Special Issue on Document Analysis and Recognition
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 . FOREWORD ........................................................ 733
        Kazuhiko YAMAMOTO

PAPERS
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 . Drawing Understanding System Incorporating Rule Generation Support
   with Man-Machine Interactions ................................... 735
        Shin'ichi SATOH, Hiroshi MO and Masao SAKAUCHI

 . Line Fitting Method for Line Drawings Based on Contours and
   Skeletons ....................................................... 743
        Osamu HORI and Satohide TANIGAWA

 . Recognition of Elevation Symbols and Reconstruction of 3D Surface
   from Contours by Parallel Method ................................ 749
        Kazuhiko YAMAMOTO, Hiromitsu YAMADA and Sigeru MURAKI

 . Recognition of Line Shapes Using Neural Networks ................ 754
        Masaji KATAGIRI and Masakazu NAGURA

 . Knowledge for Understanding Table-Form Documents ................ 761
        Toyohide WATANABE, Qin LUO and Noboru SUGIE

 . Representing, Utilizing and Acquiring Knowledge for Document Image
   Understanding ................................................... 770
        Koichi KISE and Noboru BABAGUCHI

 . Document Image Segmentation and Layout Analysis ................. 778
        Takashi SAITOH, Toshifumi YAMAAI and Michiyoshi TACHIKAWA

 . A Lexicon Directed Algorithm for Recognition of Unconstrained
   Handwritten Words ............................................... 785
        Fumitaka KIMURA, Shinji TSURUOKA, Yasuji MIYAKE and Malayappan
        SHRIDHAR

 . Adaptive Processing Parameter Adjustment by Feedback Recognition
   Method with Inverse Recall Neural Network Model ................. 794
        Keiji YAMADA

 . The Risults of the First IPTP Character Recognition Competition and
   Studies on Multi-Expert Recognition for Handwritten Numerals .... 801
        Toshihiro MATSUI, Ikuo YAMASHITA and Toru WAKAHARA

 . A Recognition System for Japanese Zip Code Using Arc Features ... 810
        Mitsu YOSHIMURA, Tatsuro SHIMIZU and Isao YOSHIMURA

 . An Approach to Integrated Pen Interface for Japanese Text Entry . 817
        Kazuharu TOYOKAWA, Kozo KITAMURA, Shin KATOH, Hiroshi KANEKO,
        Nobuyasu ITOH and Masayuki FUJITA

 . On-Line Japanese Character Recognition Based on Flexible Pattern
   Matching Method Using Normalization-Cooperative Feature Extraction
            ........................................................ 825
        Masahiko HAMANAKA, Keiji YAMADA and Jun TSUKUMO

 . A High Speed Contour Fill Method for Character Image Generation . 832
        Kazuki NAKASHIMA, Masashi KOGA, Katsumi MARUKAWA, Yoshihiro
        SHIMA and Yasuaki NAKANO

 . Extraction of Inclined Character Strings from Unformed Document
   Images Using the Confidence Value of a Character Recognizer ..... 839
        Kei TAKIZAWA, Daisaku ARITA, Michihiko MINOH and Katsuo IKEDA

 . Fast String Searching in a Character Lattice .................... 846
        Shuji SENDA, Michihiko MINOH and Katsuo IKEDA

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol. J77-D-I, J77-D-II, No.7 in Japanese)
            ........................................................ 852