Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2008: International Conference, Perugia, Italy, June 30– July 3, 2008, Proceedings, Part II

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages -
A New Construction of Multivariate Public Key Encryption Scheme through Internally Perturbed Plus....Pages 1-13
Using the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) Algorithm, as a Prototype E-Content Retrieval Tool....Pages 14-23
Method of Extract Changing Scene in Animation....Pages 24-31
Improved Curvature Scale Space Based on Image Retrieval Using Dynamic Time Warping....Pages 32-42
Recovery Schemes for Fast Fault Recovery on GMPLS Network....Pages 43-55
Efficient Facial Features Warping Using BSM (Bayesian Shape Model)....Pages 56-66
Background Separation in Motion Picture Using Presumptive Eyes Position and Different Image....Pages 67-77
An X3D Approach to Neuro-Rehabilitation....Pages 78-90
User Technology Readiness Measurement in Fingerprint Adoption at Higher Education Institution....Pages 91-104
Web Usability on the Nintendo Wii Platform....Pages 105-118
Volterra Algorithm for Modelling Sea Surface Current Circulation from Satellite Altimetry Data....Pages 119-128
User-Centered Design of Web Pages....Pages 129-142
Gesture Based Interface for Crime Scene Analysis: A Proposal....Pages 143-154
Script Language Generation Techniques for 3D Avatar Control Using User Annotation....Pages 155-167
Perception Based Representation of Female Avatar....Pages 168-180
Blended GIS Studies Model the Work of a Forest Expert....Pages 181-190
Towards Standards-Based Processing of Digital Elevation Models for Grid Computing through Web Processing Service (WPS)....Pages 191-203
Identifying Spam Web Pages Based on Content Similarity....Pages 204-219
Categorical Data Clustering Using the Combinations of Attribute Values....Pages 220-231
Generating Fuzzy Equivalence Classes on RSS News Articles for Retrieving Correlated Information....Pages 232-247
An On-the–Flight Proxy System for Multi-format Web Content Transcoding for Mobile Devices....Pages 248-258
A Semantic-Based Fully Visual Application for Context-Aware Matchmaking and Request Refinement in Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 259-274
A Profile Modelling Approach for E-Learning Systems....Pages 275-290
Modeling and Analyzing Variability for Mobile Information Systems....Pages 291-306
A Glance on Current XML Twig Pattern Matching Algorithms....Pages 307-321
Model-Based Evolution of an E-Learning Environment Based on Desktop Computer to Mobile Computing....Pages 322-334
An Effective Data Processing Method for Fast Clustering....Pages 335-347
MyGuide: A Mobile Context-Aware Exhibit Guide System....Pages 348-359
Resource Management through Resource Virtualization in Distributed Network Environments....Pages 360-370
A Cost-Effective Mobile Video Streaming with an Adaptive Control of Inter-packet Delays....Pages 371-380
Scene Change Detection Using a Local Detection Tree and Clustering in Ubiquitous Environment....Pages 381-389
Shot Boundary Detection Using a Global Decision Tree in Ubiquitous Environment....Pages 390-398
A Handover Scheme Supporting the Buffer Management in B3G Networks....Pages 399-408
Weighted MDS for Sensor Localization....Pages 409-418
A Comparative Study of Directional Node-Disjoint Multipath Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Network....Pages 419-432
Multipath Routing Scheme for Wireless Multihop Network....Pages 433-445
Improvement of on Demand Multicast Routing Protocol in Ad Hoc Networks to Achieve Good Scalability and Reliability....Pages 446-457
Cryptanalytic Flaws in Oh et al.’s ID-Based Authenticated Key Agreement Protocol....Pages 458-467
AFPL, an Abstract Language Model for Firewall ACLs....Pages 468-483
The Design and Message Complexity of Secure Socket SCTP....Pages 484-499
Queueing Analysis for Networks Under DoS Attack....Pages 500-513
New E-Payment Scenarios in an Extended Version of the Traditional Model....Pages 514-525
Enhancing an Integer Challenge-Response Protocol....Pages 526-540
Non-Destructive Technique for Defect Localization in Concrete Structures Based on Ultrasonic Wave Propagation....Pages 541-554
Development of a Finite Element Code for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Concrete Structures by Means of Ultrasonic Waves....Pages 555-565
Time, Wavelet and Hilbert-Huang Domain Analysis of Signals from Ultrasonic Based Equipment for the Non Destructive Evaluation of Concrete and Brick Masonry Walls....Pages 566-581
Acoustic NDT on Building Materials Using Features Extraction Techniques....Pages 582-595
Acoustic Tomography for Non Destructive Testing of Stone Masonry....Pages 596-605
Time and Frequency Approaches to Non Destructive Testing in Concrete Pillars Using Neural Networks....Pages 606-616
Innovative Methodology for IR Acquisition....Pages 617-626
A Splitting Scheme for Large-Scale Atmosphere Dynamics Models....Pages 627-640
A Unique Complexity Metric....Pages 641-651
Measuring Complexity of Object Oriented Programs....Pages 652-667
Cryptanalytic Attack on Cryptographic Sequence Generators: The Class of Clock-Controlled Shrinking Generators....Pages 668-679
Colonial Competitive Algorithm as a Tool for Nash Equilibrium Point Achievement....Pages 680-695
Enhanced Empirical Mode Decomposition....Pages 696-706
Time-Space FE-PDAS Method for Dynamic Unilateral Contact Problem in Viscoelasticity....Pages 707-719
Parallel Implementation of Complexity Reduction Approach to Fourth Order Approximation on 2D Free Space Wave Propagation....Pages 720-735
Collocation–Based Two Step Runge–Kutta Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations....Pages 736-751
Analysing the Dependence between Variance and Mean Estimated Values: A Theoretical and Experimental Approach....Pages 752-767
Feasibility and Dominance Rules in the Electromagnetism-Like Algorithm for Constrained Global Optimization....Pages 768-783
Pseudo-Random Bit Generation Based on 2D Chaotic Maps of Logistic Type and Its Applications in Chaotic Cryptography....Pages 784-796
A Flow Deviation Algorithm for Joint Optimization of Unicast and Anycast Flows in Connection-Oriented Networks....Pages 797-807
Scheduling of Updates in an IP Forwarding Engine with Partitioned Prefix Tables....Pages 808-819
Path Generation Issues for Survivable Network Design....Pages 820-835
Semi-systolic Modular Multiplier over GF(2m)....Pages 836-844
Network-Aware Replica Optimization in the SCoPE Grid Infrastructure....Pages 845-857
Fault-Tolerant Cluster Management Tool for Supporting Nonstop of Cluster DBMS....Pages 858-870
Finding Synchronization-Free Slices of Operations in Arbitrarily Nested Loops....Pages 871-886
Simulation Analysis for the Pricing of Bond Option on Arbitrage-Free Models with Jump....Pages 887-895
The Two-Criteria Gateways Location and Topology Assignment Problem in Hierarchical WANs: An Exact Algorithm and Computational Results....Pages 896-906
A Control Packet Minimized Routing Protocol for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks....Pages 907-919
A New Paradigm for Prioritizing Multiple Class Services in Optical Burst Switched Networks....Pages 920-935
Increasing the Scalability and the Speedup of a Fish School Simulator....Pages 936-949
Hopfield Neural Network for Sea Surface Current Tracking from Tiungsat-1 Data....Pages 950-958
Generator of Synthetic Rainfall Time Series through Markov Hidden States....Pages 959-969
Splitting the Unity, Bisecting a Graph: Applications to Stochastic Boolean Systems ....Pages 970-986
Estimating Metabolic Pathways Parameters Using Distributed Monte Carlo Method....Pages 987-999
Parallel Actions and Generalized Multivalued Constraints in Multivalued Planning....Pages 1000-1011
An Adaptive Multi Pattern Scheme for Fast Block Motion Estimation....Pages 1012-1024
DCT and PCA Based Method for Shape from Focus....Pages 1025-1034
Formula-Dependent Abstraction for CTL Model Checking....Pages 1035-1048
Navigating the New Product Process from Strategic Viewpoint....Pages 1049-1060
Using EDP-Polynomials for Network Structure Optimization....Pages 1061-1076
On Sharp Estimating of Bond Option Prices for Heath-Jarrow-Morton Model Based on Jump....Pages 1077-1085
Analysis of Interhelical Angle and Sequential Distance in Proteins....Pages 1086-1095
Classification of Ligase Function Based on Multi-parametric Feature Extracted from Protein Sequence....Pages 1096-1106
Thai Sign Language Translation Using Fuzzy C-Means and Scale Invariant Feature Transform....Pages 1107-1119
Statistical Prediction for the Pricing of Bond Using Random Number Generation....Pages 1120-1130
Applied Statistical Indicators to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows for Discriminate Appropriately the Best Algorithm....Pages 1131-1141
The ASRS_RL – A Research Platform for Spoken Language Recognition and Understanding Experiments....Pages 1142-1157
A Method for Automatic Text Categorization Using Word Sense Disambiguation....Pages 1158-1169
On Regularization Parameters Estimation in Edge–Preserving Image Reconstruction....Pages 1170-1183
Table Based Single Pass Algorithm for Clustering News Articles in NewsPage.com....Pages 1184-1193
On Developing Methods for XML Databases....Pages 1194-1203
A Mixed Approach for Data Warehouse Conceptual Design with MDA....Pages 1204-1217
A New Bitmap Index and a New Data Cube Compression Technology....Pages 1218-1228
Network Stability Assessment Using the Number of Tree Adjacent to an Articulation Node....Pages 1229-1241
Discovering Knowledge from Local Patterns with Global Constraints....Pages 1242-1257
SQL/XML Performance Analysis of Parent/Ancestor Queries....Pages 1258-1273
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