WSEAS Trans. on COMPUTERS, April 2004

WSEAS TRANSACTIONS
on COMPUTERS
Issue 2, Volume 3, April 2004
ISSN 1109-2750
http://www.wseas.org
A Cryptanalytic Attack on RC4 Stream Cipher
Violeta Tomasevic, Slobodan Bojanic, Octavio Nieto-Taladriz
267
Using Speech Processing in a Tutorial System for Dyslexic Readers
Sánchez, J., Estévez, J., Moreno, L., Sigut, J., Muñoz, V., Aguilar, R., Merino, C.
273
An Artificial Vision System for Identify and Classify Objects
J.N. Rodríguez, L. Acosta, A. Hamilton, J.A. Mendez, L. Moreno
279
Integrating Xml with Heterogeneous Relational Databases using GUI-Based XML Middleware Approach
Lee Ching Kum, Sai Peck Lee
284
Design and Evaluation of a Visual Framework for Facilitating Re-engineering and Re-use of Relational
Databases
Haider A Ramadhan, Hala Al-Lawati
290
A Cluster-based Streaming Caching Proxy Framework
Hai Jin, Kaiqin Fan, Jie Chu, Gang Chen
297
Test and Improvement of Robustness for Digital Watermarking
X. Wang, K. Yen, A. Caballero
305
A Simple Diagnostic Method for Memory Testing
Keon-Jik Lee, Byeong-Jik Lee, Seong-Woon Kim
311
A Contribution of Open Source Technologies to Support Distributed Digital Libraryτs Repository and Index
Services
Helder T. Zagalo, Joaquim A.Martins, Pedro M.Almeida, Joaquim S.Pinto
317
Adaptation Neighborhoods of Self-Organizing Maps for Image Restoration
Michiharu Maeda, Hiromi Miyajima
323
Bluemin: A Suite for Management of PC Clusters
Hai Jin, Hao Zhang, Qincheng Zhang, Baoli Chen, Weizhong Qiang
329
Experimental Evaluation of an Approximation Algorithm for Scheduling Independent Tasks onto a
Computational Grid
Noriyuki Fujimoto, Kenichi Hagihara
335
Improved Load Balancing in Distributed Service Architectures
Li-Choo Chen, Rajasvaran Logeswaran, Aziah Ali
341
Advanced Multimedia Technologies for e-Learning
Vladimir Uskov
347
Visual Interaction through Hand Gesture Recognition using Hausdorff Matching
Elena Sánchez-Nielsen, Luis Antón-Canalís, Mario Hernández-Tejera
353
Grid Share
Han Yu, David Parish
359
VHDL Modeling of Boolean Function Classification Schemes for Lossless Data Compression
K.T. Tho, K.H. Yeow, F. Mohd-Yasin, M.S. Sulaiman, M.I. Reaz
365
A Resource Look up Strategy for Distributed Computing
Francesco Agostaro, Alessandro Genco, Salvatore Sorce
369
FIRA Agents in Augmented Reality
Alessandro Genco
374
Redwood: A Visual Environment for Software Design and Implementation
Brian T. Westphal, Frederick C. Harris Jr., Sergiu M. Dascalu
380
Specification of the UFT Web-Based Fitness Tracking Software
Steven Arnold, Cathy Osterhout, Chul Yim, Sergiu Dascalu
387
A design of the transcoder to convert the VoiceXML documents into the XHTML+Voice documents
Jieun Kim, Jieun Park, Junsuk Park, Dongwon Han
393
An Approach to Dynamic Division of Web Page for Displaying on Small Screen Devices
Eunjeong Choi, Soosun Cho, Dongwoo Lee, Heesook Shin, Dongwon Han
398
The Use of Temporal Database Concepts in the Design of the InterTimetabling System
Philippos Pouyioutas Soulla Louca, Maria Poveda-Pouyiouta
402
An Architecture of a Multi-Agent System for Power System Operation
Alexandre Rasi Aoki, Ahmed Ali Abdalla Esmin, Germano Lambert Torres
408
HTML Transcoding Approach for Small Screen Devices
Heesook Shin, Soosun Cho, Dongwoo Lee, Eunjeong Choi, Dingwon Han
413
Conversion Technology for Visual and Auditory Web Contents
Heesook Shin, Soosun Cho, Dongwoo Lee, Eunjeong Choi, Dongwon Han
419
E-MACSC: A Novel Dynamic Cache Tuning Technical to Maintainn The Prescribed Minimum Hit Ratio
Consistently For Internet/www Application
Richard S. L. Wu, Allan Kang Ying Wong, Tharam S. Dillon
424
Enhanced Flicker Removal Through Stationary Block Re-Examination
Kin Keong Wong, Amitabha Das, Man Nang Chong
430
Agent-based Approach to Workflow Management
Yunhe Liao, Hinny P. Kong
435
A Multi-Factor Concept on Guiding Constraint Relaxation in Distributed Constraint Satisfaction
Jingxuan Ma, Sylvain Piechowiak, Rene Mandiau
442
Dynamic Data Visualization (DDV)
Nazar Younis, Raied Salman
449
An FPGA Based Vector Computer for Sparse Matrix-Vector Processing
Muhammad Zafrul Hasan, Sotirios G. Ziavras
453
Efficient Probabilistic Fault-tolerant Scheduling Algorithm for Real-time Tasks in Heterogeneous MultiProcessor Systems
Mostafa M. Syiam, Zaki T. Fayed, Shymaa M. Arafat, Noran W. Hossam El Din
461
Specifying Broadcast Communication in E-LOTOS
Monika Kapus-Kolar
468
A Secure Policy Driven State based Roles Wrapper for Distributed Applications
Asnat Dadon-Elichai
474
Secure Open Location-Based Services Scheme usage XML Security Mechanism
Namje Park, Kiyoung Moon, Sungwon Sohn
481
An Improved Method of Pre-Deblurring Digital Images Towards the Pre-Compensation of Refractive Errors
Miguel Alonso Jr., Armando Barreto
487
Designing Direct Manipulation User Interfaces by Using Interaction Patterns
Jaime Munoz Arteaga, Carlos Alberto Reyes Garcia, Hector G. Perez Gonzάlez
493
A New Protocol for Anonymous WEB Transactions
Yuval Elovici
499
Web Access Data Visualization with Data Analysis Methods
Nikos Koutsoupias
507
Performance Study of Hierarchical Video-Ondemand (Vod) Systems for Layered Videos in Broadcast
Environment
W.F. Poon, K.T. Lo
513
Parallel Processing of Modular Exponentiation in GF(2)
Che Wun Chiou, Fu Hua Chou
519