Computational Science and Its Applications - Iccsa 2004: International Conference, Assisi, Italy, May 14-17, 2004, Proceedings, Part IV (Paperback, 2004)

Track on Numerical Methods and Algorithms.- New Techniques in Designing Finite Difference Domain Decomposition Algorithm for the Heat Equation.- A Fast Construction Algorithm for the Incidence Matrices of a Class of Symmetric Balanced Incomplete Block Designs.- ILUTP_Mem: A Space-Efficient Incomplete LU Preconditioner.- Optimal Gait Control for a Biped Locomotion Using Genetic Algorithm.- A Bayes Algorithm for the Multitask Pattern Recognition Problem - Direct and Decomposed Independent Approaches.- Energy Efficient Routing with Power Management to Increase Network Lifetime in Sensor Networks.- New Parameter for Balancing Two Independent Measures in Routing Path.- A Study on Efficient Key Distribution and Renewal in Broadcast Encryption.- Track on Parallel and Distributed Computing.- Self-Tuning Mechanism for Genetic Algorithms Parameters, an Application to Data-Object Allocation in the Web.- Digit-Serial AB 2 Systolic Array for Division in GF(2 m ).- Design and Experiment of a Communication-Aware Parallel Quicksort with Weighted Partition of Processors.- A Linear Systolic Array for Multiplication in GF(2 m ) for High Speed Cryptographic Processors.- Price Driven Market Mechanism for Computational Grid Resource Allocation.- A Novel LMS Method for Real-Time Network Traffic Prediction.- Dynamic Configuration between Proxy Caches within an Intranet.- A Market-Based Scheduler for JXTA-Based Peer-to-Peer Computing System.- Reducing on the Number of Testing Items in the Branches of Decision Trees.- CORBA-Based, Multi-threaded Distributed Simulation of Hierarchical DEVS Models: Transforming Model Structure into a Non-hierarchical One.- The Effects of Network Topology on Epidemic Algorithms.- A Systematic Database Summary Generation Using the Distributed Query Discovery System.- Parallel Montgomery Multiplication and Squaring over GF(2 m ) Based on Cellular Automata.- A Decision Tree Algorithm for Distributed Data Mining: Towards Network Intrusion Detection.- Maximizing Parallelism for Nested Loops with Non-uniform Dependences.- Fair Exchange to Achieve Atomicity in Payments of High Amounts Using Electronic Cash.- Gossip Based Causal Order Broadcast Algorithm.- Track on Signal Processing.- Intermediate View Synthesis from Stereoscopic Videoconference Images.- Extract Shape from Clipart Image Using Modified Chain Code - Rectangle Representation.- Control Messaging Channel for Distributed Computer Systems.- Scene-Based Video Watermarking for Broadcasting Systems.- Distortion-Free of General Information with Edge Enhanced Error Diffusion Halftoning.- Enhanced Video Coding with Error Resilience Based on Macroblock Data Manipulation.- Filtering of Colored Noise for Signal Enhancement.- Model-Based Human Motion Tracking and Behavior Recognition Using Hierarchical Finite State Automata.- Effective Digital Watermarking Algorithm by Contour Detection.- New Packetization Method for Error Resilient Video Communications.- A Video Mosaicking Technique with Self Scene Segmentation for Video Indexing.- Real-Time Video Watermarking for MPEG Streams.- A TCP-Friendly Congestion Control Scheme Using Hybrid Approach for Reducing Transmission Delay of Real-Time Video Stream.- Object Boundary Edge Selection Using Level-of-Detail Canny Edges.- Inverse Dithering through IMAP Estimation.- A Study on Neural Networks Using Taylor Series Expansion of Sigmoid Activation Function.- A Study on Neural Networks with Tapped Time Delays: Gas Concentration Estimation.- Speech Emotion Recognition and Intensity Estimation.- Speech Hiding Based on Auditory Wavelet.- Automatic Selecting Coefficient for Semi-blind Watermarking.- Track on Telecommunications.- Network Probabilistic Connectivity: Optimal Structures.- Differentiated Web Service System through Kernel-Level Realtime Scheduling and Load Balancing.- Adaptive CBT/Anycast Routing Algorithm for Multimedia Traffic Overload.- Achieving Fair New Call CAC for Heterogeneous Services in Wireless Networks.- Track on Visua