/ WSEAS TRANSACTIONS
on SYSTEMS

Issue 1, Volume 2, January 2003

ISSN 1109-2777
Guest Editors:
D. Iracleous /

Nadia Nedjah

/ Luiza de Macedo Mourelle / Petr Ekel
Military Institutes of Univ.Education,
Hellenic Naval Academy, Hatzikyriakou, 18539,
Piraeus, Greece / StateUniversity of Rio de Janeiro,
Sao Francisco Xavier, 524, 5o,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Post Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering,
Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Editor-in-Chief: N.E.Mastorakis
Military Institutes of Univ.Education,
Hellenic Naval Academy, Hatzikyriakou, 18539,
Piraeus,
Greece

PAPERS

A four-quadrant analog multiplier biased at 1.2v working in current-mode / 1
Alejandro Diaz-M., Juan Carlos Sánchez-G., Miguel García-A., Esteban Tlelo-C.

A multi-blackboard approach to the control/monitoring of APS

/ 5
Insaf Tnazefti, Luciana Arantes and Olivier Marin
The Influence of Generator Voltage Control Modeling on Transmission Network Loading Assessment / 11
R.B. Prada, B.T. Seelig, J.O.R. dos Santos, L.S. Pilotto, A. Bianco
Liberalization of Croatian Electricity Market and Restructuring of Croatian Power Utility / 17
Slavko Krajcar, Ante Curkovic, Davor Skrlec

Design and Construction of 150 kV/300 A/ 1us Blumlein Pulser

/ 24
Rossi JO, Ueda M, Barroso JJ

Compression criteria for voltage sags analysis using wavelets

/ 29
Gustavo Castro, Sigmar Deckmann, André Ferreira

A Visual Tool to Distribution Network Reconfiguration

/ 35
Marcelo E. de Oliveira, Luis F. Ochoa, Antonio Padilha, Jose Roberto S. Mantovani

An HMM based phonetic vocoder using mixed exitation

/ 40
Ranniery Maia, Ricardo Cirigliano, Daniel Rojtenberg, Fernando Resende
Solution of Simultaneous Non-Linear Equations using Genetic Algorithms / 44
Angel Fernando Kuri-Morales

Domain Estimation Techniques Applied to an Agricultural Survey

/ 52
Maria Helena Guerra
Proposal of a Framework for Workflow Processs Automation Systems based on .NET Framework and XML Web Services / 57
Rogerio Nascimento, Arnaldo Martins, Joaquim Pinto, Eduardo Carrillo

Multilevel Adaptive Prefilter for MW Contingency Selection

/ 62
Antonio F. Guerra, Carlos A. Castro
Particle Swarm Optimization versus Genetic Algorithms for Fitting Fuzzy Membership Functions / 68
Ahmed Ali Abdalla Esmin, Alexandre Rasi Aoki, and Germano Lambert-Torres

Application of the wavelets in 2D scattering problems

/ 74
A.Anuytin, V.Stasevich

Testing with Model Checker: Insuring Fault Visibility

/ 77
Vadim Okun, Paul E. Black, Yaacov Yesha

Fuzzy web-based information retrieval systems

/ 83
Dulce Magalhήes de Sά
Adjustment Methods and Without Replacement Bootstrap: Applications to a Business Survey / 87
Ana Cristina M. Costa
A simple regulators optimization method for a thyristorized controlled induction motor drive system / 92
Rezek, A. J. J.; Pereira, C. A. G.;Silva, V. F.;Cortez, J. A.;Vicente, J. M.E.

Intelligent neural systems for safety control

/ 98
Robert A. Kosinski

R-conversion method as a new generation of cryptography systems

/ 103
Theodore Datri, Telman Askerov, Serguei Lebedev, Arif Askerov

Studying Traffic Engineering in Next Generation Internet

/ 107
Solange da Silva, Paulo Roberto Guardieiro

A model for the trust handling on e-business transactions

/ 113
Fabio Roberto Pillatt , Francilene Procopio Garcia
Development of Policy Management Tool in Policy Based Network Security System. / 119
Geonlyang-Kim, Keeyoung-Kim, Jongsu-Jang
Toward fast and accurate architecture exploration in a hardware/software codesign flow / 126
Dirk Stroobandt
JEDPI: An Environment for Running Java Distributed Programs in the Internet / 133
Laurentino Duodecimo R. Fernandes and Celso Massaki Hirata

A Framework for Network Security System Design

/ 139
Joao Porto and Paulo Geus

A Model of Relevance Feedback for Distributed Information Retrieval

/ 145
V.V.Kluev
University computer network and its application for multimedia transmission in medicine / 148
Miloslav Filka, Otto Dostál, Martin Petrenko
Trust Management in E-business Systems - From Taxonomy to Trust Engine Architecture / 151
Denis Trcek Gorazd Kandus
The Implementation of MAC(Monitor, Alarm and Control) System for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting System / 156
Taekyoon Kim, Ohyung Kwon, Chideok Ahn

A Persistent Memory Management in Java Card

/ 160
Im Y. Jung, Sung I. Jun, Kyo I. Chung

A new active network environment

/ 166
Flavio Silva, Emilio Yamane, Rodrigo Campiolo, Joao Sobral
Multicast Caching: Efficient Distribution of Encrypted Content to Mobile Clients / 173
Janne Lundberg, Catharina Candolin
The Influences of Security Concept in Safety-Related Systems: An Approach to CNS/ATM System / 179
Lúcio Flavio Vismari, Ricardo A. Veiga Gimenes, João B. De Camargo Jr., Jorge R. De Almeida Jr.
Enhanced network security management using role / 185
Jong-gook Ko, Jeong-nyeo Kim, Sung-won Sohn

Key Recovery Based on XML for B2B

/ 190
Ju-Han Kim, Ki-Young Moon
An Interoperable Payment Protocol for the public transit fare payment system / 196
Sangwoo Lee, Youngsae Kim, Jinman Cho, Kyoil Jung

Remote video cam control over ipv6

/ 201
Gabriela A. Campos, Jesús liceaga

An integrated testing and debugging environment for java card

/ 207
Jin-hee Han, Sung-ik Jun,Si-kwan Kim

UNITAU Network - A Simple Secure Solution

/ 213
Cecília Cesar, Antonio Montes, Márcio Santos
Using Bluetooth Scatternet for Automatic Meter Reading: A Wireless Network Application in Telemetry System / 217
Odair Perianêz Ferline, Luiz Augusto de Paula Lima Jr.
Some Factors Critical to the Success of Virtual Bookstores in Retaining Customer Loyalty / 223
Luiz Antonio Joia , Elaine Maria Tavares Rodrigues

FPGA Implementation of Three IPSec Cryptographic Algorithms

/ 229
Juan M. Díez, Slobodan Bojanic, Carlos Carreras and Octavio Nieto
Behavioral Variables Determinant of Virtual Retail Shopping: a Study of Brazilian Consumers / 235
Daniele Miranda de Oliveira Arruda and Claudia Maria Carvalho Miranda

WSEAS UPCOMING CONFERENCES (2003)

or

4th WSEAS Multiconference in Applied Mathematics, Malta, September 1-3, 2003

4th WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED MATHEMATICS (SYMPOSIA on: Linear Algebra and Applications, Numerical Analysis and Applications, Differential Equations and Applications, Probabilities, Statistics, Operational Research, Optimization, Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, Systems, Communications, Control, Computers, Education). All the papers will be published in WSEAS TRANS. ON MATHEMATICS.

3rd WSEAS Conferences: IMCCAS, ISA, SOSM, Malta, September 1-3, 2003

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on INSTRUMENTATION, MEASUREMENT, CONTROL, CIRCUITS and SYSTEMS (IMCCAS 2003)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS (ISA 2003)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on SOFT COMPUTING, OPTIMIZATION, SIMULATION & MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (SOSM 2003)

New York, USA. Web Multiconference (all the accepted papers will be published in WSEAS TRANSACTIONS), Sept.14-17, 2003

5th WSEAS Int.Conf. on ALGORITHMS, SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, MODELLING AND SIMULATION (ASCOMS '03)

5th WSEAS Int.Conf. on TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATICS (TELE-INFO'03)

2nd WSEAS Int.Conf. on APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (AEE '03)

Rethymna Beach, CreteIsland, Greece, October 13-15, 2003 (five conferences)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on SIMULATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION (ICOSMO 2003)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on SIGNAL, SPEECH AND IMAGE PROCESSING (ICOSSIP 2003)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on MULTIMEDIA, INTERNET AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES (ICOMIV 2003)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on ROBOTICS, DISTANCE LEARNING AND INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICRODIC 2003)

3rd WSEAS Int. Conf. on NANOELECTRONICS, NANOENGINEERING and ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (ICONNEMC 2003)

Rethymna Beach, CreteIsland, Greece, October 17-19, 2003 (two conferences)

5th WSEAS Int. Conf. on MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN PHYSICS (MCP 2003)

5th WSEAS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MULTICONFERENCE (MEM 2003)

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 19-21, 2003

4th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (MCBC'03) with special emphasis on: BIOENGINEERING, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOPHYSICS, COMPUTER BIOLOGY, BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS,

4th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS (MCBC'04) (theoretical, mathematical, computational, statistical, experimental methods for ECONOMICS, BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT science and applications)

4th WSEAS International Conference on AUTOMATION & INFORMATION (ICAI'03)

4th WSEAS International Conference on ACOUSTICS, MUSIC, SPEECH and LANGUAGE PROCESSING (ICAMSL 2003) (former Acoustics and Music: Theory and Applications).