Information Systems and Technologies for Network Society
The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:
1. Computer Science Education for the 21st Century
On Computer Science Education for the 21st Century
Computer Science Education Universities in Taiwan
More Comprehensive Formal Frameworks for CS Higher Education in Russia
Facing the Transition: Computer Science Education for the Global Information Society
Teaching Computer Science: A Fast Moving Target
Adaptation and Innovation in the US Computer Science Education for the 21st Century
Information Technology Education — The Singapore Perspective
Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula for the 21st Century
Education for Era of Information Technologies
2. Network and Protocol
A Recursive Graph Construction Scheme and Its Application
Network Reliability Computation — Theory and Practice
Flexible Communication Protocol for Wide-area Group
Node Ordering: A Controlled Approach to Local Repairs in Multicast Protocols
A Stall Rate Analysis of Heavy and Transient Traffic LAN by Simulation on Multi-Layer Protocols
3. Software Engineering
A Tool for Constructing Software Objectbases from Language Structures
Design of an Information Repository to Support Cooperative Works over a Computer Network
Implementation Details of Locating Mechanism in CORBA
PROCESSUS-Solvenian Software Process Improvement Methodology
A Calculational Framework for Parallelization of Sequential Programs
4. Architecture
A High-Performance Genetic Algorithm Machine
Realization of Relational Database Operations on Vector Processor
A Cache Coherence Solution Using Program Controlled Cache Memory on Multiprocessor
Throw: An Efficient and Extensible Structure Model for Microkernel Architecture
5. Multimedia Representation
A Fast Image Encoding Scheme Using Vector Quantization
An Efficient Hierarchical Visual Pattern Block Truncation Coding Scheme
A Complete Spatially Adaptive JPEG Codec with Restoration
Applications of MIDI Technology for General Audio Signal Coding
Synthesis of Textures with Non-symmetrically Distributed Primitives by Doubly Stochastic L-systems
6. Multimedia Databases
Conceptual Modeling for Federated GIS over the Web
Querying Video Databases based on Description Substantiality and Approximations
Progressive Image Transmission Using Side Match Method
Design and Implementation of R*-tree for Spatiotemporal Index
7. Logic and Databases
A Relevancy Pre-test Method to Improve Integrity Constraint Checking in Deductive Databases
Adaptive Natural Language Interface Design in a DOOD Framework
Performance Evaluation of KLIC: A Concurrent Logic Programming Language System
A Temporal Relevant Logic of Epistemic Processes
8. Information Retrieval and Discovery
Distributed Resource Discovery Systems
Probabilistic Retrieval with Incrementally Constructed Knowledge
System Architecture for Active Dissemination of Information by Autonomous Information Resources
Context-Sensitive Filtering for Hypertext Browsing
A Rapid, Non-linear Image Matching Method Using Whole-Image Distance Based on Iterative Linear Matching of Connected Partial Regions
A Data Filater Mechanism for Orthogonal Range Searching on Multiattribute Files
Intergrating Heterogeneous Molecular Biology Databases with Multiagents
Classification and Retrieval of TV Sports News by DCT Features
9. Groupware and Agents
Dynamic Workflow Scheduling with a Multi-agent System
Dynamic Functions to Support Integrated Meeting Systems
An Agenda-scheduling System Based on Persuasion Among Agents
Know-how Vocabulary Size Transition Analysis
On a Programming Environment for Building Reflective Agents
A Secure Distributed File System for Arbitrary Users
Cooperative Acceleration of Task Performance: Analysis of Foraging Behavior by Interacting Multi-robots
10. Database Technology
Recomputation or Adaptation of Views after Redefinitions?
Replacement Policy of a Multilevel Store for Continuous Media Servers
Parallel Data Mining on a Commodity PC Cluster Connected with an ATM Switch
Design and Implementation of MetaData Interpretation and Validation System
Parallel Algorithms for Path Expressions in Object-oriented Database Systems
Performance Evaluation of Object Relocation Mechanisms for Dynamic Load Balancing in Parallel Object-Oriented Databases
On Coterie for Generalized Distributed Resource Allocation Algorithm
11. Distributed Databases
Ontological Specification Relevance for Development of Semantically Interoperable Information Systems
A Reflective Framework for Capturing Complex Dependencies of Workflow Activities
Data Management and Query Processing in Mobile Environments
General Multilevel Signature Method for Data Filtering in Mobile Environments
Global Concurrency Control for Maintaining the Inter-Site Constraints in Multidatabase Systems
Transaction-Based Causality in Distributed Replicated Objects
12. Varia
A Linguistic Approach for Dynamically Adaptable Applications
Tamil Character Recognition by the Character Length Dependent Pre-classification
A Modification of PB-BLAS and its Effects on ScaLAPACK
Author Index
