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PAPERS
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[Automata, Language and Theory of Computing]

 . A Polynomial-Time Recognizable Subclass of Lexical-Functional
   Grammars ....................................................... 1067
        Sachiko ANDO, Ryuichi NAKANISHI, Hiroyuki SEKI and Tadao KASAMI

 . A Polynomial Time Learning Algorithm for Recognizable Series ... 1077
        Hiroyuki OHNISHI, Hiroyuki SEKI and Tadao KASAMI

 . Stack Tree Automata and Their Relation to Context-Free Grammars with
   Memory ......................................................... 1086
        Etsuro MORIYA

[Algorithm and Computational Complexity]

 . The Distances between Unrooted and Cyclically Ordered Trees and
   Their Computing Methods ........................................ 1094
        Shaoming LIU, Eiichi TANAKA and Sumio MASUDA

 . Logic Synthesis and Optimization Algorithm of Multiple-Valued Logic
   Functions ...................................................... 1106
        Ali Massoud HAIDAR and Mititada MORISUE

[Software Theory]

 . Algorithms to Realize an Arbitrary BPC Permutation in Chordal Ring
   Networks and Mesh Connected Networks ........................... 1118
        Hiroshi MASUYAMA

[Speech Processing]

 . Proposal and Evaluation of a Method for Accurate Analysis of Glottal
   Source Parameters .............................................. 1130
        John-Paul HOSOM and Mikio YAMAGUCHI

 . A MRF-Based Parallel Processing for Speech Recognition Using Linear
   Predictive HMM ................................................. 1142
        Hideki NODA, Mehdi N. SHIRAZI and Mamoru NAKATSUI

[Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Pattern Recognition]

 . Estimation of 3-D Motion from Optical Flow with Unbiased Objective
   Function ....................................................... 1148
        Norio TAGAWA, Takashi TORIU and Toshio ENDOH

[Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science]

 . A Shift First Strategy for Generalized LR Parsing .............. 1162
        Yong-Seok LEE, Hideto TOMABECHI and Jun-ichi AOE

 . Measuring the Student Knowledge State in Concept Learning: An
   Approximate Student Model ...................................... 1170
        Enrique Gonzalez TORRES, Takeshi IIDA and Shigeyoshi WATANABE

 . A Pattern Classifier --Modified AFC, and Handwritten Digit
   Recognition .................................................... 1179
        Yitong ZHANG, Hideya TAKAHASHI, Kazuo SHIGETA and Eiji SHIMIZU

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[Bio-Cybernetics and Neurocomputing]

 . Modified Deformable Model for Bijective Topology Preserving Map  1186
        Kiichi URAHAMA and Satoshi KAWAKAMI

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J77-D-I, J77-D-II, No.10 in Japanese)
            ....................................................... 1189