  . . 157
               R. M. Colomb and   
                  P. Y.-P. Chen   Use of Partial Functional Dependencies
                                  to Make Practical Approximate
                                  Translations Among Forms of
                                  Propositional Expert Systems . . . . . . 167
                 G. Beydoun and   
                    A. Hoffmann   NRDR for the Acquisition of Search
                                  Knowledge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
                  G. Lawson and   
                      D. Lukose   Rapid Prototyping of Executable Problem
                                  Solving Methods Using MODEL-ECS  . . . . 187
                  P. Peppas and   
                M. Pagnucco and   
              M. Prokopenko and   
                         N. Foo   Preferential Semantics for Causal
                                  Fixpoints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
                 T. O'Neill and   
                         N. Foo   Belief Update, the Markovian Situation
                                  Calculus, and Discrete Event Systems . . 207
              R. B. H. Kwok and   
                   A. Nayak and   
                         N. Foo   A Notion of Correctness with Theories
                                  Containing Theoretical Terms . . . . . . 217
                     N. Foo and   
                  P. Peppas and   
                       Y. Zhang   Inductive Properties of States . . . . . 227
               P. Jachowicz and   
                      R. Goebel   Describing Plan Recognition as
                                  Nonmonotonic Reasoning and Belief
                                  Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
              C. K. MacNish and   
                    G. Antoniou   Specification Morphisms for Nonmonotonic
                                  Knowledge Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . 246
                    G. Antoniou   Representation Results for Default
                                  Logics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
                  D. Billington   Proving Quantified Literals in
                                  Defeasible Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
                    Y. Arai and   
                      K. Hirota   Fuzzy Hierarchical Pattern Recognition
                                  for Robotics Applications  . . . . . . . 274
               A. R. Pearce and   
                  T. Caelli and   
                        S. Goss   Adaptive Curvature-Based Topography for
                                  Learning Symbolic Descriptions of
                                  Terrain Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
                   R. Chang and   
                    L. Guan and   
                    J. A. Burne   A Computer Assisted Image Analysis
                                  System for Diagnosing Movement Disorders 290
                     B. Yin and   
                          T. Yu   Vowel Recognition for Speaker
                                  Independent Chinese Speech Recognition   302
                       S. Dixon   Beat Induction and Rhythm Recognition    311
                      H. He and   
                       Z. Huang   Boosting Neural Networks in Real World
                                  Applications: An Empirical Study . . . . 321
             H. J. Hamilton and   
                    N. Shan and   
                      W. Ziarko   Machine Learning of Credible
                                  Classifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
             G. J. Williams and   
                       Z. Huang   Mining the Knowledge Mine: The Hot Spots
                                  Methodology for Mining Large Real World
                                  Databases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
                 B. C. Chiu and   
                 C. I. Webb and   
                       Z. Zheng   Using Decision Trees for Agent
                                  Modelling: A Study on Resolving
                                  Confliction Predictions  . . . . . . . . 349
                B. Raskutti and   
                       A. Beitz   Sample Set Assessment for Providing
                                  Personalised Recommendations . . . . . . 359
                     K. Min and   
                   W. H. Wilson   Integrated Correction of Ill-Formed
                                  Sentences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
               T. Hirashima and   
                 N. Matsuda and   
                  T. Nomoto and   
                      J. Toyoda   Information Filtering for
                                  Context-Sensitive Browsing . . . . . . . 379
                     V. Sauvage   The T-SOM (Tree-SOM) . . . . . . . . . . 389
            N. K. Treadgold and   
                   T. D. Gedeon   Extending and Benchmarking the CasPer
                                  Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
                R. B. Thapa and   
                   R. Sadananda   Disconcepts and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps . . 407
                     L. Peh and   
                    C. P. Tsang   Weight Sensitive Boolean Extraction
                                  Produces Compact Expressions . . . . . . 417
                 G. Briscoe and   
                      T. Caelli   Learning Temporal Sequences in Recurrent
                                  Self-Organising Neural Nets  . . . . . . 427
                  I. Hofman and   
                      R. Jarvis   Three-Dimensional Scene Analysis Using
                                  Multiple Range Finders --- Data Capture,
                                  Coordinate Transformations and Initial
                                  Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
                      R. Jarvis   Sensor-Based Robotic Automation of
                                  Mushroom Farming --- Preliminary
                                  Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
                  R. A. Russell   Creating Adroit Mechanisms by Using
                                  Large Numbers of Simple Homogeneous
                                  Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
                  R. A. Russell   A Nephelometric Tactile Sensor . . . . . 466
                 R. O'Hagan and   
                    A. Zelinsky   Finger Track --- A Robust and Real-Time
                                  Gesture Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . 475
                     C. Liu and   
                    M. A. Orgun   A Constraint Mechanism for Knowledge
                                  Specification of Simulation Systems
                                  Based on Temporal Logic  . . . . . . . . 485
                       Y. Pisan   Controlling Engineering Problem Solving  496
                   S. Waugh and   
                 T. Menzies and   
                        S. Goss   Evaluating a Qualitative Reasoner  . . . 505


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1343, 1997

                 S. J. Fink and   
                    S. B. Baden   Run-Time Support for Multi-tier
                                  Programming of Block-Structured
                                  Applications on SMP Clusters . . . . . . 1
                    N. Fujinami   Automatic Run-Time Code Generation in
                                  C++  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                F. Bassetti and   
                   K. Davis and   
                     D. Quinlan   A Comparison of Performance-Enhancing
                                  Strategies for Parallel Numerical
                                  Object-Oriented Frameworks . . . . . . . 17
                    M. Weidmann   Design and Performance Improvement of a
                                  Real-World, Object-Oriented C++ Solver
                                  with STL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
                A. A. Chien and   
                   J. Dolby and   
                 B. Ganguly and   
                  V. Karamcheti   Evaluating High Level Parallel
                                  Programming Support for Irregular
                                  Applications in ICC++  . . . . . . . . . 33
                      J. Jaervi   Processing Sparse Vectors During Compile
                                  Time in C++  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
           T. L. Veldhuizen and   
                 M. E. Jernigan   Will C++ Be Faster than Fortran? . . . . 49
              J. M. Squyres and   
                  B. Saphir and   
                   A. Lumsdaine   The Design and Evolution of the MPI-2
                                  C++ Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
              J. W. Quittek and   
                    B. Weissman   Efficient Extensible Synchronization in
                                  Sather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
                  W. Joosen and   
                  B. Robben and   
              H. Van Wulpen and   
                   P. Verbaeten   Experiences with an Object-Oriented
                                  Parallel Language: The CORRELATE Project 73
                S. Matsuoka and   
                  A. Nikami and   
                   H. Ogawa and   
                    Y. Ishikawa   Towards a Parallel C++ Programming
                                  Language Based on Commodity
                                  Object-Oriented Technologies . . . . . . 81
               T. Takahashi and   
                Y. Ishikawa and   
                    M. Sato and   
                    A. Yonezawa   A Compile-Time Meta-Level Architecture
                                  Supporting Class Specific Optimization   89
                   M. Besch and   
                      H. Bi and   
                   G. Heber and   
                     M. Kessler   An Object-Oriented Approach to the
                                  Implementation of a High-Level Data
                                  Parallel Language  . . . . . . . . . . . 97
                 J. Gerlach and   
                    M. Sato and   
                    Y. Ishikawa   A Framework for Parallel Adaptive Finite
                                  Element Methods and Its Template Based
                                  Implementation in CC++ . . . . . . . . . 105
                 M. Matsuda and   
                    M. Sato and   
                    Y. Ishikawa   Parallel Array Class Implementation
                                  Using C++ STL Adaptors . . . . . . . . . 113
                    G. Loeffler   A Multithreaded Java Framework for
                                  Solving Linear Elliptic Partial
                                  Differential Equations in $3$D . . . . . 121
                S. Mintchev and   
                       V. Getov   Automatic Binding of Native Scientific
                                  Libraries to Java  . . . . . . . . . . . 129
                     K. Imasaki   JAPE: The Java Parallel Environment  . . 137
                  J.-P. Ang and   
                       Y.-T Tan   An Architecture in Java for Mobile
                                  Computation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
                Y. Ichisugi and   
                     Y. Roudier   The Extensible Java Preprocessor Kit and
                                  a Tiny Data-Parallel Java  . . . . . . . 153
          A. Magnus Bruaset and   
                     X. Cai and   
           H. P. Langtangen and   
                      A. Tveito   Numerical Solution of PDEs on Parallel
                                  Computers Utilizing Sequential
                                  Simulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
                  C. Calvin and   
                      P. Emonot   The TR/O-Unitaire Project: A Parallel
                                  CFD $3$-Dimensional Code . . . . . . . . 169
                D. L. Brown and   
              W. D. Henshaw and   
                  D. J. Quinlan   Overture: An Object-Oriented Framework
                                  for Solving Partial Differential
                                  Equations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
                W. Humphrey and   
                S. Karmesin and   
                F. Bassetti and   
                    J. Reynders   Optimization of Data-Parallel Field
                                  Expressions in the POOMA Framework . . . 185
                  S. R. Lee and   
             J. C. Cummings and   
                S. D. Nolen and   
                     N. D. Keen   MC++ and a Transport Physics Framework   195
           B. C. McCandless and   
                   A. Lumsdaine   The Role of Abstraction in
                                  High-Performance Computing . . . . . . . 203
                        T. Ohta   Design of a Data Class for Parallel
                                  Scientific Computing . . . . . . . . . . 211
                 W.-M. Jeng and   
                         C. Lin   Describing Objects in Parallel ECEM
                                  Image Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . 218
            M. E. Henderson and   
                    S. E. Lyons   Flow in Porous Media Using NAO Finite
                                  Difference Classes . . . . . . . . . . . 225
                    D. Bashford   An Object-Oriented Programming Suite for
                                  Electrostatic Effects in Biological
                                  Molecules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
                  C. DeLuca and   
               C. W. Heisey and   
                 R. A. Bond and   
                     J. M. Daly   A Portable, Object-Based Parallel
                                  Library and Layered Framework for
                                  Real-Time Radar Signal Processing  . . . 241
                   J. Irwin and   
            J.-M. Loingtier and   
              J. R. Gilbert and   
                    G. Kiczales   Aspect-Oriented Programming of Sparse
                                  Matrix Code  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
            R. F. Haddleton and   
                   J. L. Pfaltz   Client/Server Architecture in the ADAMS
                                  Parallel Object-Oriented Database System 257
               S. MacDonald and   
               J. Schaeffer and   
                     D. Szafron   Pattern-Based Object-Oriented Parallel
                                  Programming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
                 P. A. Gray and   
                 V. S. Sunderam   The IceT Environment for Parallel and
                                  Distributed Computing  . . . . . . . . . 275
             R. Ramamoorthi and   
                  A. Rifkin and   
                B. Dimitrov and   
                   K. M. Chandy   A General Resource Reservation Framework
                                  for Scientific Computing . . . . . . . . 283


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1345, 1997

                    M. O. Rabin   Correctness of Programs and Protocols
                                  through Randomization  . . . . . . . . . 1
                      N. Ayache   Medical Image Analysis and Simulation    4
               R. E. Bryant and   
                    M. N. Velev   Verification of Pipelined
                                  Microprocessors by Comparing Memory
                                  Execution Sequences in Symbolic
                                  Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                        S. Merz   Rules for Abstraction  . . . . . . . . . 32
                 R. Buessow and   
                   W. Grieskamp   Combining Z and Temporal Interval Logics
                                  for the Formalization of Properties and
                                  Behaviors of Embedded Systems  . . . . . 46
                   R. Ramanujam   Rules for Trace Consistent Reasoning . . 57
               S. Punnekkat and   
                   R. Davis and   
                       A. Burns   Sensitivity Analysis of Real-Time Task
                                  Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
                S.-M. Tseng and   
                 Y. H. Chin and   
                     W.-P. Yang   Dynamic Multiprocessor Scheduling for
                                  Supporting Real-Time Constraints . . . . 83
                   Z. Huang and   
                  W.-J. Lei and   
                     C. Sun and   
                      A. Sattar   Heuristic Diff Acquiring in Lazy Release
                                  Consistency Model  . . . . . . . . . . . 98
                T. Mizutani and   
                S. Igarashi and   
                  K. Tomita and   
                        M. Shio   Representation of Discretely Controlled
                                  Continuous Systems in Software-Oriented
                                  Formal Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
               R. Wetprasit and   
                  A. Sattar and   
                      L. Khatib   A Generalized Framework for Reasoning
                                  with Multi-point Events  . . . . . . . . 121
                 Y. Georget and   
                P. Codognet and   
                       F. Rossi   Implementing Constraint Retraction for
                                  Finite Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
               T. Plagemann and   
                      V. Goebel   INSTANCE: The Intermediate Storage Node
                                  Concept  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
                      X. Li and   
              Dang Van Hung and   
                         Z. Tao   Checking Hybrid Automata for Linear
                                  Duration Invariants  . . . . . . . . . . 166
                    E. Mikk and   
                Y. Lakhnech and   
                      M. Siegel   Hierarchical Automata as Model for
                                  Statecharts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
                       M. Harao   Proof Discovery in LK System by Analogy  197
                 N. Inuzuka and   
                    H. Seki and   
                        H. Itoh   Efficient Induction of Executable Logic
                                  Programs from Examples . . . . . . . . . 212
             B. Le Charlier and   
                 C. Leclere and   
                   S. Rossi and   
                     A. Cortesi   Automated Verification of Behavioural
                                  Properties of Prolog Programs  . . . . . 225
                      G. Boudol   Typing the Use of Resources in a
                                  Concurrent Calculus  . . . . . . . . . . 239
                         P. Roe   An Imperative Language with Read/Write
                                  Type Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
                    K. Ohno and   
                   M. Ikawa and   
                 M. Goshima and   
                     S.-I. Mori   Efficient Goal Scheduling in a
                                  Concurrent Logic Language Using
                                  Type-Based Dependency Analysis . . . . . 268
                    R. Hasegawa   An Analysis of Divisibility Orderings
                                  and Recursive Path Orderings . . . . . . 283
               T. B. Dinesh and   
               S. M. Ueskuedarh   Share-Where Maintenance in Visual
                                  Algebraic Specifications . . . . . . . . 297
                      S. Fujita   A Fault Tolerant Broadcast Scheme in
                                  Star Graphs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
                  K.- E. Fujita   Calculus of Classical Proofs I . . . . . 321
                  R. Watson and   
                     E. Salzman   Tracing the Evaluation of Lazy
                                  Functional Languages: A Model and Its
                                  Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
               Y. Ben-Asher and   
                       E. Stein   Basic Results in Automatic
                                  Transformations of Shared Memory
                                  Parallel Programs into Sequential
                                  Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
               M. Kaipainen and   
            P. Papadopoulos and   
                       P. Karhu   Recurrent Oscillatory Self-organizing
                                  Map: Adapting to Complex Environmental
                                  Periodicities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
               C. Lursinsap and   
             K. Kanchanasut and   
                    T. Siriboon   Basic Binary Decision Diagram Operations
                                  for Image Processing . . . . . . . . . . 368
                    T. Nakajima   Adaptive Object Storage System for
                                  Mobile Computing Environments  . . . . . 371
                    M. Tomohiko   Structure of User Interface Module for
                                  Practical Internet Messages  . . . . . . 373
                M. Badonski and   
                M. Ivanovic and   
                     Z. Budimac   Software Specification Using LASS  . . . 375
                  E. Horita and   
                        K. Mano   Nepi$^2$: A Two-Level Calculus for
                                  Network Programming Based on the $ {\Pi
                                  } $-Calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--378
                     M. Lin and   
                   J. Malec and   
               S. Nadjm-Tehrani   On Semantics of Reactive Rule-Based
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
                J.-R. Gagne and   
                      J. Plaice   The Non-standard Semantics of Esterel    381
                S. Kusakabe and   
                 K. Inenaga and   
                     M. Amamiya   Hybrid Support for Lenient
                                  Implementation of Array-Comprehension    383
                   M. Bouzoubaa   Solver for Hierarchical CSP Containing
                                  Several Constraint Types and
                                  Multi-output Constraints . . . . . . . . 385


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1346, 1997

            Vijaya Ramachandran   QSM: A General Purpose Shared-Memory
                                  Model for Parallel Computation . . . . . 1
               Tamal K. Dey and   
               Arunabha Roy and   
                 Nimish R. Shah   Approximating Geometric Domains through
                                  Topological Triangulations . . . . . . . 6
            Sanjeev Mahajan and   
             Edgar A. Ramos and   
             K. V. Subrahmanyam   Solving Some Discrepancy Problems in NC  22
                  K. Cirino and   
           S. Muthukrishnan and   
        N. S. Narayanaswamy and   
                      H. Ramesh   Graph Editing to Bipartite Interval
                                  Graphs: Exact and Asymptotic Bounds  . . 37
               Edmund M. Clarke   Model Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
                   A. J. Kfoury   Recursion Versus Iteration at
                                  Higher-Orders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
               A. D. Gordon and   
               P. D. Hankin and   
                   S. B. Lassen   Compilation and Equivalence of
                                  Imperative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 74
              Massimo Marchiori   On the Expressive Power of Rewriting . . 88
               Deepak Kapur and   
                 M. Subramaniam   Mechanizing Verification of Arithmetic
                                  Circuits: SRT Division . . . . . . . . . 103
                E. Pontelli and   
                  D. Ranjan and   
                       G. Gupta   On the Complexity of Parallel
                                  Implementation of Logic Programs
                                  (Extended Abstract)  . . . . . . . . . . 123
               Jia-Huai You and   
                Li Yan Yuan and   
                   Randy Goebel   An Abductive Semantics for Disjunctive
                                  Logic Programs and its Proof Procedure   138
             Swarup Mohalik and   
                   R. Ramanujam   Assumption-Commitment in Automata  . . . 153
        Sandeep S. Kulkarni and   
                    Anish Arora   Compositional Design of Multitolerant
                                  Repetitive Byzantine Agreement . . . . . 169
                    Madhu Sudan   Algorithmic Issues in Coding Theory  . . 184
                      Anil Seth   Sharper Results on the Expressive Power
                                  of Generalized Quantifiers . . . . . . . 200
            N. V. Vinodchandran   Improved Lowness Results for Solvable
                                  Black-box Group Problems . . . . . . . . 220
                  V. Arvind and   
                 J. Köbler   On Resource-Bounded Measure and
                                  Pseudorandomness . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
                 Moshe Y. Vardi   Verification of Open Systems . . . . . . 250
              F. S. de Boer and   
               U. Hannemann and   
                W.-P. de Roever   Hoare-Style Compositional Proof Systems
                                  for Reactive Shared Variable Concurrency 267
              F. S. De Boer and   
               U. Hannemann and   
                W.-P. De Roever   Hoare-style compositional proof systems
                                  for reactive shared variable concurrency 267
              Kedar S. Namjoshi   A Simple Characterization of Stuttering
                                  Bisimulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
          Raymond Devillers and   
              Hanna Klaudel and   
              Robert-C. Riemann   General Refinement for High Level Petri
                                  Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
          Catherine Dufourd and   
                   Alain Finkel   Polynomial-time Many-one Reductions for
                                  Petri Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
                Burkhard Graves   Computing Reachability Properties Hidden
                                  in Finite Net Unfoldings . . . . . . . . 327


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1347, 1997

                   T. Yung Kong   Topology-Preserving Deletion of $1$'s
                                  from $2$-, $3$- and $4$-Dimensional
                                  Binary Images  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                   P. Gritzmann   On the Reconstruction of Finite Lattice
                                  Sets from their X- Rays  . . . . . . . . 19
                   P. Lienhardt   Aspects in Topology-Based Geometric
                                  Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
                  V. Kovalevsky   Applications of Digital Straight
                                  Segments to Economical Image Encoding    51
                G. D'Andrea and   
                      C. Fiorio   Maximal Superpositions of Grids and an
                                  Application  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
               G. Borgefors and   
         G. Sanniti di Baja and   
                    S. Svensson   Multiresolution Representation of Shapes
                                  in Binary Images II: Volume Images . . . 75
                  J. M. Schramm   Coplanar Tricubes  . . . . . . . . . . . 87
                 J. Vitonne and   
                 J. M. Chassery   Coexistence of Tricubes in Digital Naive
                                  Plane  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
                G. Bertrand and   
                     M. Couprie   Some Structural Properties of Discrete
                                  Surfacess  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
                  S. Miguet and   
                J. M. Nicod and   
                      D. Sarrut   A Linear Algorithm for Constructing the
                                  Polygon Adjacency Relation in
                                  Iso-surfaces of $3$D Images  . . . . . . 125
                   R. Ayala and   
               E. Dominguez and   
              A. R. Frances and   
                    A. Quintero   Digital Lighting Functions . . . . . . . 139
                    P. Ptak and   
                  H. Kofler and   
                   W. Kropatsch   Digital Topologies Revisited: An
                                  Approach Based on the Topological
                                  Point-Neighbourhood  . . . . . . . . . . 151
                   A. Imiya and   
                    U. Eckhardt   The Euler Characteristic of Discrete
                                  Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
                      A. Lenoir   Fast Estimation of Mean Curvature on the
                                  Surface of a $3$D Discrete Object  . . . 175
                 N. Sladoje and   
                       J. Zunic   Ellipses Estimation from their
                                  Digitization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
        S. Marchand-Maillet and   
                 Y. M. Sharaiha   Topological Errors and Optimal Chamfer
                                  Distance Coefficients  . . . . . . . . . 199
                  R. Malgouyres   Homotopy in $2$-dimensional Digital
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
                     J. Thollot   Set Manipulations of Fractal Objects
                                  Using Matrices of IFS  . . . . . . . . . 223
           L. Ibañez and   
              C. Hamitouche and   
                        C. Roux   Ray-tracing and $3$D Objects
                                  Representation in the BCC and FCC Grids  235
                  E. Andres and   
                  P. Nehlig and   
                     J. Francon   Supercover of Straight Lines, Planes and
                                  Triangles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1348, 1997

             Patrick Albers and   
                  Malik Ghallab   Context dependent effects in temporal
                                  planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--12
              Naveen Ashish and   
          Craig A. Knoblock and   
                   Alon Y. Levy   Information gathering plans with sensing
                                  actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--25
                Ruth Aylett and   
         Alex M. Coddington and   
            David P. Barnes and   
       Robert A. Ghanea-Hercock   What does a planner need to know about
                                  execution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--38
                Ruth Aylett and   
             Gary J. Petley and   
           Paul W. H. Chung and   
           James K. Soutter and   
              Andrew G. Rushton   Planning and chemical plant operating
                                  procedure synthesis  . . . . . . . . . . 39--51
            Marco Baioletti and   
          Stefano Marcugini and   
                 Alfredo Milani   Task planning and partial order
                                  planning: a domain transformation
                                  approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--63
              Michael Beetz and   
              Drew V. McDermott   Expressing transformations of structured
                                  reactive plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--76
              Michael Beetz and   
              Drew V. McDermott   Fast probabilistic plan debugging  . . . 77--90
             Andrew Burgess and   
                      Sam Steel   Quantification in generative refinement
                                  planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--103
         Marcos A. Castilho and   
            Olivier Gasquet and   
                 Andreas Herzig   Modal tableaux for reasoning about
                                  actions and plans  . . . . . . . . . . . 104--116
               Amedeo Cesta and   
               Cristiano Stella   A time and resource problem for planning
                                  architectures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--129
                 A. Cimatti and   
             E. Giunchiglia and   
             F. Giunchiglia and   
                    P. Traverso   Planning via model checking: a decision
                                  procedure for AR . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--142
Célia Da Costa Pereira and   
Frédérick Garcia and   
   Jérôme Lang and   
          Roger Martin-Clouaire   Possibilistic planning: representation
                                  and complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--155
        Giuseppe De Giacomo and   
                Luca Iocchi and   
              Daniele Nardi and   
                Riccardo Rosati   Planning with sensing for a mobile robot 156--168
          Yannis Dimopoulos and   
             Bernhard Nebel and   
                   Jana Koehler   Encoding planning problems in
                                  non-monotonic logic programs . . . . . . 169--181
             Tara A. Estlin and   
                Steve Chien and   
                    Xuemei Wang   An argument for a hybrid HTN\slash
                                  operator-based approach to planning  . . 182--194
                      Maria Fox   Natural hierarchical planning using
                                  operator decomposition . . . . . . . . . 195--207
Ramón García-Martínez and   
                 Daniel Borrajo   Planning, learning, and executing in
                                  autonomous systems . . . . . . . . . . . 208--220
              B. Cenk Gazen and   
              Craig A. Knoblock   Combining the expressivity of UCPOP with
                                  the efficiency of Graphplan  . . . . . . 221--233
               Robert Givan and   
             Sonia M. Leach and   
                    Thomas Dean   Bounded parameter Markov decision
                                  processes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234--246
     Richard T. Hepplewhite and   
               Jeremy W. Baxter   Planning and search techniques for
                                  intelligent behaviour of battlefield
                                  entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--259
       Subbarao Kambhampati and   
                Eric Parker and   
                 Eric Lambrecht   Understanding and extending Graphplan    260--272
               Jana Koehler and   
             Bernhard Nebel and   
         Jörg Hoffmann and   
              Yannis Dimopoulos   Extending planning graphs to an ADL
                                  subset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--285
                 Fabio Massacci   Breaking security protocols as an AI
                                  planning problem . . . . . . . . . . . . 286--298
              Silvia Miksch and   
               Yuval Shahar and   
                Werner Horn and   
            Christian Popow and   
                 Franz Paky and   
                  Peter Johnson   Time-oriented skeletal plans: support to
                                  design and execution . . . . . . . . . . 299--311
                     Ion Muslea   SINERGY: a linear planner based on
                                  genetic programming  . . . . . . . . . . 312--324
  Hector Muñoz-Avila and   
              Frank Weberskirch   A case study on the mergeability of
                                  cases with a partial-order planner . . . 325--337
             Bernhard Nebel and   
          Yannis Dimopoulos and   
                   Jana Koehler   Ignoring irrelevant facts and operators
                                  in plan generation . . . . . . . . . . . 338--350
                Angelo Oddi and   
                   Amedeo Cesta   A tabu search strategy to solve
                                  scheduling problems with deadlines and
                                  complex metric constraints . . . . . . . 351--363
              Nilufer Onder and   
              Martha E. Pollack   Contingency selection in plan generation 364--376
           Marcus V. Santos and   
                   Marcio Rillo   Approaching the Plans are Programs
                                  paradigm using transaction logic . . . . 377--389
                Murray Shanahan   Event calculus planning revisited  . . . 390--402
               J. E. Spragg and   
                 G. Fozzard and   
                    D. J. Tyler   Constraint-based reactive rescheduling
                                  in a stochastic environment  . . . . . . 403--413
              Reiko Tsuneto and   
                Dana S. Nau and   
               James A. Hendler   Plan-refinement strategies and
                                  search-space size  . . . . . . . . . . . 414--426
                Xuemei Wang and   
                    Steve Chien   Replanning using hierarchical task
                                  network and operator-based planning  . . 427--439
             Richard Washington   BI-POMDP: Bounded, incremental,
                                  partially-observable Markov-model
                                  planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440--451


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1349, 1997

               S. B. Lamine and   
                      J. Plaice   Software configuration with information
                                  systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                      Y. Bertot   Head-tactics simplification  . . . . . . 16
                S. L. Bloom and   
                    Z. Esik and   
                 A. Labella and   
                    E. G. Manes   Iteration $2$-theories . . . . . . . . . 30
                   G. Bruns and   
                  I. Sutherland   Model checking and fault tolerance . . . 45
                    B. Buth and   
                M. Kouvaras and   
                 J. Peleska and   
                         H. Shi   Deadlock analysis for a fault-tolerant
                                  system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
             P. Cenciarelli and   
                   A. Knapp and   
                    B. Reus and   
                     M. Wirsing   From sequential to multi-threaded Java:
                                  An event-based operational semantics . . 75
                 M. Cerioli and   
              A. Haxthausen and   
         B. Krieg-Brueckner and   
                 T. Mossakowski   Permissive subsorted partial logic in
                                  CASL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
                 C. Antonio and   
                    G. J. Milne   Specification of timing constraints
                                  within the Circal process algebra  . . . 108
              Xiao Jun Chen and   
                   F. Corradini   On the specification and verification of
                                  performance properties for a timed
                                  process algebra  . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
                  P. Cousot and   
                      R. Cousot   Abstract interpretation of algebraic
                                  polynomial systems . . . . . . . . . . . 138
                M. De Groot and   
                    K. Robinson   Modular refinement and model building    155
                  G. Denker and   
                   J. Ramos and   
                 C. Caleiro and   
                    A. Sernadas   A linear temporal logic approach to
                                  objects with transactions  . . . . . . . 170
                      X. Du and   
            K. T. McDonnell and   
                   E. Nanos and   
              Y. S. Ramakrishna   Software design, specification, and
                                  verification: Lessons learned from the
                                  Rether case study  . . . . . . . . . . . 185
                    C. J. Fidge   Refinement rules for real-time
                                  multi-tasking programs . . . . . . . . . 199
               R. B. France and   
                J.-M. Bruel and   
      M. M. Larrondo-Petrie and   
                       E. Grant   Rigorous object oriented-modeling:
                                  Integrating formal and informal
                                  notations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
              R. Giacobazzi and   
                     F. Ranzato   Completeness in abstract interpretation:
                                  A domain perspective . . . . . . . . . . 231
                    J. Harrison   Floating point verification in HOL
                                  Light: The exponential function  . . . . 246
                      J. Hooman   Verification of distributed real-time
                                  and fault-tolerant protocols . . . . . . 261
                      B. Jacobs   Invariants, bisimulations and the
                                  correctness of coalgebraic refinements   276
                    T. Janowski   On bisimulation, fault-monotonicity and
                                  provable fault-tolerance . . . . . . . . 292
                   P. Katis and   
                N. Sabadini and   
               R. F. C. Walters   Span(Graph): A categorical algebra of
                                  transition systems . . . . . . . . . . . 307
                   P. Katis and   
                N. Sabadini and   
               R. F. C. Walters   Representing place/transition nets in
                                  Span(Graph)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
                      D. Lesens   Invariants of parameterized binary tree
                                  networks as greatest fixpoints . . . . . 337
                    N. Levy and   
                  J. Souquieres   Modelling specification construction by
                                  successive approximations  . . . . . . . 351
                   S. Limet and   
                     F. Saubion   On partial validation of logic programs  365
                   A. Lopes and   
                 J. L. Fiadeiro   Preservation and reflection in
                                  specification  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
                    R. F. Paige   Case studies in using a meta-method for
                                  formal method integration  . . . . . . . 395
                  J. Parrow and   
                      B. Victor   The update calculus  . . . . . . . . . . 409
                F. Piessens and   
                   E. Steegmans   Selective attribute elimination for
                                  categorical data specifications  . . . . 424
                S. P. Rajan and   
                      M. Fujita   ATM switch design: Parametric high-level
                                  modeling and formal verification . . . . 437
                  A. Schoenegge   The hidden function question revisited   451
                A. Sernadas and   
                C. Sernadas and   
                     C. Caleiro   Synchronization of logics with mixed
                                  rules: Completeness preservation . . . . 465
               C. Shankland and   
                      M. Thomas   Symbolic bisimulation for Full LOTOS . . 479
                  M. Simons and   
                    M. Sintzoff   Algebraic composition and refinement of
                                  proofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
                 A. Telford and   
                      D. Turner   Ensuring streams flow  . . . . . . . . . 509
               I. Ulidowski and   
                        S. Yuen   Extending process languages with time    524
                    F. Wang and   
                    P.-A Hsiung   Parametric analysis of computer systems  539
              J. J. Almeida and   
              L. S. Barbosa and   
                F. L. Neves and   
                 J. N. Oliveira   CAMILA: Prototyping and refinement of
                                  constructive specifications  . . . . . . 554
                        B. Buth   Pamela+PVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
                  A. Cerone and   
                A. J. Cowie and   
                    G. J. Milne   The Circal system  . . . . . . . . . . . 563
                      R. Davies   A refinement-type checker for Standard
                                  ML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
                  J. Grundy and   
                  T. Laangbacka   Recording HOL proofs in a structured
                                  browsable format . . . . . . . . . . . . 567--571
                      C. K. Low   Analysing multi-agent system traces with
                                  IDAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
                M. A. Ozols and   
          K. A. Eastaughffe and   
                        A. Cant   DOVE: A tool for design oriented
                                  verification and evaluation  . . . . . . 574
                    K. Robinson   The B Method and the B Toolkit . . . . . 576
                     T. Rus and   
               T. Halverson and   
                 E. Van Wyk and   
                      R. Kooima   An algebraic language processing
                                  environment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
                 O. Traynor and   
                   D. Hazel and   
                 P. Kearney and   
                      A. Martin   The Cogito development system  . . . . . 586


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1350, 1997

                     T. Ibaraki   Solving NP-hard combinatorial problems
                                  in the practical sense . . . . . . . . . 1
                  A. Tajima and   
                      S. Misono   Airline crew-scheduling problem with
                                  many irregular flights . . . . . . . . . 2
                  K. Hidaka and   
                       H. Okano   Practical approach to a facility
                                  location problem for Large-Scale
                                  Logistics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
                   S. Horie and   
                    O. Watanabe   Hard instance generation for SAT . . . . 22
              M. Kutylowski and   
                       R. Wanka   Playing tetris on meshes and
                                  multi-dimensional SHEARSORT  . . . . . . 32
                A. Matsuura and   
                      A. Nagoya   Formulation of the
                                  addition-shift-sequence problem and its
                                  complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
                 T. Hayashi and   
                  K. Nakano and   
                      S. Olariu   Weighted and unweighted selection
                                  algorithms for k sorted sequences  . . . 52
                     L. Bai and   
                   H. Ebara and   
                  H. Nakano and   
                       H. Maeda   An adaptive distributed fault-tolerant
                                  routing algorithm for the star graph . . 62
                   Q.-P. Gu and   
                      H. Tamaki   Multi-color routing in the undirected
                                  hypercube  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
                  T.-H. Yeh and   
                  C.-M. Kuo and   
                  C.-L. Lei and   
                       H.-C Yen   Competitive source routing on tori and
                                  meshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
                         T. Uno   Algorithms for enumerating all perfect,
                                  maximum and maximal matchings in
                                  bipartite graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
                   T. Ishii and   
               H. Nagamochi and   
                     T. Ibaraki   Augmenting edge and vertex
                                  connectivities simultaneously  . . . . . 102
                   T. Eiter and   
                 T. Ibaraki and   
                      K. Makino   Two-face Horn extensions . . . . . . . . 112
                G. Ausiello and   
            P. G. Franciosa and   
                D. Frigioni and   
                     R. Giaccio   Decremental maintenance of reachability
                                  in hypergraphs and minimum models of
                                  Horn formulae  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
                C. E. Leiserson   Algorithmic analysis of multithreaded
                                  algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
                  H. Tamaki and   
                    T. Tokuyama   A characterization of planar graphs by
                                  pseudo-line arrangements . . . . . . . . 133
                 P. Panaite and   
                        A. Pelc   Optimal fault-tolerant broadcasting in
                                  trees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
                   T. Asano and   
                    K. Hori and   
                     T. Ono and   
                      T. Hirata   A theoretical framework of hybrid
                                  approaches to MAX SAT  . . . . . . . . . 153
                E. Dannoura and   
                     K. Sakurai   On-line versus off-line in money-making
                                  strategies with BROKERAGE  . . . . . . . 173
                    X. Deng and   
               C. Papadimitriou   Decision-making by hierarchies of
                                  discordant agents  . . . . . . . . . . . 183
          Khanh Quoc Nguyen and   
            V. Varadharajan and   
                          Y. Mu   A new efficient off-line anonymous cash
                                  scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
                     Z.-Z. Chen   Approximating unweighted connectivity
                                  problems in parallel . . . . . . . . . . 202
           Chung Keung Poon and   
                V. Ramachandran   A randomized linear work EREW PRAM
                                  algorithm to find a minimum spanning
                                  forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
              M. J. Atallah and   
                 D. Z. Chen and   
                      O. Daescu   Efficient parallel algorithms for planar
                                  st-graphs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
                   B. Ravikumar   Peg-solitaire, string rewriting systems
                                  and finite automata  . . . . . . . . . . 233
                      H. Klauck   On the size of probabilistic formulae    243
                  B. Ryabko and   
                      A. Fionov   Homophonic coding with logarithmic
                                  memory size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
         R. H. Möhring and   
       M. Müller-Hannemann   Complexity and modeling aspects of mesh
                                  refinement into quadrilaterals . . . . . 263
                T. Minakawa and   
                    K. Sugihara   Topology oriented vs. exact arithmetic
                                  --- experience in implementing the
                                  three-dimensional convex hull algorithm  273
                     M. Ott and   
                     F. Stephan   The complexity of learning branches and
                                  strategies from queries  . . . . . . . . 283
                   G. Neyer and   
                    P. Widmayer   Singularities make spatial join
                                  scheduling hard  . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
              H.-F. S. Chen and   
                      D. T. Lee   A faster one-dimensional topological
                                  compaction algorithm . . . . . . . . . . 303
                 W.-T. Chan and   
                  F. Y. L. Chin   Algorithms for finding optimal disjoint
                                  paths around a rectangle . . . . . . . . 314
                Y. Kusakari and   
                   T. Nishizeki   An algorithm for finding a region with
                                  the minimum total L1 distance from
                                  prescribed terminals . . . . . . . . . . 324
               P. E. Haxell and   
                       M. Loebl   On defect sets in bipartite graphs . . . 334
                M.-S. Chang and   
                S.-Y. Hsieh and   
                      G.-H Chen   Dynamic programming on
                                  distance-hereditary graphs . . . . . . . 344
                S. Cicerone and   
                  G. Di Stefano   On the equivalence in complexity among
                                  basic problems on bipartite and parity
                                  graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
                  M.-Y. Kao and   
                Tak Wah Lam and   
              Wing Kin Sung and   
                 Hing Fung Ting   All-cavity maximum matchings . . . . . . 364
                  S. V. Rao and   
                A. Mukhopadhyay   Fast algorithms for computing $ \beta
                                  $-skeletons and their relatives  . . . . 374--383
                   Y. Kyoda and   
                    K. Imai and   
                F. Takeuchi and   
                      A. Tajima   A branch-and-cut approach for minimum
                                  weight triangulation . . . . . . . . . . 384
                H. Kellerer and   
                U. Pferschy and   
                 M. G. Speranza   An efficient approximation scheme for
                                  the subset-sum problem . . . . . . . . . 394
             G. E. Pantziou and   
             G. P. Pentaris and   
                 P. G. Spirakis   Competitive call control in mobile
                                  networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
                  J. Oommen and   
                        J. Dong   Generalized swap-with-parent schemes for
                                  self-organizing sequential linear lists  414


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             S. M. Abdallah and   
                E. M. Nebot and   
                      D. C. Rye   Object Recognition and Orientation via
                                  Zernike Moments  . . . . . . . . . . . . I
              M. Abdellatif and   
                  Y. Tanaka and   
                  A. Gofuku and   
                       I. Nagai   Illumination Color from the Blurred
                                  Inter-reflection of a Reference Nose . . I
                    A. Adan and   
                 C. Cerrada and   
                       V. Feliu   A Fast Mesh Deformation Method to Build
                                  Spherical Representation Models of $3$D
                                  Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                  T. Akutsu and   
                 K. Arakawa and   
                      H. Murase   Active Viewpoint Control for Shape from
                                  Occluding Contours . . . . . . . . . . . I
           V. V. Alexandrov and   
               E. V. Laikov and   
                  B. E. Frenkel   Dynamic Adaptive Data Structures for
                                  Semantic Analysis and Synthesis of Video
                                  Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
           A. Bab-Hadiashar and   
                       D. Suter   Robust Total least Squares Based Optic
                                  Flow Computation . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                     X. Bai and   
                          G. Xu   Improved Supervised Color Constancy for
                                  Color Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                R. M. Bolle and   
                N. K. Ratha and   
                    S. Pankanti   Research Issues in Biometrics  . . . . . I
                M. S. Brown and   
                   W. B. Seales   Fast Stereo Matching in Compressed Video II
                D. Burschka and   
                     S. A. Blum   Identification of $3$D Reference
                                  Structures for Video-Based Localization  I
                A. Califano and   
                 B. Germain and   
                    S. Colville   A High-Dimensional Indexing Scheme for
                                  Scalable Fingerprint-Based
                                  Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                       S.-H Cha   Fast Image Template and Dictionary
                                  Matching Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . I
                   A. Chaen and   
                K. Yamazawa and   
                  N. Yokoya and   
                    H. Takemura   Acquisition of Three-Dimensional
                                  Information Using Omnidirectional Stereo
                                  Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                    J. Chai and   
                          S. Ma   Robust Epipolar Geometry Estimation
                                  Using Genetic Algorithm  . . . . . . . . I
                    D. Chen and   
                C.-M. Chang and   
                       A. Laine   Detection and Enhancement of Small
                                  Masses via Precision Multiscale Analysis I
                    Y. Chen and   
                    X. Ding and   
                      Y. Wu and   
                        M. Chen   A New Nonlinear Shape Normalization
                                  Method for Off-line Handwritten Chinese
                                  Character Recognition  . . . . . . . . . I
                 S. K. Chow and   
                 M. Gillies and   
                     S. L. Chan   Parallel Implementation of Fractal Image
                                  Compression Using Multiple Digital
                                  Signal Processors  . . . . . . . . . . . I
                J.-M. Chung and   
                     N. Ohnishi   Robust Matching and Hierarchical
                                  Recognition of $2$-D Shapes Using
                                  ``Chain of Circles'' . . . . . . . . . . I
                 C. Collina and   
                   M. Ferri and   
                 P. Frosini and   
                  E. Porcellini   Sketch Up: Towards Qualitative Shape
                                  Data Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      A. Cumani   Efficient Contour Extraction in Color
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                    M. Daum and   
                       G. Dudek   Out of the Dark: Using Shadows to
                                  Reconstruct $3$D Surfaces  . . . . . . . I
                 R. Deriche and   
                  C. Bouvin and   
                    O. Faugeras   Front Propagation and Level-Set Approach
                                  for Geodesic Active Stereovision . . . . I
            J. L. Fernandes and   
               J. R. A. Torreao   Estimating Depth Through the Fusion of
                                  Photometric Stereo Images  . . . . . . . I
                   M. Ferri and   
                 P. Frosini and   
                  A. Lovato and   
                    C. Zambelli   Point Selection: A New Comparison Scheme
                                  for Size Functions (With an Application
                                  to Monogram Recognition) . . . . . . . . I
               T. Funahashi and   
                T. Miyazaki and   
                  M. Yamada and   
                        H. Seki   A Generating Method for $3$-dimensional
                                  Knitting Cloth Shapes  . . . . . . . . . I
                     E. Grimson   Image Guided Surgical Systems  . . . . . I
                   A. Gross and   
                     L. Latecki   Digital Geometric Methods in Image
                                  Analysis and Compression . . . . . . . . I
               M. Hanmandlu and   
                   V. Shantaram   Contour Matching Technique for $3$D
                                  Object Recognition Using Kalman Filter   I
               M. Hanmandlu and   
                   V. Shantaram   Kalman Filter Based Matching Technique
                                  for $3$D Object Recognition  . . . . . . I
            M. Hauta-Kasari and   
                    W. Wang and   
                 S. Toyooka and   
                   J. Parkkinen   Unsupervised Filtering of Munsell
                                  Spectra  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                    L. Hong and   
                        A. Jain   Integrating Faces and Fingerprints for
                                  Personal Identification  . . . . . . . . I
               A. J. Howell and   
                      H. Buxton   Learning Identity and Behaviour with
                                  Neural Networks  . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      W. Hu and   
                   W. B. Seales   Recognition in Wavelet-Compressed
                                  Imagery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                   Q. Huang and   
                     Y. Cui and   
            S. Samarasekera and   
               M. Greiffenhagen   Auto Cameraman Via Collaborative Sensing
                                  Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 K. Imagawa and   
                      S. Lu and   
                         S. Igi   Real-Time Tracking of Human Hands from a
                                  Sign-Language Image Sequence . . . . . . I
                S. S. Ipson and   
                   M. Melhi and   
                       W. Booth   A Novel Triangulation Procedure for
                                  Thinning Cursive Text  . . . . . . . . . I
                 Y. Iwahori and   
                M. Murakami and   
              R. J. Woodham and   
                       N. Ishii   Sign of Surface Curvature from Shading
                                  Images Using Neural Network  . . . . . . I
                     J. Jia and   
                         K. Abe   Learning and Recognizing $3$D Objects by
                                  Using Partial Planar Curve Matching
                                  Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
               N. Katafuchi and   
                    M. Sano and   
                   S. Ohara and   
                    M. Okudaira   A Method of Industrial Parts Surface
                                  Inspection Based on an Optics Model  . . I
                    Z. Kato and   
                 T.-C. Pong and   
                   J. C.-M. Lee   Motion Compensated Color Video
                                  Classification Using Markov Random
                                  Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                  S. Kaveti and   
            Eam Khwang Teoh and   
                        H. Wang   Recognition of Planar Shapes Using
                                  Algebraic Invariants from Higher Degree
                                  Implicit Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . I
            Hyoung Seop Kim and   
                N. Motomura and   
                    S. Ishikawa   Finding the Center of Rotational
                                  Symmetry from Noisy Forms  . . . . . . . I
               Jin Wook Kim and   
                 Eun Yi Kim and   
               Se Hyun Park and   
                  Hang Joon Kim   Segmentation of MRF Based Image Using
                                  Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm . . . . . I
                  R. Kimmel and   
                 R. Malladi and   
                      N. Sochen   Image Processing via the Beltrami
                                  Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      R. Kimmel   A Natural Norm for Color Processing  . . I
          R. Krishnamoorthi and   
               P. Bhattacharyya   Color Edge Detection Using Orthogonal
                                  Polynomials  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                  K. F. Lai and   
                    H. Zhou and   
                        S. Chan   Query Expansion by Raw Image Features
                                  and Text Annotations in Image Retrieval  I
                  Z.-D. Lan and   
                    R. Mohr and   
                        L. Quan   Precise Matching by Robust Estimation of
                                  Deformation and Local Coherence  . . . . I
                    J. Lang and   
                M. R. M. Jenkin   Actively Building Models with VIRTUE . . I
                Tak Kan Lau and   
                        I. King   Montage: An Image Database for the
                                  Fashion, Textile, and Clothing Industry
                                  in Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      F. Li and   
                       M. Brady   Dynamic Calibration of an Active Vision
                                  System to Compute the Ground Plane
                                  Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                   S. Z. Li and   
                Y. H. Huang and   
                   J. S. Fu and   
                     K. L. Chan   Edge-Preserving Smoothing by Convex
                                  Minimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 S. X. Liao and   
                      M. Pawlak   A Study of Zernike Moment Computing  . . I
                 C.-C. Lien and   
                    C.-L. Huang   The Model-Based Dynamic Hand Posture
                                  Identification Using Genetic Algorithm   I
                     X. Lin and   
                    X. Ding and   
                    Y. Chen and   
                         J. Liu   Evaluation and Application of
                                  Recognition Confidence in OCR  . . . . . I
                 S. H. Maes and   
                 H. S. M. Beigi   Open Sesame! Speech, Password or Key to
                                  Secure Your Door?  . . . . . . . . . . . I
                E. Marchand and   
                   F. Chaumette   A Bayes Nets-Based
                                  Prediction/Verification Scheme for
                                  Active Visual Reconstruction . . . . . . I
               A. M. McIvor and   
               P. T. Waltenberg   Recognition of Simple Curved Surfaces
                                  from $3$D Surface Data . . . . . . . . . I
              S. J. McKenna and   
                        S. Gong   Face Recognition from Sequences Using
                                  Models of Identity . . . . . . . . . . . I
              S. J. McKenna and   
                    Y. Raja and   
                        S. Gong   Object Tracking Using Adaptive Color
                                  Mixture Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      C. Menard   Stereo Correspondences in Scale Space    I
               Y. Mukaigawa and   
                Y. Nakamura and   
                        Y. Ohta   Face Synthesis with Arbitrary Pose and
                                  Expression from Several Images --- An
                                  Integration of Image-Based and
                                  Model-Based Approaches . . . . . . . . . I
                    V. S. Nalwa   Automatic On-line Signature Verification I
                      K. Nathan   Pen Computing --- An Overview  . . . . . I
                  K. Nozaki and   
                   M. Niimi and   
                R. O. Eason and   
                   E. Kawaguchi   A Large Capacity Steganography Using
                                  Color BMP Images . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 T. Okatani and   
                     K. Deguchi   On the Classification of Singular Points
                                  for the Global Shape from Shading
                                  Problem: A Study of the Constraints
                                  Imposed by Isophotes . . . . . . . . . . I
                 T. Okatani and   
                     K. Deguchi   Determination of Sign of Gaussian
                                  Curvature of Surface Having General
                                  Reflectance Property . . . . . . . . . . I
                  N. Oshiro and   
               A. Nishikawa and   
                    N. Maru and   
                    F. Miyazaki   Foveated Vision for Scene Exploration    I
             C. I. Pagliari and   
                   T. J. Dennis   Evolutionary Methods Applied to
                                  Binocular Disparity Estimation . . . . . I
                In Kyu Park and   
                Il Dong Yun and   
                    Sang Uk Lee   A Color Normalization Algorithm for
                                  Image Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 A. Psarrou and   
                      J. Tanner   Using RBF Networks to Map GWT Ridge
                                  Images to Pose . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      Z. Qi and   
                          W. Gu   Combining Camera and Laser Radar for ALV
                                  Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      H. Qi and   
               W. E. Snyder and   
                   G. L. Bilbro   Comparison of Mean Field Annealing and
                                  Multiresolution Analysis in Missing Data
                                  Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                      Z. Qi and   
                   Z. Duric and   
                R. S. Michalski   Detecting Targets in SAR Images: A
                                  Machine Learning Approach  . . . . . . . I
                    Y. Raja and   
              S. J. McKenna and   
                        S. Gong   Segmentation and Tracking Using Color
                                  Mixture Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
          R. S. Ramakrishna and   
                B. Vaidyanathan   Error Analysis in Stereo Vision  . . . . I
                V. Rehrmann and   
                      L. Priese   Fast and Robust Segmentation of Natural
                                  Color Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                  Y. Rubner and   
                  C. Tomasi and   
                   L. J. Guibas   Adaptive Color-Image Embeddings for
                                  Database Navigation  . . . . . . . . . . I
                 C. Schuetz and   
                    T. Jost and   
                      H. Huegli   Semi-automatic $3$D Object Digitizing
                                  System Using Range Images  . . . . . . . I
                      S. Se and   
                       M. Brady   Stereo Vision-Based Obstacle Detection
                                  for Partially Sighted People . . . . . . I
                        W. Shen   Automated Fingerprint Pattern
                                  Classification Error Analysis  . . . . . I
                 N. Shimada and   
                  Y. Shirai and   
                    Y. Kuno and   
                       J. Miura   $3$-D Pose Estimation and Model
                                  Refinement of an Articulated Object from
                                  a Monocular Image Sequence . . . . . . . I
               N. Srinivasa and   
                       N. Ahuja   A Learning Approach to Fixating on $3$D
                                  Targets with Active Cameras  . . . . . . I
               H. T. Tanaka and   
                A. Ishizawa and   
                      H. Adachi   Live Facial Expression Generation Based
                                  on Mixed Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 C.-Y. Tang and   
                 Y.-P. Hung and   
                        Z. Chen   Automatic Detection and Tracking of
                                  Human Heads Using an Active Stereo
                                  Vision System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 Y.-L. Tian and   
                 H. T. Tsui and   
                    S. Y. Yeung   Spherical and Cylindrical Light Source
                                  Models for Shape Recovery  . . . . . . . I
                 Y.-L. Tian and   
                 H. T. Tsui and   
                    S. Y. Yeung   Shape Recovery from One Image under
                                  Multiple Light Sources . . . . . . . . . I
                    S. Tominaga   Estimation of Reflection Parameters from
                                  a Color Image  . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                 W. B. Tong and   
                  S. K. Tso and   
                    S. Lang and   
                       G. Z. Lu   Directing Robots with Visual Primitives
                                  for Navigation and Micro-manipulation    I
                 Y.-F. Wang and   
               R.-B. O. Alferez   A Unified Framework for Image-Derived
                                  Invariants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                       B. Wirtz   Technical Evaluation of Biometric
                                  Systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
                         M. Xie   New Development of Stereo Vision: A
                                  Solution of Motion Stereo Correspondence I
                    J. Yang and   
                   D. Zhang and   
                 N. Ohnishi and   
                       N. Sugie   Polyhedral Shape Recovery Based on
                                  Interreflections . . . . . . . . . . . . I
             Kin Choong Yow and   
                     R. Cipolla   Enhancing Human Face Detection Using
                                  Motion and Active Contours . . . . . . . I
                     H. Zha and   
                 T. Hoshide and   
                    T. Hasegawa   A Recursive Fitting-and-Splitting
                                  Algorithm for $3$-D Object Modeling
                                  Based on Superquadrics . . . . . . . . . I


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Volume 1352, 1997

              J.-I. Hayashi and   
                    K. Kato and   
                   T. Endoh and   
                    K. Murakami   On Typical Implementations of Hough
                                  Transform for Improving Its Performances 1
                    Y. Chen and   
                          S. Ma   Hierarchical Segmentation and
                                  Representation with Dynamic Link
                                  Architecture Neural Network  . . . . . . 9
                   N. Zhang and   
                 Wee Kheng Leow   Perceptually Consistent Segmentation of
                                  Texture Using Multiple Channel Filter    17
          M. Shoaib Bhuiyan and   
                 Y. Iwahori and   
                       A. Iwata   Optimal Edge Detection under Difficult
                                  Imaging Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 25
               K. Ratakonda and   
                       N. Ahuja   Restoring Image Quality Through
                                  Structure Preserving De-noising  . . . . 33
               M. Jenkinson and   
                       M. Brady   Feature Saliency from Noise Variations
                                  in Invariants  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
                    F. Chen and   
                       D. Surer   Multiscale Image Representation and Edge
                                  Detection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
             S. R. Fountain and   
                      T. N. Tan   Rotation Invariant Texture Features from
                                  Gabor Filters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
                      A. Salden   Euclidean Invariants of Linear
                                  Scale-Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
                  F. Mokhtarian   Segmenting Objects at Multiple Scales: A
                                  Robust Approach  . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
                         G. Qiu   Multi-grid Edge Models for Magnifying
                                  Digital Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
                  T. Kurita and   
                   K. Hotta and   
                     T. Mishima   Scale and Rotation Invariant Recognition
                                  Method Using Higher-Order Local
                                  Autocorrelation Features of Log-Polar
                                  Image  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
                G. S. Peake and   
                      T. N. Tan   Script and Language Identification from
                                  Document Images  . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
                   H. Masai and   
                    T. Watanabe   Document Categorization for Document
                                  Image Understanding  . . . . . . . . . . 105
                N. Yokokura and   
                    T. Watanabe   Recognition of Various Bar-graph
                                  Structures Based on Layout Model . . . . 113
                 P.-K. Wong and   
                        C. Chan   Word-Class Bigram Statistics Language
                                  Model for a Hand-Written Chinese
                                  Character Recognizer . . . . . . . . . . 121
                        X. Wang   Log Classification by Single X-ray Scans
                                  Using Texture Features from Growth Rings 129
                  H. Takebe and   
               Y. Katsuyama and   
                        S. Naoi   Precise and Fast Form Identification
                                  Method by Using Adaptive Base Lines for
                                  Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
                   J. Zheng and   
                    X. Ding and   
                      Y. Wu and   
                         F. Guo   Combinatorial Coarse Classification
                                  Method for OLCCR . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
                     Y. Liu and   
                T. Yamamura and   
                 N. Ohnishi and   
                       N. Sugie   Detecting Characters in Grey-Scale Scene
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
                    A. Sugimoto   Conic Based Image Transfer for $2$-D
                                  Objects: A Linear Algorithm  . . . . . . 161
                  A. Heyden and   
                    K. Aastroem   Minimal Conditions on Intrinsic
                                  Paramenters for Euclidean Reconstruction 169
              J. H. M. Byne and   
           J. A. D. W. Anderson   Surface Based Hypothesis Verification in
                                  Intensity Images Using Geometric and
                                  Appearance Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
                     H. Zha and   
                 K. Morooka and   
                    T. Masegawa   Next Best Viewpoint (NBV) Planning for
                                  Active Object Modeling Based on a
                                  Learning-by-Showing Approach . . . . . . 185
                 T. Lourens and   
                   R. P. Wuertz   Object Recognition by Matching Symbolic
                                  Edge Graphs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
             M. E. Westling and   
                    L. S. Davis   Interpretation of Complex Scenes Using
                                  Bayesian Networks  . . . . . . . . . . . 201
                     P. Liu and   
                      W. Wu and   
                 K. Ikeuchi and   
                    M. Sakauchi   Recognition of Urban Scene Using
                                  Silhouette of Buildings and City Map
                                  Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
               M. Nishijima and   
                    T. Watanabe   A Cooperative Inference Mechanism for
                                  Extracting Road Information
                                  Automatically  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
                     T. Liu and   
               Kap Luk Chan and   
                 Stan Ziqing Li   Model-Based Active Object Recognition
                                  Using MRF Matching and Sensor Planning   225
               W. B. Seales and   
                Cheng Jiun Yuan   Improved Image Classification Using
                                  Morphing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
                  C.-H. Kim and   
                      T.-J. Suh   Reconstruction of Non-manifold Objects
                                  from Two Orthographic Views  . . . . . . 241
                    Y. Sumi and   
                      F. Tomita   $3$D Object Recognition Using
                                  Segment-Based Stereo Vision  . . . . . . 249
                        B. Funt   The State of Color Vision Research . . . 257
                    S. Tominaga   Color Vision and Color Media Processing
                                  Research in Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
              S. J. Noronha and   
                     R. Nevatia   Recent Advances in Detection and
                                  Description of Buildings from Multiple
                                  Aerial Images  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
                   L. Davis and   
                   S. Fejes and   
                 D. Harwood and   
                      Y. Yacoob   Visual Surveillance of Human Activity    267
             J. K. Aggarwal and   
                        S. Shah   Bayesian Paradigm for Recognition of
                                  Objects --- Innovative Applications  . . 275
                   R. Bolle and   
               Y. Aloimonos and   
                  C. Fermueller   Toward Motion Picture Grammars . . . . . 283
                  P. Bajcsy and   
                       N. Ahuja   Hierarchical Texture Segmentation  . . . 291
                   X. Jiang and   
                       H. Bunke   Range Image Segmentation: Adaptive
                                  Grouping of Edges into Regions . . . . . 299
                M. Mirmehdi and   
               P. L. Palmer and   
                     J. Kittler   Optimising the Complete Image Feature
                                  Extraction Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
                  M.-S. Lee and   
                     G. Medioni   A Unified Framework for Salient Curves,
                                  Regions, and Junctions Inference . . . . 315
                  B. Perrin and   
                   N. Ahuja and   
                   N. Srinivasa   Learning Multiscale Image Models of $2$D
                                  Object Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
                       M. Minoh   $3$D Model Centered Framework for CV and
                                  VR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
                       Z. Zhang   Image-Based Geometrically-Correct
                                  Photorealistic Scene/Object Modeling
                                  (IBPhM)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
                    Y. Sato and   
              M. D. Wheeler and   
                     K. Ikeuchi   Measuring Object Surface Shape and
                                  Reflectance Properties . . . . . . . . . 350
               M.-O. Berger and   
                       G. Simon   Robust Image Composition Algorithms for
                                  Augmented Reality  . . . . . . . . . . . 360
                   K.-H. Jo and   
                    Y. Kuno and   
                      Y. Shirai   Context-Based Recognition of
                                  Manipulative Hand Gestures for Human
                                  Computer Interaction . . . . . . . . . . 368
               M. Trajkovic and   
                      M. Hedley   An Algorithm for Recursive Structure and
                                  Motion Recovery under Affine Projection  376
                Z.-Y. Zhang and   
                    H.- T. Tsui   Relative Affine Depth: Structure from
                                  Motion by an Uncalibrated Camera . . . . 384
               M. Trajkovic and   
                      M. Hedley   The Eigenspace Method for Rigid Motion
                                  Recovery from less than Eight Point
                                  Correspondences  . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
                 Y.-F. Wang and   
                       P. Liang   $3$D Shape and Motion Analysis from
                                  Image Blur and Smear: A Unified Approach 400
                    P. Wang and   
                 K. Ikeuchi and   
                    M. Sakauchi   $3$D Line's Extraction from $2$D
                                  Spatio-temporal Image Created by Sine
                                  Slit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
                 A. Bottino and   
              A. Laurentini and   
                     P. Zuccone   Toward Non-intrusive Motion Capture  . . 416
                    K. Ohba and   
                    Y. Sato and   
                     K. Ikeuchi   Appearance Based Visual Learning and
                                  Object Recognition with Illumination
                                  Invariance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
               Y. Taniguchi and   
                      Y. Shirai   Evidence-Based Scene Interpretation
                                  Considering Subjective Certainty of
                                  Recognition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
                       F. Jurie   Robust Hypothesis Verification for Model
                                  Based Object Recognition Using Gaussian
                                  Error Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
                S. Kirihara and   
                       H. Saito   Shape Modeling from Multiple View Images
                                  Using GAs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
                   N. Jojic and   
                      J. Gu and   
                 H. C. Shen and   
                    T. S. Huang   $3$-D Reconstruction of Multipart
                                  Self-Occluding Objects . . . . . . . . . 455
                   N. Jojic and   
                    T. S. Huang   On Analysis of Cloth Drape Range Data    463
                  M. Shinya and   
                   T. Saito and   
                    T. Mori and   
                       N. Osumi   VR Models from Epipolar Images: An
                                  Approach to Minimize Errors in
                                  Synthesized Images . . . . . . . . . . . 471
                S. Yonemoto and   
                 N. Tsuruta and   
               R.- I. Taniguchi   Shape and Pose Parameter Estimation of
                                  $3$D Multi-Part Objects  . . . . . . . . 479
             Jiang Yu Zheng and   
                  A. Murata and   
                         N. Abe   Generating $3$D Models of Objects Using
                                  Multiple Visual Cues in Image Sequences  487
                    T. Mita and   
                   S. Hiura and   
                    H. Kato and   
                    S. Inokuchi   Strategical Tracking of Polyhedral
                                  Objects by Reactive Change of Projection
                                  Pattern --- Reactive Range Finder  . . . 495
                W.-S. Hwang and   
                        J. Weng   Autonomous Vision-Guided Robot
                                  Manipulation Control . . . . . . . . . . 503
                   Q. Zhang and   
                      W. Gu and   
                          X. Ye   A New Adaptive Approach on Rapid
                                  Obstacle Detection in Range Image  . . . 511
                K. Uchimura and   
                          Z. Hu   Recognition of Shape Model for General
                                  Roads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
          M. I. A. Lourakis and   
            S. C. Orphanoudakis   Visual Detection of Obstacles Assuming a
                                  Locally Planar Ground  . . . . . . . . . 527
               J.-H. Chuang and   
                 C.-H. Tsai and   
                 W.-H. Tsai and   
                     C.-Y. Yang   Potential-Based Modeling of $2$D Regions
                                  Using Non-uniform Source Distributions   535
                      G. Xu and   
                    N. Sugimoto   A Linear Algorithm for Motion from Three
                                  Weak Perspective Images Using Euler
                                  Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
               A. R. Pearce and   
                  T. Caelli and   
                        S. Goss   On Learning Spatio-Temporal Relational
                                  Structures in Two Different Domains  . . 551
                   S. H. Or and   
                  W. S. Luk and   
                 K. H. Wong and   
                        I. King   An Efficient Iterative Pose Estimation
                                  Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
                       Z. Zhang   A New Multistage Approach to Motion and
                                  Structure Estimation by Gradually
                                  Enforcing Geometric Constraints  . . . . 567
                      Y. Ye and   
              J. K. Tsotsos and   
                  K. Bennet and   
                      E. Harley   Tracking a Person with Pre-recorded
                                  Image Database and a Pan, Tilt, and Zoom
                                  Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
                   T. Mukai and   
                     N. Ohnishi   Recovery of Motion and Structure from
                                  Optical Flow under Perspective
                                  Projection by Solving Linear
                                  Simultaneous Equations . . . . . . . . . 583
              F. K. H. Quek and   
                    R. K. Bryll   Vector Coherence Mapping: A
                                  Parallelizable Approach to Image Flow
                                  Computation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
           A. Bab-Hadiashar and   
                       D. Suter   Robust Motion Segmentation Using Rank
                                  Ordering Estimators  . . . . . . . . . . 599
                    Q. Yang and   
                          S. Ma   Optical Flow in the Scale Space  . . . . 607
                     P. M. Ngan   Motion Detection in Temporal Clutter . . 615
                   W. Booth and   
                J. M. Noras and   
                          D. Xu   A Novel Fast Three-Step Search Algorithm
                                  for Block-Matching Motion Estimation . . 623
                      Y. Lu and   
                  J. Miller and   
                    Tie Qi Chen   Moving Vehicle Detection and Tracking in
                                  Image Sequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
                    Y. Iwai and   
                    T. Hata and   
                     M. Yachida   Gesture Recognition from Image Motion
                                  Based on Subspace Method and HMM . . . . 639
            D. Pramadihanto and   
                    Y. Iwai and   
                 M. Yachida and   
                          H. Wu   Identifying Faces under Varying Pose
                                  Using a Single Example View  . . . . . . 647
                  A. Utsumi and   
                    H. Mori and   
                    J. Ohya and   
                     M. Yachida   Multiple Camera Based Human Motion
                                  Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
                K. Murakami and   
                   M. Takai and   
                   H. Koshimizu   An Autonomous Facial Caricaturing Based
                                  on a Model of Visual
                                  Illusion-Experimental Modeling of Visual
                                  Illusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
                T. Ishikawa and   
                    H. Sera and   
               S. Morishima and   
                 D. Terzopoulos   $3$D Estimation of Facial Muscle
                                  Parameter from the $2$D Marker Movement
                                  Using Neural Network . . . . . . . . . . 671
                    S. Gong and   
                  E.-J. Ong and   
                     P. J. Loft   Appearance-Based Face Recognition under
                                  Large Head Rotations in Depth  . . . . . 679
                    J. Yang and   
                      W. Lu and   
                      A. Waibel   Skin-Color Modeling and Adaptation . . . 687
                   Y. Ariki and   
                N. Ishikawa and   
                    Y. Sugiyama   Human Information Retrieval by Face
                                  Extraction and Recognition on TV News
                                  Images Using Subspace Method . . . . . . 695
                  T. Otsuka and   
                        J. Ohya   Converting Facial Expressions Using
                                  Recognition-Based Analysis of Image
                                  Sequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
                    H. Ohta and   
                    H. Saji and   
                    H. Nakatani   Muscle-Based Feature Models for
                                  Analyzing Facial Expressions . . . . . . 711
                      Y. Li and   
                      S. Ma and   
                          H. Lu   A Morphological Method for Moving Object
                                  Segmentation and Posture Recognition . . 719
                   X. Jiang and   
                 M. Binkert and   
               B. Achermann and   
                       H. Bunke   Detection of Glasses in Facial Images    726
               T. Nishimura and   
                   T. Mukai and   
                         R. Oka   Non-monotonic Continuous Dynamic
                                  Programming for Spotting Recognition of
                                  Hesitated Gestures from Time-Varying
                                  Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
              H.-Y. M. Liao and   
                  C.-C. Han and   
                   G.-J. Yu and   
                     H.-R. Tyan   Face Recognition Using a Face-Only
                                  Database: A New Approach . . . . . . . . 742


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1353, 1997

                 W. Lenhart and   
                      G. Liotta   Drawable and Forbidden Minimum Weight
                                  Triangulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                 M. Juenger and   
                  E. K. Lee and   
                  P. Mutzel and   
                    T. Odenthal   A Polyhedral Approach to the Multi-Layer
                                  Crossing Minimization Problem  . . . . . 13
                        P. Bose   On Embedding an Outer-Planar Graph in a
                                  Point Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
               F. Shahrokhi and   
                  O. Sykora and   
              L. A. Szekely and   
                       I. Vrt'o   Bipartite Crossing Numbers of Meshes and
                                  Hypercubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                    J. Pach and   
                  T. Thiele and   
                        G. Toth   Three-dimensional Grid Drawings of
                                  Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
              A. Papakostas and   
                   I. G. Tollis   Incremental Orthogonal Graph Drawing in
                                  Three Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
              T. Calamoneri and   
                     A. Massini   On Three-Dimensional Layout of
                                  Interconnection Networks . . . . . . . . 64
                   T. Biedl and   
                 T. Shermer and   
              S. Whitesides and   
                     S. Wismath   Orthogonal $3$-D Graph Drawing . . . . . 76
                   P. Eades and   
                M. E. Houle and   
                      R. Webber   Finding the Best Viewpoints for
                                  Three-Dimensional Graph Drawings . . . . 87
           M. Saidur Rahman and   
               S.-I. Nakano and   
                   T. Nishizeki   A Linear Algorithm for Optimal
                                  Orthogonal Drawings of Triconnected
                                  Cubic Plane Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . 99
                  U. Foessmeier   Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing:
                                  Algorithms and Bounds  . . . . . . . . . 111
              M. A. Garrido and   
                     A. Marquez   Embedding a Graph in the Grid of a
                                  Surface with the Minimum Number of Bends
                                  is NP-hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
              U. Foessmeier and   
                    M. Kaufmann   Algorithms and Area Bounds for Nonplanar
                                  Orthogonal Drawings  . . . . . . . . . . 134
                   P. Eades and   
                      Q.-W Feng   Drawing Clustered Graphs on an
                                  Orthogonal Grid  . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
              F. J. Brandenburg   Graph Clustering I: Circles of Cliques   158
             K. C. Kakoulis and   
                   I. G. Tollis   An Algorithm for Labeling Edges of
                                  Hierarchical Drawings  . . . . . . . . . 169
               C. Iturriaga and   
                       A. Lubiw   Elastic Labels: the Two-Axis Case  . . . 181
                 M. Juenger and   
                 S. Leipert and   
                      P. Mutzel   Pitfalls of Using PQ-Trees in Automatic
                                  Graph Drawing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
                       P. Valtr   Graph Drawings with no k Pairwise
                                  Crossing Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
                     X. Lin and   
                       P. Eades   Area Requirements for Drawing
                                  Hierarchically Planar Graphs . . . . . . 219
            H. De Fraysseix and   
            P. Ossona de Mendez   A Short Proof of a Gauss Problem . . . . 230
                 U. Brandes and   
                      D. Wagner   A Bayesian Paradigm for Dynamic Graph
                                  Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
                    H. Purchase   Which Aesthetic has the Greatest Effect
                                  on Human Understanding?  . . . . . . . . 248
               D. P. Dobkin and   
              E. R. Gansner and   
              E. Koutsofios and   
                    S. C. North   Implementing a General-Purpose Edge
                                  Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
               S. P. Fekete and   
                M. E. Houle and   
                  S. Whitesides   The Wobbly Logic Engine: Proving
                                  Hardness of Non-rigid Geometric Graph
                                  Representation Problems  . . . . . . . . 272
              M. Patrignani and   
                      F. Vargiu   $3$DCube: A Tool for Three Dimensional
                                  Graph Drawing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
              T. Roxborough and   
                         A. Sen   Graph Clustering Using Multiway Ratio
                                  Cut  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
                 C. Hundack and   
                  P. Mutzel and   
              I. Pouchkarev and   
                       S. Thome   ArchE: A Graph Drawing System for
                                  Archaeology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
            S. S. Bridgeman and   
                   J. Fanto and   
                    A. Garg and   
                    R. Tamassia   InteractiveGiotto: An Algorithm for
                                  Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing . . 303
                  W. Didimo and   
                   A. Leonforte   GRID: An Interactive Tool for Computing
                                  Orthogonal Drawings With the Minimum
                                  Number of Bends  . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
               D. Tunkelang and   
                 R. J. Byrd and   
                   J. W. Cooper   Lexical Navigation: Using Incremental
                                  Graph Drawing for Query Refinement . . . 316
                B. Andalman and   
                   K. Ryall and   
                    W. Ruml and   
                       J. Marks   Design Gallery Browsers Based on $2$D
                                  and $3$D Graph Drawing . . . . . . . . . 322
                   P. Eades and   
                R. F. Cohen and   
                  Mao Lin Huang   Online Animated Graph Drawing for Web
                                  Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
            N. S. Barghouti and   
                J. Mocenigo and   
                         W. Lee   Grappa: A GRAPh PAckage in Java  . . . . 336
                   H. Lauer and   
                 M. Ettrich and   
                      K. Soukup   GraVis --- System Demonstration  . . . . 344
                     P. Hlineny   Touching Graphs of Unit Balls  . . . . . 350
               J. Czyzowicz and   
                E. Kranakis and   
                 D. Krizanc and   
                     J. Urrutia   Discrete Realizations of Contact and
                                  Intersection Graphs  . . . . . . . . . . 359
               P. Crescenzi and   
                       P. Penna   Minimum-Area $h$-$v$ Drawings of
                                  Complete Binary Trees  . . . . . . . . . 371
                T. C. Biedl and   
               B. P. Madden and   
                   I. G. Tollis   The Three-Phase Method: A Unified
                                  Approach to Orthogonal Graph Drawing . . 391
                    G. J. Wills   NicheWorks --- Interactive Visualization
                                  of Very Large Graphs . . . . . . . . . . 403
                     J. Seemann   Extending the Sugiyama Algorithm for
                                  Drawing UML Class Diagrams: Towards
                                  Automatic Layout of Object-Oriented
                                  Software Diagrams  . . . . . . . . . . . 415
                   J. Berry and   
                    N. Dean and   
                M. Goldberg and   
                     G. Shannon   Graph Drawing and Manipulation with LINK 425
                   P. Eades and   
                   J. Marks and   
                       S. North   Graph-Drawing Contest Report . . . . . . 438


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1354, 1997

                   Olaf Burkart   1. Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                   Olaf Burkart   2. Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                   Olaf Burkart   3. Pushdown Processes  . . . . . . . . . 33
                   Olaf Burkart   4. Model Checking  . . . . . . . . . . . 67
                   Olaf Burkart   5. Equivalence Checking  . . . . . . . . 115
                   Olaf Burkart   6. Summary and Perspectives  . . . . . . 151


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1355, 1997

              A. Al-Dabbagh and   
                     M. Darnell   The Theory and Application of Reciprocal
                                  Pairs of Periodic Sequences  . . . . . . 1
             A. K. Al Jabri and   
                     S. Al-Issa   Zero-Error Codes for Correlated
                                  Information Sources  . . . . . . . . . . 17
               P. Benachour and   
               G. Markarian and   
                      B. Honary   Trellis Decoding Techniques and Their
                                  Performance in the Adder Channel for
                                  Synchronous and Asynchronous CCMA Codes  23
            S. Blake-Wilson and   
                 D. Johnson and   
                     A. Menezes   Key Agreement Protocols and Their
                                  Security Analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . 30
                    J. Bond and   
                     S. Hui and   
                     H. Schmidt   Low Density Parity Check Codes Based on
                                  Sparse Matrices with No Small Cycles . . 46
                 K. Brincat and   
                      A. Meijer   On the SAFER Cryptosystem  . . . . . . . 59
                K. L. Brown and   
                     M. Darnell   An Adaptive Approach to $T$ of $N$ User
                                  Multi-access Communications Channel
                                  Using an Orthogonal Coded Multiplexer    69
                   F. L. Carter   The Breaking of the Lorenz Cipher: An
                                  Introduction to the Theory behind the
                                  Operational Role of ``Colossus'' at BP   74
                       C. Cocks   Split Knowledge Generation of RSA
                                  Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
                         P. Fan   Analysis of Error Control in Digital
                                  Trunked Radio Systems  . . . . . . . . . 96
                      E. Filiol   Reconstruction of Convolutional Encoders
                                  over GF$ (q) $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
                      S. Harari   HCC: A Hash Function Using Error
                                  Correcting Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
                        E. Hess   Public-Key Cryptosystems Based on
                                  Elliptic Curves --- An Evolutionary
                                  Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
                  B. Honary and   
                  B. Thomas and   
                 P. Coulton and   
                     M. Darnell   Novel Application of Turbo Decoding for
                                  Radio Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
             N. Howgrave-Graham   Finding Small Roots of Univariate
                                  Modular Equations Revisited  . . . . . . 131
                   E. Husni and   
                     P. Sweeney   Robust Reed Solomon Coded MPSK
                                  Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
                    M. Joye and   
           J. J. Quisquater and   
                     F. Bao and   
                     R. H. Deng   RSA-type Signatures in the Presence of
                                  Transient Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
            G. Kabatianskii and   
                   E. Krouk and   
                      B. Smeets   A Digital Signature Scheme Based on
                                  Random Error-Correcting Codes  . . . . . 161
               V. K. N. Lau and   
                  M. D. Macleod   Variable Rate Adaptive Trellis Coded QAM
                                  for High Bandwidth Efficiency
                                  Applications under Rayleigh Fading
                                  Channel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
               V. K. N. Lau and   
                    S. V. Maric   Variable Rate Adaptive Channel Coding
                                  for Coherent and Non-coherent Rayleigh
                                  Fading Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
                     B. Lin and   
                    S. Shepherd   LABYRINTH: a New Ultra High Speed Stream
                                  Cipher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
                     X. Liu and   
              P. G. Farrell and   
                     C. A. Boyd   Resisting the Bergen-Hogan Attack on
                                  Adaptive Arithmetic Coding . . . . . . . 199
               G. Markarian and   
               P. Benachour and   
                      B. Honary   Novel Decoding Technique for the
                                  Synchronous and Quasi-synchronous
                                  Multiple Access Adder Channel  . . . . . 209
                   K. M. Martin   Increasing Efficiency of International
                                  Key Escrow in Mutually Mistrusting
                                  Domains  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
                     J. Maucher   Multi Dimensional Compartment Schemes    233
                 S. McManus and   
                  P. G. Farrell   Evaluation of Standard Approximation to
                                  Log-likelihood Ratio Addition in the MAP
                                  Algorithm, and its Application in Block
                                  Code (Turbo) Iterative Decoding
                                  Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
                      W. H. Mow   Multiuser Coding Based on Detecting
                                  Matrices for Synchronous-CDMA Systems    251
           C. P. O'Donoghue and   
                  C. J. Burkley   Enumeration of Convolutional Codes and
                                  Minimal Encoders . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
                 R. G. E. Pinch   On Using Carmichael Numbers for Public
                                  Key Encryption Systems . . . . . . . . . 265
                     B. Preneel   Hash Functions and MAC Algorithms Based
                                  on Block Ciphers . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
                    C. Radu and   
                R. Govaerts and   
                  J. Vandewalle   Witness Hiding Restrictive Blind
                                  Signature Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
                   M. Schneider   A Note on the Construction and Upper
                                  Bounds of Correlation-Immune Functions   295
                S. Sonander and   
                      B. Honary   On Generalised Concatenated Codes  . . . 307
                  A. Tandon and   
                  P. G. Farrell   Error Performance Analysis of Different
                                  Interleaving Strategies Applied to Eight
                                  Track Digital Tape Systems . . . . . . . 317
                 A. Zuquete and   
                      P. Guedes   Efficient Error-Propagating Block
                                  Chaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323


Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1356, 1997

                C. Keramane and   
                        A. Duda   Operator Based Composition of Structured
                                  Multimedia Presentations . . . . . . . . 1
                  J. Tassel and   
                 B. Briscoe and   
                       A. Smith   An End to End Price-Based QoS Control
                                  Component Using Reflective Java  . . . . 18
               V. Tschammer and   
                  M. Mendes and   
                V. Ouzounis and   
                 M. Tschichholz   SECCO --- Support Environment for
                                  Electronic Commerce  . . . . . . . . . . 33
                  D. J. Kim and   
                H. Namgoong and   
                      Y.-C. Lew   A Bridge for Heterogeneous Communication
                                  between CORBA and DCE  . . . . . . . . . 45
                  H. Olivir and   
                M. Banfield and   
                   D. Hutchison   Distributed Connection Management for
                                  Real-Time Multimedia Services  . . . . . 59
              T. Kunkelmann and   
                 T. Blecher and   
                 R. Reinema and   
                   R. Steinmetz   Evaluation of Different Video Encryption
                                  Methods for a Secure Multimedia
                                  Conferencing Gateway . . . . . . . . . . 75
                       L. Rizzo   The FreeBSD Audio Driver . . . . . . . . 90
        J. Mangues-Bafalluy and   
             J. Domingo-Pascual   Cell Discarding Mechanisms with Minimum
                                  Flow Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
                      W. Ruppel   Implementing the Digital Storage Media
                                  --- Command and Control (DSM-CC)
                                  Standard in the Framework of an On-Line
                                  Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
                 T. Pfeifer and   
              S. Arbanowski and   
             R. Popescu-Zeletin   Resource Selection in Heterogeneous
                                  Communication Environments Using the
                                  Teleservice Descriptor . . . . . . . . . 132
                R. Wittmann and   
                  M. Zitterbart   AMnet: Active Multicasting Network . . . 154
                 M. Hofmann and   
                 M. Rohrmueller   Impact of Virtual Group Structure on
                                  Multicast Performance  . . . . . . . . . 165