IEICE Transactions on Information & Systems, Volume 88-D

Volume 88-D, Number 1, 2005

Special Section on the 2003 IEICE Excellent Paper Award

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  Shinji Watanabe, Yasuhiro Minami, Atsushi Nakamura, Naonori Ueda:
  Selection of Shared-State Hidden Markov Model Structure Using Bayesian Criterion. 1-9

Special Section on Foundations of Computer Science

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  Tetsuro Nishino, Yasuhiko Takenaga:
  Foreword. 10-11
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  Hiroshi Nagamochi:
  On 2-Approximation to the Vertex-Connectivity in Graphs. 12-16
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  Kazuhiko Ushio, Hideaki Fujimoto:
  Balanced Quatrefoil Decomposition of Complete Multigraphs. 17-22
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  Md. Saidur Rahman, Noritsugu Egi, Takao Nishizeki:
  No-Bend Orthogonal Drawings of Subdivisions of Planar Triconnected Cubic Graphs. 23-30
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  Hisao Hirakawa, Katsushi Inoue, Akira Ito:
  Three-Way Two-Dimensional Deterministic Finite Automata with Rotated Inputs. 31-38
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  Kazuo Iwama, Akinori Kawachi, Shigeru Yamashita:
  Quantum Sampling for Balanced Allocations. 39-46
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  Kazuo Iwama, Akinori Kawachi:
  Compact Routing with Stretch Factor of Less Than Three. 47-52
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  Yuki Kato, Hiroyuki Seki, Tadao Kasami:
  On the Generative Power of Grammars for RNA Secondary Structure. 53-64
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  Katsuhiko Nakamura:
  Real-Time Recognition of Cyclic Strings by One-Way and Two-Way Cellular Automata. 65-71
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  Taisuke Izumi, Toshimitsu Masuzawa:
  Timed Uniform Atomic Broadcast in Presence of Crash and Timing Faults. 72-81
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  Susumu Matsumae:
  An Efficient Scaling-Simulation Algorithm of Reconfigurable Meshes by Meshes with Statically Partitioned Buses. 82-88
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  Shingo Omura, Hua Zheng, Koichi Wada:
  Neighborhood Broadcasting in Undirected de Bruijn and Kautz Networks. 89-95
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  Satoshi Inoue, Katsushi Inoue, Akira Ito, Yue Wang:
  Path-Bounded One-Way Multihead Finite Automata. 96-99
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  Akihiro Matsuura:
  A Note on Approximating Inclusion-Exclusion for k-CNF Formulas. 100-102

Regular Section

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  Marcel Crâsmaru:
  On the Degree of Multivariate Polynomials over Fields of Characteristic 2. 103-108
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  Michihiro Koibuchi, Akiya Jouraku, Hideharu Amano:
  MMLRU Selection Function: A Simple and Efficient Output Selection Function in Adaptive Routing. 109-118
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  Ruey-Shun Chen, Duen-Kai Chen, Szu-Yin Lin:
  ACTAM: Cooperative Multi-Agent System Architecture for Urban Traffic Signal Control. 119-126
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  Gang Chen, Zhonghua Yang, Hao He, Kiah Mok Goh:
  Maintaining System State Information in a Multiagent Environment for Effective Learning. 127-134
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  Kazunori Iwata, Kazushi Ikeda, Hideaki Sakai:
  On the Effects of Domain Size and Complexity in Empirical Distribution of Reinforcement Learning. 135-142
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  Jin-Woo Bae, Seung-Hyun Lee, Ji-Sang Yoo:
  An Efficient Wavelet-Based Motion Estimation Algorithm. 143-149
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  Won Seug Choi, Harksoo Kim, Jungyun Seo:
  An Integrated Dialogue Analysis Model for Determining Speech Acts and Discourse Structures. 150-157
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  Hideyuki Ichihara, Michihiro Shintani, Tomoo Inoue:
  Huffman-Based Test Response Coding. 158-161
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  Hu Xiaofeng, Ye Qingtai:
  Adaptive Thresholding for Degraded Call Number Images. 162-163
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  Chul-Gyu Song, Deok Won Kim:
  The Application of Bioelectrical Impedance to Monitor Leg Movement. 164-168

Volume 88-D, Number 2, 2005

Regular Section

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  M. M. Hafizur Rahman, Yasushi Inoguchi, Susumu Horiguchi:
  Modified Hierarchical 3D-Torus Network. 177-186
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  Yusuke Ichikawa, Zenjiro Konishi, Yoshihiko Futamura:
  Recursion Removal from Recursive Programs with Only One Descent Function. 187-196
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  Shih-Chien Chou, Chia-Wei Lai:
  Secure Access of Products in a Process Environment. 197-203
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  Takumi Miyoshi, Yoshiaki Tanaka:
  Adaptive Content Delivery System with Multicasting and Buffering for Heterogeneous Networks. 204-213
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  Masanori Sugisaka, Xinjian Fan:
  An Effective Search Method for Neural Network Based Face Detection Using Particle Swarm Optimization. 214-222
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  Atsuo Murata, Hiroshi Ishihara:
  Evaluation of Shoulder Muscular Fatigue Induced during Mouse Operation in a VDT Task. 223-229
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  Kazuya Takahashi, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Miyuki Fujii, Naoyuki Shimbo, Hirotada Ueda, Kazuo Tsutsui:
  Combined Detection Method in a Sea Surveillance System. 230-238
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  John Gates, Miki Haseyama, Hideo Kitajima:
  A New Conic Section Extraction Approach and Its Applications. 239-251
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  Euijin Kim, Miki Haseyama, Hideo Kitajima:
  The Extraction of Circles from Arcs Represented by Extended Digital Lines. 252-267
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  Seri Pansang, Boonwat Attachoo, Chom Kimpan, Makoto Sato:
  Invariant Range Image Multi-Pose Face Recognition Using Gradient Face, Membership Matching Score and 3-Layer Matching Search. 268-277
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  Minh Le Nguyen, Masaru Fukushi, Susumu Horiguchi:
  A Probabilistic Sentence Reduction Using Maximum Entropy Model. 278-288
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  Hiroyuki Kaji, Yasutsugu Morimoto:
  Unsupervised Word-Sense Disambiguation Using Bilingual Comparable Corpora. 289-301
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  Hiroyuki Kaji:
  Adapting a Bilingual Dictionary to Domains. 302-312
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  Hiroyuki Kaji:
  Extracting Translation Equivalents from Bilingual Comparable Corpora. 313-323
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  Hiroya Murao, Nobuo Kawaguchi, Shigeki Matsubara, Yasuyoshi Inagaki:
  Example-Based Query Generation for Spontaneous Speech. 324-329
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  Zhe-Ming Lu, Bin Yan, Sheng-He Sun:
  Watermarking Combined with CELP Speech Coding for Authentication. 330-334
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  Yih-Haw Jan, David W. Lin:
  Edge-Based Morphological Processing for Efficient and Accurate Video Object Extraction. 335-340
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  Jin-Ren Chern, Chung-Ming Wang:
  Progressive Spectral Rendering Using Wavelet Decomposition. 341-345

Volume 88-D, Number 3, 2005

Special Section on Corpus-Based Speech Technologies

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  Kiyohiro Shikano:
  Foreword. 365
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  Sadaoki Furui:
  Recent Progress in Corpus-Based Spontaneous Speech Recognition. 366-375
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  Nick Campbell:
  Developments in Corpus-Based Speech Synthesis: Approaching Natural Conversational Speech. 376-383
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  Weifeng Li, Tetsuya Shinde, Hiroshi Fujimura, Chiyomi Miyajima, Takanori Nishino, Katunobu Itou, Kazuya Takeda, Fumitada Itakura:
  Multiple Regression of Log Spectra for In-Car Speech Recognition Using Multiple Distributed Microphones. 384-390
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  Takatoshi Jitsuhiro, Satoshi Nakamura:
  Automatic Generation of Non-uniform and Context-Dependent HMMs Based on the Variational Bayesian Approach. 391-400
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  Amaro A. de Lima, Heiga Zen, Yoshihiko Nankaku, Keiichi Tokuda, Tadashi Kitamura, Fernando Gil Resende:
  Applying Sparse KPCA for Feature Extraction in Speech Recognition. 401-409
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  Hiroyuki Suzuki, Heiga Zen, Yoshihiko Nankaku, Chiyomi Miyajima, Keiichi Tokuda, Tadashi Kitamura:
  Continuous Speech Recognition Based on General Factor Dependent Acoustic Models. 410-417
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  Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Nankaku, Chiyomi Miyajima, Keiichi Tokuda, Tadashi Kitamura:
  Parameter Sharing in Mixture of Factor Analyzers for Speaker Identification. 418-424
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  Yohei Itaya, Heiga Zen, Yoshihiko Nankaku, Chiyomi Miyajima, Keiichi Tokuda, Tadashi Kitamura:
  Deterministic Annealing EM Algorithm in Acoustic Modeling for Speaker and Speech Recognition. 425-431
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  Yongjoo Chung:
  A Data-Driven Model Parameter Compensation Method for Noise-Robust Speech Recognition. 432-434
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  Sungyun Jung, Jong-Mok Son, Keun-Sung Bae:
  Feature Extraction with Combination of HMT-Based Denoising and Weighted Filter Bank Analysis for Robust Speech Recognition. 435-438
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  Yuya Akita, Tatsuya Kawahara:
  Language Model Adaptation Based on PLSA of Topics and Speakers for Automatic Transcription of Panel Discussions. 439-445
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  Ian R. Lane, Tatsuya Kawahara, Tomoko Matsui, Satoshi Nakamura:
  Dialogue Speech Recognition by Combining Hierarchical Topic Classification and Language Model Switching. 446-454
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  Tomoko Matsui, Frank K. Soong, Biing-Hwang Juang:
  Verification of Multi-Class Recognition Decision: A Classification Approach. 455-462
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  Seiichi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Watanabe, Hiromitsu Nishizaki, Takehito Utsuro:
  An Unsupervised Speaker Adaptation Method for Lecture-Style Spontaneous Speech Recognition Using Multiple Recognition Systems. 463-471
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  Masahiko Matsushita, Hiromitsu Nishizaki, Takehito Utsuro, Seiichi Nakagawa:
  Improving Keyword Recognition of Spoken Queries by Combining Multiple Speech Recognizer's Outputs for Speech-driven WEB Retrieval Task. 472-480
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  Carlos Toshinori Ishi:
  Perceptually-Related F0 Parameters for Automatic Classification of Phrase Final Tones. 481-488
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  Shinsuke Sakai:
  Fundamental Frequency Modeling for Speech Synthesis Based on a Statistical Learning Technique. 489-495
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  Yoichi Yamashita, Keisuke Kato, Kazunori Nozawa:
  Automatic Scoring for Prosodic Proficiency of English Sentences Spoken by Japanese Based on Utterance Comparison. 496-501
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  Junichi Yamagishi, Koji Onishi, Takashi Masuko, Takao Kobayashi:
  Acoustic Modeling of Speaking Styles and Emotional Expressions in HMM-Based Speech Synthesis. 502-509
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  Gerasimos Xydas, Dimitris Spiliotopoulos, Georgios Kouroupetroglou:
  Modeling Improved Prosody Generation from High-Level Linguistically Annotated Corpora. 510-518
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  Kazuki Adachi, Tomoki Toda, Hiromichi Kawanami, Hiroshi Saruwatari, Kiyohiro Shikano:
  Designing Target Cost Function Based on Prosody of Speech Database. 519-524
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  Takashi Saito, Masaharu Sakamoto:
  A VoiceFont Creation Framework for Generating Personalized Voices. 525-534
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  Satoshi Nakamura, Kazuya Takeda, Kazumasa Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamada, Shingo Kuroiwa, Norihide Kitaoka, Takanobu Nishiura, Akira Sasou, Mitsunori Mizumachi, Chiyomi Miyajima, Masakiyo Fujimoto, Toshiki Endo:
  AURORA-2J: An Evaluation Framework for Japanese Noisy Speech Recognition. 535-544
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  Tomohiro Ohno, Shigeki Matsubara, Nobuo Kawaguchi, Yasuyoshi Inagaki:
  Robust Dependency Parsing of Spontaneous Japanese Spoken Language. 545-552
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  Kazuya Takeda, Hiroshi Fujimura, Katsunobu Itou, Nobuo Kawaguchi, Shigeki Matsubara, Fumitada Itakura:
  Construction and Evaluation of a Large In-Car Speech Corpus. 553-561
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  Masako Fujimoto, Takayuki Kagomiya:
  Gemination of Consonant in Spontaneous Speech: An Analysis of the "Corpus of Spontaneous Japanese". 562-568
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  Keiji Yasuda, Fumiaki Sugaya, Toshiyuki Takezawa, Gen-ichiro Kikui, Seiichi Yamamoto, Masuzo Yanagida:
  An Objective Method for Evaluating Speech Translation System: Using a Second Language Learner's Corpus. 569-577
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  Nobuo Kawaguchi, Shigeki Matsubara, Kazuya Takeda, Fumitada Itakura:
  CIAIR In-Car Speech Corpus - Influence of Driving Status. 578-582

Regular Section

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  Masahiko Sakai, Keiichirou Kusakari:
  On Dependency Pair Method for Proving Termination of Higher-Order Rewrite Systems. 583-593
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  Dae-Won Kim, Young-Il Kim, Doheon Lee, Kwang Hyung Lee:
  Assessing the Quality of Fuzzy Partitions Using Relative Intersection. 594-602
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  Shih-Chien Chou:
  ADPE: Agent-Based Decentralized Process Engine. 603-609
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  Virendra Singh, Michiko Inoue, Kewal K. Saluja, Hideo Fujiwara:
  Delay Fault Testing of Processor Cores in Functional Mode. 610-618
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  Wook Shin, Jong-Youl Park, Dong-Ik Lee:
  Extended Role Based Access Control with Procedural Constraints for Trusted Operating Systems. 619-627
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  Takio Kurita, Toshiharu Taguchi:
  A Kernel-Based Fisher Discriminant Analysis for Face Detection. 628-635
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  Yasunari Yokota, Xiaoyong Tan:
  Optimal Quantization Noise Allocation and Coding Gain in Transform Coding with Two-Dimensional Morphological Haar Wavelet. 636-645
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  Tong-Yee Lee, Chien-Chi Huang:
  Dynamic and Adaptive Morphing of Three-Dimensional Mesh Using Control Maps. 646-651
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  Ilseok Han, Wanyoung Kim, Hagbae Kim:
  An Optimal Load Balancing Method for the Web-Server Cluster Based on the ANFIS Model. 652-653
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  Eunkyo Kim, Wonjun Lee, Choonhwa Lee:
  A Video Streaming File Server Framework for Digital Video Broadcasting Environments. 654-657
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  Minkyu Park, Sangchul Han, Heeheon Kim, Seongje Cho, Yookun Cho:
  Comparison of Deadline-Based Scheduling Algorithms for Periodic Real-Time Tasks on Multiprocessor. 658-661
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  Sung-Joon Park, Myoung-Wan Koo, Chu Shik Jhon:
  Context-Dependent Phoneme Duration Modeling with Tree-Based State Tying. 662-666
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  Hiromitsu Ban, Chiyomi Miyajima, Katsunobu Itou, Kazuya Takeda, Fumitada Itakura:
  Speech Recognition Using Finger Tapping Timings. 667-670
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  Kyoung-Su Oh, Byeong-Seok Shin:
  An Efficient Method for Dynamic Shadow Texture Generation. 671-674
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  Eiji Uchino, Noriaki Suetake, Chuhei Ishigaki:
  Pruning Rule for kMER-Based Acquisition of the Global Topographic Feature Map. 675-678
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  Jun Inagaki, Miki Haseyama:
  A Genetic Algorithm for Routing with an Upper Bound Constraint. 679-681

Volume 88-D, Number 4, April 2005

Regular Section - Papers - Automata and Formal Language Theory

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  Pradipta Maji, Parimal Pal Chaudhuri:
  Fuzzy Cellular Automata for Modeling Pattern Classifier. 691-702

Regular Section - Papers - Computer Components

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  Xiaoqing Wen, Seiji Kajihara, Hideo Tamamoto, Kewal K. Saluja, Kozo Kinoshita:
  On Design for I_DDQ-Based Diagnosability of CMOS Circuits Using Multiple Power Supplies. 703-710

Regular Section - Papers - Computer Systems

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  Takao Yamashita:
  Dynamic Replica Control Based on Fairly Assigned Variation of Data for Loosely Coupled Distributed Database Systems. 711-725

Regular Section - Papers - Database

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  Jae-Young Chang, Han-joon Kim:
  Processing Aggregate Queries with Materialized Views in Data Warehouse Environment. 726-738
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  Takao Yamashita, Satoshi Ono:
  Controlling View Divergence of Data Freshness in a Replicated Database System Using Statistical Update Delay Estimation. 739-749

Regular Section - Papers - Image Processing and Video Processing

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  Xian-Hua Han, Zensho Nakao, Yen-Wei Chen, Ryosuke Kodama:
  An ICA-Domain Shrinkage Based Poisson-Noise Reduction Algorithm and Its Application to Penumbral Imaging. 750-757

Regular Section - Papers - Image Recognition, Computer Vision

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  Mutsumi Watanabe:
  Adaptive Decomposition of Dynamic Scene into Object-Based Distribution Components Based on Mixture Model Framework. 758-766

Regular Section - Papers - Computer Graphics

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  Mikio Shinya:
  Theories for Mass-Spring Simulation in Computer Graphics: Stability, Costs and Improvements. 767-774

Regular Section - Letter - VLSI Systems

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  Yohei Matsumoto, Akira Masaki:
  FPGAs with Multidimensional Switch Topology. 775-778

Volume 88-D, Number 5, May 2005

Special Section on Cyberworlds

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  Yoshinori Hatori:
  Special Section on Cyberworlds. 789
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  Tosiyasu L. Kunii:
  Cyberworlds - Theory, Design and Potential - . 790-800
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  Harksoo Kim, Choong-Nyoung Seon, Jungyun Seo:
  A Dialogue-Based Information Retrieval Assistant Using Shallow NLP Techniques in Online Sales Domains. 801-808
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  Shigeru Kuriyama, Tomohiko Mukai, Yusuke Irino, Kazuyuki Anda, Toyohisa Kaneko:
  Extensible Task Simulation with Motion Archive. 809-815
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  Lih-Shyang Chen, Yuh-Ming Cheng, Sheng-Feng Weng, Chyi-Her Lin, Yong-Kok Tan:
  A Computer-Based Clinical Teaching-Case System with Emulation of Time Sequence for Medical Education. 816-821
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  Shinya Miyazaki, Mamoru Endo, Masashi Yamada, Jun-ichi Hasegawa, Takami Yasuda, Shigeki Yokoi:
  A Deformable Fast Computation Elastic Model Based on Element Reduction and Reconstruction. 822-827
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  Pierre-Alain Fayolle, Benjamin Schmitt, Yuichiro Goto, Alexander A. Pasko:
  Web-based Constructive Shape Modeling Using Real Distance Functions. 828-835
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  Kyoko Ariyasu, Ichiro Yamada, Hideki Sumiyoshi, Masahiro Shibata, Nobuyuki Yagi:
  Visualization of Text-Based Dialog in a Virtual Classroom for e-Learning. 836-842
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  Jason J. Jung, Kee-Sung Lee, Seung-Bo Park, GeunSik Jo:
  Efficient Web Browsing with Semantic Annotation: A Case Study of Product Images in E-Commerce Sites. 843-850
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  Shinji Tasaki, Takehisa Matsushita, Kazuhiro Koshi, Chikamune Wada, Hiroaki Koga:
  Sense of Virtual Reality: Effectiveness of Replacing 3D Imagery with 2D/3D Hybrid Imagery. 851-858
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  Masaru Kamada, Kaoru Kurosawa, Yasuhiro Ohtaki, Shusuke Okamoto:
  A Network Game Based on Fair Random Numbers. 859-864
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  Andrés Iglesias, Francisco Luengo:
  New Goal Selection Scheme for Behavioral Animation of Intelligent Virtual Agents. 865-871
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  Yuusuke Nakano, Koji Tsukada, Saeko Takagi, Kei Iwasaki, Fujiichi Yoshimoto:
  InCom: Support System for Informal Communication in 3D Virtual Worlds Generated from HTML Documents. 872-879
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  Pierre Maret, Jacques Calmet:
  Corporate Knowledge in Cyberworlds. 880-887
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  Seung Zoo Jeong, Naoki Hashimoto, Makoto Sato:
  Immersive Multi-Projector Display on Hybrid Screens with Human-Scale Haptic Interface. 888-893
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  Moez Bellamine, Norihiro Abe, Kazuaki Tanaka, Hirokazu Taki:
  A Remote Diagnosis System for Rotating Machinery Using Virtual Reality. 894-903
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  Kei Iwasaki, Fujiichi Yoshimoto, Yoshinori Dobashi, Tomoyuki Nishita:
  A Method for Fast Rendering of Caustics from Refraction by Transparent Objects. 904-911
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  Kazuki Hiraki, Tatsuhiro Yonekura, Susumu Shibusawa:
  "Web-Com": Interactive Browser for Web-Based Education. 912-918
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  Masahiro Yoshida, Yuka Obu, Tatsuhiro Yonekura:
  A Protocol for Real-Time Remote Musical Session. 919-925
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  Tatsuhiro Yonekura, Yoshihiro Kawano:
  A Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Multi-Player Networked Virtual Ball Game. 926-937
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  Sineenard Pinyapong, Toshikazu Kato:
  A Framework of Time, Place, Purpose and Personal Profile Based Recommendation Service for Mobile Environment. 938-946
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  Atsushi Onda, Tomoyuki Oku, Eddie Yu, Yoshie Lee, Ikuro Choh, Pei-Yi Chiu, Jun Ohya:
  Visual-Dimension Interact System (VIS). 947-953
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  Kosuke Tsujino, Kazuhiko Furuya, Wataru Kobayashi, Tomonori Izumi, Takao Onoye, Yukihiro Nakamura:
  Design of Realtime 3-D Sound Processing System. 954-962
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