Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Algorithm and Computational Complexity]

 . A Linear Time Pattern Matching Algorithm between a String and a Tree
            ........................................................ 281
        Tatsuya AKUTSU

[Computer Systems]

 . Minimizing the Data Transfer in Evaluating an Expression in a
   Distributed-Memory Parallel-Processing System ................... 288
        Hiroshi OHTA, Kousuke SAKODA and Koichiro ISHIHARA

[Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Pattern Recognition]

 . Extended Pseudo-Biorthogonal Bases of Type O and Type L ......... 299
        Nasr-Eddine BERRACHED and Hidemitsu OGAWA

 . Range Image Segmentation Using Multiple Markov Random Fields .... 306
        In Gook CHUN and Kyu Ho PARK

 . Fast Algorithms for Minimum Covering Run Expression ............. 317
        Supoj CHINVEERAPHAN, AbdelMalek B.C. ZIDOURI and Makoto SATO

 . Representation of Surfaces on 5 and 6 Sided Regions ............. 326
        Caiming ZHANG, Takeshi AGUI and Hiroshi NAGAHASHI

 . Extraction of Glossiness of Curved Surfaces by the Use of Spatial
   Filter Simulating Retina Function ............................... 335
        Seiichi SERIKAWA and Teruo SHIMOMURA

[Bio-Cybernetics]

 . Automatic Color Segmentation Method Using a Neural Network Model for
   Stained Images .................................................. 343
        Hironori OKII, Noriaki KANEKI, Hiroshi HARA and Koichi ONO

LETTERS
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[Automaton, Language and Theory of Computing]

 . Leaf-Size Bounded Real-Time Synchronized Alternating One-Way
   Multicounter Machines ........................................... 351
        Hiroshi MATSUNO, Katsushi INOUE and Itsuo TAKANAMI

[Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Pattern Recognition]

 . Comparison of Classifiers in Small Training Sample Size Situations
   for Pattern Recognition ......................................... 355
        Yoshihiko HAMAMOTO, Shunji UCHIMURA and Shingo TOMITA

 . ABSTRACTS(Trans. IEICE, Vol.J77-D-‡T, J77-D-‡U, No.3 in Japanese)
            ........................................................ 358
 . IEICE TECHNICAL REPORTS/CONTENTS ................................ 364