IEICE Transactions on Information & Systems, Volume 94-D

Volume 94-D, Number 1, January 2011

IEICE/IEEE Joint Special Section on Autonomous Decentralized Systems Technologies and Their Application to Networked Systems

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  Yukikazu Nakamoto:
  Foreword. 1-2
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  Alireza Dirafzoon, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Ahmad Afshar:
  Decentralized Coverage Control for Multi-Agent Systems with Nonlinear Dynamics. 3-10
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  Titichaya Thanamitsomboon, Kotaro Hama, Riyako Sakamoto, Xiaodong Lu, Kinji Mori:
  Autonomous Coordination Technology through Community Organization for Resource Utilization. 11-18
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  Eitaro Kohno, Tomoyuki Ohta, Yoshiaki Kakuda, Masaki Aida:
  Improvement of Dependability against Node Capture Attacks for Wireless Sensor Networks. 19-26
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  Carlos Pérez Leguízamo, Kinji Mori:
  Timeliness Multi-Agent Coordination Technology in Autonomous Decentralized Database Systems. 27-34

Regular Section

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  Anish Man Singh Shrestha, Asahi Takaoka, Satoshi Tayu, Shuichi Ueno:
  On Two Problems of Nano-PLA Design. 35-41
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  Sherihan Abu Elenin, Masato Kitakami:
  Trust Management of Grid System Embedded with Resource Management System. 42-50
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  Lei Zhao, Hui Xu, Daisuke Ikebuchi, Tetsuya Sunata, Mitaro Namiki, Hideharu Amano:
  A Leakage Efficient Data TLB Design for Embedded Processors. 51-59
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  Yong-Ju Lee, Hag-Young Kim, Cheol-Hoon Lee:
  BitNBD: BitTorrent-Based Network Block Device for Provisioning Virtual Machines in IaaS Clouds. 60-68
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  Ryota Shioya, Daewung Kim, Kazuo Horio, Masahiro Goshima, Shuichi Sakai:
  Low-Overhead Architecture for Security Tag. 69-78
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  Heung Seok Chae, Joon-Sang Lee, Jung Ho Bae:
  Checking Behavioral Compatibility between Objects by Extending the Methods Rule. 79-90
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  Asaad Ahmed, Keiichi Yasumoto, Minoru Ito, Naoki Shibata, Tomoya Kitani:
  HDAR: Highly Distributed Adaptive Service Replication for MANETs. 91-103
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  Marie Engelene J. Obien, Satoshi Ohtake, Hideo Fujiwara:
  F-Scan: A DFT Method for Functional Scan at RTL. 104-113
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  Junbin Zhang, Yong Qi, Di Hou, Ming Li:
  A Reference Programming Model for Building Context-Aware Application. 114-126
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  Masahiro Tsukada, Yuya Utsumi, Hirokazu Madokoro, Kazuhito Sato:
  Unsupervised Feature Selection and Category Classification for a Vision-Based Mobile Robot. 127-136
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  Eun-Seok Lee, Byeong-Seok Shin:
  Geometry Splitting: An Acceleration Technique of Quadtree-Based Terrain Rendering Using GPU. 137-145
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  Hee Yuan Tan, Hyotaek Lim:
  Unicode Canonical Decomposition for Hangeul Syllables in Regular Expression. 146-154
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  Xinchun Cui, Xiaolin Qin:
  An Enhanced User Authentication Scheme for Wireless Communications. 155-157
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  Xian-Hua Han, Xu Qiao, Yen-Wei Chen:
  Multilinear Supervised Neighborhood Embedding with Local Descriptor Tensor for Face Recognition. 158-161
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  Yuuji Mukai, Hideki Noda, Takashi Osanai:
  Artificial Cohort Generation Based on Statistics of Real Cohorts for GMM-Based Speaker Verification. 162-166
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  Wenjie Xie, De Xu, Yingjun Tang, Geng Cui:
  Multi-Scale Multi-Level Generative Model in Scene Classification. 167-170

Volume 94-D, Number 2, February 2011

Special Section on Foundations of Computer Science -- Mathematical Foundations and Applications of Algorithms and Computer Science --

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  Shuichi Miyazaki:
  Foreword. 181
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  Hee-Kap Ahn, Yoshio Okamoto:
  Adaptive Algorithms for Planar Convex Hull Problems. 182-189
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  Takehiro Ito, Naoki Sakamoto, Xiao Zhou, Takao Nishizeki:
  Minimum Cost Edge-Colorings of Trees Can Be Reduced to Matchings. 190-195
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  Yutaka Iwaikawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Tomomi Matsui:
  Improved Approximation Algorithms for Firefighter Problem on Trees. 196-199
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  Bingbing Zhuang, Hiroshi Nagamochi:
  Generation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Biconnected Rooted Triangulated Planar Graphs. 200-210
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  Bingbing Zhuang, Hiroshi Nagamochi:
  Generation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Biconnected Rooted Outerplanar Graphs. 211-219
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  Akihiro Matsuura:
  Analysis of Recurrence Relations Generalized from the 4-Peg Tower of Hanoi. 220-225
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  Ro-Yu Wu, Jou-Ming Chang, Yue-Li Wang:
  Ranking and Unranking of t-Ary Trees Using RD-Sequences. 226-232
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  Akio Fujiyoshi, Masakazu Suzuki:
  Minimum Spanning Tree Problem with Label Selection. 233-239
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  Yu-Kumg Chen, Chen-An Fang, Fan-Chieh Cheng:
  An Optimal Algorithm for Solving the Towers of Hanoi Problem with the Least Storage Used. 240-242

Regular Section

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  David Garcia Rosado, Eduardo Fernández-Medina, Javier López:
  Towards a UML Extension of Reusable Secure Use Cases for Mobile Grid Systems. 243-254
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  Ali Akramizadeh, Ahmad Afshar, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Samira Jafari:
  Model-Based Reinforcement Learning in Multiagent Systems with Sequential Action Selection. 255-263
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  Keivan Navi, Mohammad Esmaeildoust, Amir Sabbagh Molahosseini:
  A General Reverse Converter Architecture with Low Complexity and High Performance. 264-273
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  Ning Deng, Weixing Ji, Jiaxin Li, Qi Zuo, Feng Shi:
  Core Working Set Based Scratchpad Memory Management. 274-285
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  Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Takuya Iwakami, Takashi Nakada, Jun Yao, Hajime Shimada, Yasuhiko Nakashima:
  An Instruction Mapping Scheme for FU Array Accelerator. 286-297
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  Lei Wang, Yueming Cai, Weiwei Yang:
  Impact of Channel Estimation Errors in Cooperative Transmission over Nakagami-m Fading Channels. 298-307
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  Dean Luo, Yu Qiao, Nobuaki Minematsu, Keikichi Hirose:
  Regularized Maximum Likelihood Linear Regression Adaptation for Computer-Assisted Language Learning Systems. 308-316
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  Masako Omachi, Shinichiro Omachi:
  Pattern Recognition with Gaussian Mixture Models of Marginal Distributions. 317-324
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  Ayaka Yamamoto, Yoshio Iwai, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Real-Time Object Detection Using Adaptive Background Model and Margined Sign Correlation. 325-335
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  Vinh Ninh Dao, Masanori Sugimoto:
  A Dynamic Geometry Reconstruction Technique for Mobile Devices Using Adaptive Checkerboard Recognition and Epipolar Geometry. 336-348
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  Somying Thainimit, Chirayuth Sreecholpech, Vutipong Areekul, Chee-Hung Henry Chu:
  Robust Iris Segmentation Based on Local Image Gradient Properties. 349-356
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  Kwang-Wook Lee, Seung-Won Jung, Seung-Kyun Kim, Sung-Jea Ko:
  A Novel Content-Aware Stitching Algorithm for Real-Time Video Sequences. 357-362
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  Sihyoung Lee, Sunil Cho, Yong Man Ro:
  Enhanced Distal Radius Segmentation in DXA Using Modified ASM. 363-370
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  Hiroyuki Goto:
  Acceleration of Computing the Kleene Star in Max-Plus Algebra Using CUDA GPUs. 371-374
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  Hangkyu Kim, Chang-Sup Park, Yoon-Joon Lee:
  Improving Keyword Match for Semantic Search. 375-378
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  Lihua Guo, Lianwen Jin:
  Laplacian Support Vector Machines with Multi-Kernel Learning. 379-383
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  Chaoke Pei, Li Gao, Donghui Wang, Chaohuan Hou:
  An All-Zero Block Mode Decision Algorithm for H.264/AVC Optimization. 384-387
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  Jonghyun Park, Wanhyun Cho, Gueesang Lee, Soon-Young Park:
  Moving Object Detection Based on Clausius Entropy. 388-391
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  Kazuya Ueki, Masashi Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Ihara:
  Lighting Condition Adaptation for Perceived Age Estimation. 392-395
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  Lv Guo, Yin Li, Jie Yang, Li Lu:
  Hole-Filling by Rank Sparsity Tensor Decomposition for Medical Imaging. 396-399

Volume 94-D, Number 3, March 2011

Special Section on Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining and Creativity Support System

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  Thanaruk Theeramunkong:
  Foreword. 403
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  Nichnan Kittiphattanabawon, Thanaruk Theeramunkong, Ekawit Nantajeewarawat:
  News Relation Discovery Based on Association Rule Mining with Combining Factors. 404-415
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  Dang Hung Tran, Tu Bao Ho, Tho Hoan Pham, Kenji Satou:
  MicroRNA Expression Profiles for Classification and Analysis of Tumor Samples. 416-422
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  Viet Cuong Nguyen, Minh Le Nguyen, Akira Shimazu:
  Learning to Generate a Table-of-Contents with Supportive Knowledge. 423-431
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  Marut Buranarach, Nopphadol Chalortham, Ye Myat Thein, Thepchai Supnithi:
  Design and Implementation of an Ontology-Based Clinical Reminder System to Support Chronic Disease Healthcare. 432-439
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  Prachya Boonkwan, Thepchai Supnithi:
  Probabilistic Treatment for Syntactic Gaps in Analytic Language Parsing. 440-447
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  Nopphadol Chalortham, Phuriwat Leesawat, Taneth Ruangrajitpakorn, Thepchai Supnithi:
  A Framework of Ontology-Based Tablet Production Supporting System for a Drug Reformulation. 448-455
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  Motoki Miura, Taro Sugihara, Susumu Kunifuji:
  GKJ: Group KJ Method Support System Utilizing Digital Pens. 456-464
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  Peerasak Intarapaiboon, Ekawit Nantajeewarawat, Thanaruk Theeramunkong:
  Extracting Semantic Frames from Thai Medical-Symptom Unstructured Text with Unknown Target-Phrase Boundaries. 465-478
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  Peerasak Intarapaiboon, Ekawit Nantajeewarawat, Thanaruk Theeramunkong:
  Extracting Chemical Reactions from Thai Text for Semantics-Based Information Retrieval. 479-486

Special Section on Data Engineering

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  Jun Miyazaki:
  FOREWORD. 487-488
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  Mohammed Al-Kateb, Sasi Sekhar Kunta, Byung Suk Lee:
  Temporal Coalescing on Window Extents over Data Streams. 489-503
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  Hisashi Kurasawa, Daiji Fukagawa, Atsuhiro Takasu, Jun Adachi:
  Optimal Pivot Selection Method Based on the Partition and the Pruning Effect for Metric Space Indexes. 504-514
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  Jeong-Dong Kim, Jiseong Son, Doo-Kwon Baik:
  XMDR+: An Extended XMDR Model for Supporting Diverse Ontological Relations. 515-524
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  Dengping Wei, Ting Wang, Ji Wang:
  SAWSDL Service Discovery Based on Fine-Grained Data Semantics. 525-534
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  Dian-Song Wu, Tyne Liang:
  Improving Definite Anaphora Resolution by Effective Weight Learning and Web-Based Knowledge Acquisition. 535-541
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  Kaipeng Liu, Binxing Fang, Weizhe Zhang:
  Exploring Social Relations for Personalized Tag Recommendation in Social Tagging Systems. 542-551
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  Hideki Kawai, Adam Jatowt, Katsumi Tanaka, Kazuo Kunieda, Keiji Yamada:
  Query Expansion and Text Mining for ChronoSeeker - Search Engine for Future/Past Events -. 552-563
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  Adam Jatowt, Yukiko Kawai, Katsumi Tanaka:
  Page History Explorer: Visualizing and Comparing Page Histories. 564-577
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  Tatsuya Ogawa, Qiang Ma, Masatoshi Yoshikawa:
  News Bias Analysis Based on Stakeholder Mining. 578-586
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  Min Luo, Akitsugu Watanabe, Haruo Yokota:
  A Compound Parallel Btree for High Scalability and Availability on Chained Declustering Parallel Systems. 587-601
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  Yongkun Wang, Kazuo Goda, Miyuki Nakano, Masaru Kitsuregawa:
  Performance Evaluation of Flash SSDs in a Transaction Processing System. 602-611

Regular Section

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  Rodion Moiseev, Shinpei Hayashi, Motoshi Saeki:
  Using Hierarchical Transformation to Generate Assertion Code from OCL Constraints. 612-621
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  Ki-Hoon Lee, Young-Ho Park:
  Revisiting Source-Level XQuery Normalization. 622-631
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  Huakang Li, Jie Huang, Qunfei Zhao:
  Position Identification by Actively Localizing Spacial Sound Beacons. 632-638
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  Ken Kaneiwa, Riichiro Mizoguchi:
  A Time and Situation Dependent Semantics for Ontological Property Classification. 639-647
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  Atsunori Ogawa, Satoshi Takahashi, Atsushi Nakamura:
  Efficient Combination of Likelihood Recycling and Batch Calculation for Fast Acoustic Likelihood Calculation. 648-658
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  Longbiao Wang, Norihide Kitaoka, Seiichi Nakagawa:
  Distant-Talking Speech Recognition Based on Spectral Subtraction by Multi-Channel LMS Algorithm. 659-667
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  Kei Hashimoto, Heiga Zen, Yoshihiko Nankaku, Akinobu Lee, Keiichi Tokuda:
  Bayesian Context Clustering Using Cross Validation for Speech Recognition. 668-678
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  Yan Deng, Weiqiang Zhang, Yanmin Qian, Jia Liu:
  Language Recognition Based on Acoustic Diversified Phone Recognizers and Phonotactic Feature Fusion. 679-689
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  Michael Paul, Andrew M. Finch, Eiichiro Sumita:
  Integration of Multiple Bilingually-Trained Segmentation Schemes into Statistical Machine Translation. 690-697
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  Yuanzhi Cheng, Quan Jin, Hisashi Tanaka, Changyong Guo, Xiaohua Ding, Shinichi Tamura:
  Automatic 3D MR Image Registration and Its Evaluation for Precise Monitoring of Knee Joint Disease. 698-706
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  Tetsuo Moriya, Itaru Kataoka:
  On Non-overlapping Words. 707-709
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  Jianxin Liao, Jingyu Wang, Tonghong Li, Xiaomin Zhu:
  Multipath Probing and Grouping in Multihomed Networks. 710-713
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  Jihwan Song, Deokmin Haam, Yoon-Joon Lee, Myoung-Ho Kim:
  Efficient Discovery of Highly Interrelated Users in One-Way Communications. 714-717
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  Yu Qiu, Kiichi Urahama:
  Edge-Preserving Cross-Sharpening of Multi-Modal Images. 718-720
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  Do Quan, Yo-Sung Ho:
  Optimized Median Lifting Scheme for Lossy Image Compression. 721-724
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  Hanhoon Park, Hideki Mitsumine, Mahito Fujii:
  Fast Detection of Robust Features by Reducing the Number of Box Filtering in SURF. 725-728
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  Yuan Hu, Jingqi Yan, Wei Li, Pengfei Shi:
  3D Face Landmarking Method under Pose and Expression Variations. 729-733
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  Masaki Murata, Hiroki Tanji, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Stijn De Saeger, Yasunori Kakizawa, Kentaro Torisawa:
  Extraction from the Web of Articles Describing Problems, Their Solutions, and Their Causes. 734-737

Volume 94-D, Number 4, April 2011

Special Section on Advanced Technologies in Knowledge Media and Intelligent Learning Environment

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  Setsuo Yokoyama, Toyohide Watanabe:
  Foreword. 741-742
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  Takamitsu Hashimoto, Maomi Ueno:
  Latent Conditional Independence Test Using Bayesian Network Item Response Theory. 743-753
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  Kai-Yi Chin, Yen-Lin Chen, Jong-Shin Chen, Zeng-Wei Hong, Jim-Min Lin:
  Exploring the Teaching Efficiency of Integrating an Animated Agent into Web-Based Multimedia Learning System. 754-762
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  Masato Soga, Masahito Ohama, Yosikazu Ehara, Masafumi Miwa:
  Real-World Oriented Mobile Constellation Learning Environment Using Gaze Pointing. 763-771

Regular Section

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  Hiroshi Saito, Sadaharu Tanaka, Shigeo Shioda:
  Parameter Estimation for Non-convex Target Object Using Networked Binary Sensors. 772-785
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  Junqi Zhang, Lina Ni, Chen Xie, Ying Tan, Zheng Tang:
  AMT-PSO: An Adaptive Magnification Transformation Based Particle Swarm Optimizer. 786-797
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  Jaesun Kim, Younghoon Kim, Hyuk-Jae Lee:
  An H.264/AVC Decoder with Reduced External Memory Access for Motion Compensation. 798-808
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  Binzhang Fu, Yinhe Han, Huawei Li, Xiaowei Li:
  A New Multiple-Round Dimension-Order Routing for Networks-on-Chip. 809-821
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  De-jun Qian, Zhe Zhang, Chen Hu, Xincun Ji:
  Energy-Aware Task Scheduling for Real-Time Systems with Discrete Frequencies. 822-832
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  Yuta Yamato, Xiaoqing Wen, Kohei Miyase, Hiroshi Furukawa, Seiji Kajihara:
  A GA-Based X-Filling for Reducing Launch Switching Activity toward Specific Objectives in At-Speed Scan Testing. 833-840
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  Dongwan Hong, Jeehee Yoon, Jongkeun Lee, Sanghyun Park, Jong-Il Kim:
  Extraction of Informative Genes from Multiple Microarray Data Integrated by Rank-Based Approach. 841-854
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  Heum Park, Hyuk-Chul Kwon:
  Improved Gini-Index Algorithm to Correct Feature-Selection Bias in Text Classification. 855-865
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  Majid Ziaratban, Karim Faez:
  Adaptive Script-Independent Text Line Extraction. 866-877
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  Yuji Itoh:
  A Practical CFA Interpolation Using Local Map. 878-885
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  Shuji Watanabe, Akira Kawanaka:
  Geometry Coding for Triangular Mesh Model with Structuring Surrounding Vertices and Connectivity-Oriented Multiresolution Decomposition. 886-894
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  Kyu-Yeul Wang, Byung-Soo Kim, Sang-Seol Lee, Dong-Sun Kim, Duck-Jin Chung:
  A Novel Low-Cost High-Throughput CAVLC Decoder for H.264/AVC. 895-904
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  Kittiya Khongkraphan, Pakorn KaewTrakulPong:
  Efficient Human Body Tracking by Quick Shift Belief Propagation. 905-912
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  Yuan Lin, Siwei Luo, Guohao Lu, Zhe Wang:
  An Association Rule Based Grid Resource Discovery Method. 913-916
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  Myeong-Seon Gil, Yang-Sae Moon, Bum-Soo Kim:
  Linear Detrending Subsequence Matching in Time-Series Databases. 917-920
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  Yitao Chi, Zhang Xiong, Qing Chang, Chao Li, Hao Sheng:
  Improving Hessian Matrix Detector for SURF. 921-925
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  Kohei Inoue, Kenji Hara, Kiichi Urahama:
  Non-iterative Symmetric Two-Dimensional Linear Discriminant Analysis. 926-929
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  Chao Liao, Guijin Wang, Quan Miao, Zhiguo Wang, Chenbo Shi, Xinggang Lin:
  DSP-Based Parallel Implementation of Speeded-Up Robust Features. 930-933
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  Xiaolin Zhao, Xin Yu, Liguo Sun, Kangqiao Hu, Guijin Wang, Li Zhang:
  Non-rigid Object Tracking as Salient Region Segmentation and Association. 934-937
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  Hanhoon Park, Hideki Mitsumine, Mahito Fujii:
  Automatic Adjustment of the Distance Ratio Threshold in Nearest Neighbor Distance Ratio Matching for Robust Camera Tracking. 938-940

Volume 94-D, Number 5, May 2011

Special Section on Formal Approach

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  Yasunori Ishihara:
  Foreword. 945
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