Special Issue on Neurocomputing
===============================
 . FOREWORD ........................................................ 367
        Takashi NAGANO

INVITED PAPERS
==============
 . Estimation of Arm Posture in 3D-Space from Surface EMG Signals Using
   a Neural Network Model .......................................... 368
        Yasuharu KOIKE and Mitsuo KAWATO

PAPERS
======
[Learning]

 . A Stochastic Parallel Algorithm for Supervised Learning in Neural
   Networks ........................................................ 376
        Abhijit S.PANDYA and Kutalaputata P.VENUGOPAL

 . Quick Learning for Bidirectional Associative Memory ............. 385
        Motonobu HATTORI, Masafumi HAGIWARA and Masao NAKAGAWA

 . Evaluation of Robustness in a Learning Algorithm that Minimizes
   Output Variation for Handprinted  Kanji Pattern Recognition....... 393
        Yoshimasa KIMURA

[Mapping]

 . On Evaluation of Reference Vector Density for Self-Organizing
   Feature Map ..................................................... 402
        Toshiyuki TANAKA

 . Neural Networks with Interval Weights for Nonlinear Mappings of
   Interval Vectors ................................................ 409
        Kitaek KWON, Hisao ISHIBUCHI and Hideo TANAKA

[Regularization]

 . A Regularization Method for Neural Network Learning that Minimizes
   Estimation Error ................................................ 418
        Miki YAMADA

 . Stochastic Relaxation for Continuous Values ---Standard Regularization
   BasOAed on Gaussian MRF --- ..................................... 425
        Sadayuki HONGO and Isamu YOROIZAWA

[Network Synthesis]

 . On a Unified Systhesizing Approach for Cellular Neural Networks . 433
        Chun-ying HO and Shinsaku MORI

 . A Method to Reduce Redundant Hidden Nodes ....................... 443
        Iwao SEKITA, Takio KURITA, David K.Y.CHIU and Hideki ASOH

 . Approximation of Chaotic Behavior by Using Neural Network ....... 450
        Itaru NAGAYAMA and Norio AKAMATSU

 . Binary Neural Network with Negative Self-Feedback and Its
   Application to N-Queens Problem ................................. 459
        Masaya OHTA, Akio OGIHARA and Kunio FUKUNAGA

[Audition]

 . Auditory Pulse Neural Network Model to Extract the Inter-Aural Time
   and Level Difference for Sound Localization ..................... 466
        Susumu KUROYANAGI and Akira IWATA

[Image Processing]

 . Extraction of Moving Objects through Grouping Edges along with
   Velocity Perpendicular to Edges ................................. 475
        Akihiko YAMANE, Noboru OHNISHI and Noboru SUGIE

 . Extraction of Feature Attentive Regions in a Learnt Neural Network
            ........................................................ 482
        Hideki SANO, Atsuhiro NADA, Yuji IWAHORI and Naohiro ISHII

 . AVHRR Image Segmentation Using Modified Backpropagation Algorithm
            ........................................................ 490
        Tao CHEN and Mikio TAKAGI

 . Photometric Stereo for Specular Surface Shape Based on Neural
   Network ......................................................... 498
        Yuji IWAHORI, Hidekazu TANAKA, Robert J.WOODHAM and Naohiro
        ISHII

 . A Neurocomputational Approach to the Correspondence Problem Computer
   Vision .......................................................... 507
        Hiroshi SAKO and Hadar Itzhak AVI-ITZHAK

[Hardware]

 . A Hardware Implementation of a Neural Network Using the Parallel
   Propagated Targets Algorithm .................................... 516
        Anthony V.W.SMITH and Hiroshi SAKO

 . ABSTRACTS (Trans.IEICE, Vol.J77-D-‡T, J77-D-‡U, No.4 in Japanese)
            ........................................................ 528