/ WSEAS TRANSACTIONS
on COMPUTERS

Issue 2, Volume 2, April 2003

ISSN 1109-2750 http://www.wseas.org

Spatial and planar tessellations: Classification, database and applications

/ 289
Petr Ponizil, Ivan Saxl

Performance analysis of PC based SIMD parallel mechanism

/ 295
Y.F. Fung, M.F. Ercan, W.L. Cheung, T.K. Ho, C.Y. Chung, G. Singh

A ProtoG Algorithm Applied to the Traveling Salesman Problem

/ 299
Marco Goldbarg, Elizabeth Goldbarg, Iloneide Ramos

ObAn – an Application Supporting e-Learning

/ 305
Alina Stasiecka, Jacek Plodzien, Ewa Stemposz

Query Expansion in a Distributed Search System

/ 311
V.V.Kluev
Visual Steps towards Better Understanding of Cellular Automata Algorithms / 315
Mahmoud A. Saber and Nikolay Mirenkov
Engineering-based computer simulation for modeling greenhouse whitefly population growth / 321
Bahram Tafaghodinia - Alaeddin Malek - G Nouri-Ganbalani
XML Key Information System for Secure e-Trading / 327
Nam-Je Park, Ki-Young Moon, Sung-Won Sohn
Three-Dimensional Geometric Modeling by Initial Model Modification / 333
Junta Doi, Yohei Miyamoto, Shingo Ando and Tetsuo Miyake
Information Systems Security Policy - Human Factor Modelling and Simulation / 339
Denis Trcek, Gorazd Kandus
A Learning Environment to Teach Computer Architecture / 343
Sebastiano Pizzutilo and Filippo Tangorra
LeaSel: A Highly Secure Scalable Multicast Model / 349
Elijah Blessing.R, Rhymend Uthariaraj.V
New Application for the Edge Detection Algorithm / 355
Vladislav Skorpil, Jiri Stastny
Development of Web-based Multimedia News Management System for News On Demand Kiosk Network / 360
S.N.Cheong, AzharK.M. , M. Hanmandlu
Using Conditional Probabilities of Weighted Terms for a Lexicon Based Sense Disambiguation System / 366
Kostas Fragos, Yannis Maistros, Christos Skourlas
Hybrid f.e.b. face recognition algorithm / 373
S.K. Singh, D.S. Chauhan, Richa Singh, Mayank Vatsa
Database Imperatives in Managing Supply Chain: An Empirical Study
Noor raihan Ab hamid; Ali Khatibi / 379

FLoWPASS-based Applications Suggested to Portuguese Parliament and Supported 392

by XML Web Services
P.C. Do Nascimento Rogerio, Joaquim A.C.Martins, Joaquim M.S. Pinto

Color picture enhancement using rational unsharp masking-based approach 398

Lazhar Khriji, Mahmoud Meribout, Moncef Gabbouj, Samir Akkari.

Promoting Agent-Based Knowledge Discovery in Medical Intensive Care Units 403

Analia Lourenύo, Orlando Belo

Generalized Directional Distance-Rational Hybrid Filters

Lazhar Khriji, Mahmoud Meribout, Moncef Gabbouj, Samir Akkari 409

Automatic Lumbar Vertebrae Segmentation In Fluoroscopic Images Via A New Parallel Hough Transform

Mahmoud Meribout and Lazhar Kheriji 416

SMILE: Printed Thai Character Recognition System

Nucharee Premchaiswadi, Wichian Premchaiswadi, Surakarn Duangphasuk, Seinosuke Narita 424

Broken Characters Identification for Thai Character Recognition Systems

Nucharee Premchaiswadi, Wichian Premchaiswadi, Ubolrat Pachiyanukul, Seinosuke Narita 430

CRAMS - Curriculum Repository and Metatagging System

Joseph Sant, Gary Closson, Peggy Hilliard, Xiaolan Shi 435

Image information content estimation and elicitation

Emanuel Diamant 443

A Scheme for Form Identification System

Wichian Premchaiswadi, Nucharee Premchaiswadi,Suparat Aphiwongsophon, Seinosuke Narita 449

A Visual Tool for Specifying MPI Collective Communication Operations

Robert R. Roxas and Nikolay N. Mirenkov 454

A novel architecture of optimized truncation for jpeg2000

Ning Chen, Shigen Xie, Xiang Xie, Leibo Liu, Li Zhang, Zhihua Wang 460

A Quantitative Model for Capacity Estimation of Products

Rajeshwari G.,Renuka S.R. 465

ME: Mobile E-Personality

Pekka Jϊppinen and Jari Porras 471

Further Evolution of Fieldbuses

Petr Fiedler, Zdenek Bradac, Frantisek Bradac, Milos Prokop, Marek Wagner 477

Internet Technologies for Use in Virtual Laboratories

Petr Honzik, Sediva Sona, Bradac Zdenek, Prokop Milos, Wagner Marek 481

Decisional portal using approximate query processing

Carlo dell'Aquila, Ezio Lefons, Filippo Tangorra 486

A Rule-Based Morphological Analyzer of Arabic Word

Arafat Awajan 493

Criteria for Evaluation Of Medical Websites On The Internet

George K. Anastassopoulos, Dimitrios H. Mantzaris, Ioannis M. Stephanakis 503

A DRT Approach for Subjective Evaluation of Intelligibility in European Portuguese Synthetic Speech

Daniela Braga, Diamantino Freitas, Maria Joao Barros 510

An Assistance Environment for the Classification of Knowledge on Risk Project

Rachid Chalal, Razika Ouamane 515