Special Section on the 6th Karuizawa Workshop on Circuits and Systems
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 . FOREWORD ........................................................ 445
        Shuichi UENO and Tatsuo HIGUCHI

PAPERS
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[Modeling and Simulation]

 . Stochastic Interpolation Model Scheme and Its Application to
   Statistical Circuit Analysis .................................... 447
        Jin-Qin LU, Kimihiro OGAWA, Masayuki TAKAHASHI and Takehiko
        ADACHI

 . Mixed Mode Circuit Simulation Using Dynamic Network Separation and
   Selective Trace ................................................. 454
        Masakatsu NISHIGAKI, Nobuyuki TANAKA and Hideki ASAI

 . A Circuit Partitioning Approach for Parallel Circuit Simulation . 461
        Tetsuro KAGE, Fumiyo KAWAFUJI and Junichi NIITSUMA

[Digital Signal Processing]

 . Parallel and Modular Structures for FIR Digital Filters ......... 467
        Saed SAMADI, Akinori NISHIHARA and Nobuo FUJII

[Computer Aided Design (CAD)]

 . Lower Bounds on Size of Periodic Functions in Exclusive-OR
   Sum-of-Products Expressions ..................................... 475
        Yasuaki NISHITANI and Kensuke SHIMIZU

 . PEAS-I: A Hardware/Software Codesign System for ASIP Development  483
        Jun SATO, Alauddin ALOMARY, Yoshimichi HONMA, Takeharu NAKATA,
        Akichika SHIOMI, Nobuyuki HIKICHI and Masaharu IMAI

 . Genetic Channel Router .......................................... 492
        Xingzhao LIU, Akio SAKAMOTO and Takashi SHIMAMOTO

 . A Symbolic Analysis Method Using Signal Block Diagrams and Its
   Application to Bias Synthesis of Analog Circuits ................ 502
        Hideyuki KAWAKITA and Seijiro MORIYAMA

[Concurrent Systems, Discrete Event Systems and Petri Nets]

 . Total High Performance Time and Design of Degradable Real-Time
   Systems ......................................................... 510
        Masaharu AKATSU, Tomohiro MURATA and Kenzo KURIHARA

[Algorithms, Data Structure and Computational Complexity]

 . Balanced k-Coloring of Polyominos ............................... 517
        Toshihiko TAKAHASHI

[Graphs, Networks and Matroids]

 . An O(mn)Algorithm for Embedding Graphs into a 3-Page Book ....... 521
        Miki Shimabara MIYAUCHI

 . Realization Problems of a Tree with a Transmission Number Sequence
            ........................................................ 527
        Kaoru WATANABE, Masakazu SENGOKU, Hiroshi TAMURA and Yoshio
        YAMAGUCHI

Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Adaptive Signal Processing]

 . Stochastic Gradient Algorithms with a Gradient-Adaptive and Limited
   Step-Size ....................................................... 534
        Akihiko SUGIYAMA

[Computer Aided Design (CAD)]

 . Automatic Tracing of Transistor-Level Performance Faults with
   CAD-Linked Electron Beam Test System ............................ 539
        Katsuyoshi MIURA, Koji NAKAMAE and Hiromu FUJIOKA

[Graphs, Networks and Matroids]

 . Graphical Degree Sequence Problems .............................. 546
        Masaya TAKAHASHI, Keiko IMAI and Takao ASANO

[Information Theory and Coding Theory]

 . Performance Bounds for MLSE Equalization and Decoding with Repeat
   Request for Fading Dispersive Channels .......................... 553
        Hiroshi NOGAMI and Gordon L. STUNBER

[Reliability, Availability and Vulnerability]

 . An Optimal Time for Software Testing under the User's Requirement of
   Failure-Free Demonstration before Release ....................... 563
        Byung Chul CHO and Kyung Soo PARK

LETTERS
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[Control and Computing]

 . Recovered Bounds for the Solution to the Discrete Lyapunov Matrix
   Equation ........................................................ 571
        Takehiro MORI

[Nonlinear Circuits and Systems]

 . Finding All Solutions of Piecewise-Linear Resistive Circuits
   Containing Neither Voltage nor Current Controlled Resistors ..... 573
        Kiyotaka YAMARURA

 . ABSTRACTS(Trans. IEICE, Vol.J77-A No.3 in Japanese) ............. 577
 . IEICE TECHNICAL REPORTS/CONTENTS ................................ 586