Special Section on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications ======================================================== . FOREWORD ....................................................... 1727 Shun-ichi AMARI PAPERS ====== [Fuzzy System --Theory and Applications--] . A Fluctuation Theory of Systems by Fuzzy Mapping Concept and Its Applications ................................................... 1728 Kazuo HORIUCHI and Yasunori ENDO . Chaotic Responses in a Self-Recurrent Fuzzy Inference with Nonlinear Rules .......................................................... 1736 Kazuo SAKAI, Tomio MACHIDA and Masao MUKAIDONO [Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits and Systems] . Ffficient Simulation of Lossy Coupled Transmission Lines by the Application of Window Partitioning Technique to the Waveform Relaxation Approach ............................................ 1742 Vijaya Gopal BANDI and Hideki ASAI . A Formal Linearization of Nonlinear Systems by the Chebyshev Interpolation and a Nonlinear Filter as an Application ......... 1753 Kazuo KOMATSU, Hitoshi TAKATA and Teruo TSUJI . Bifurcation of an Inductively Coupled Josephson Junction Circuit ....................................................... 1758 Tetsushi UETA and Hiroshi KAWAKAMI [Analysis of Phase Locked Loops] . The Homoclinic Points and Chaos from Phase-Locked Loops with Large Damping ........................................................ 1764 Tetsuro ENDO . Response of PLL Demodulator by Two Sinusoidal Inputs ........... 1771 Takahiro OIE, Tadamitsu IRITANI and Hiroshi KAWAKAMI . Analytic Structure of Phase-Locked Loops in Complex Time ....... 1777 Hisa-Aki TANAKA, Toshiya MATSUDA, Shin'ichi OISHI and Kazuo HORIUCHI [Bifurcation of van der Pol Oscillators] . Bifurcations of Quasi-Periodic Responses in Coupled van der Pol Oscillators with External Force ................................ 1783 Tetsuya YOSHINAGA and Hiroshi KAWAKAMI . Bifurcations of the Quasi-Periodic Solutions of a Coupled Forced van der Pol Oscillator ............................................. 1788 Olivier PAPY and Hiroshi KAWAKAMI [Chaos and Related Topics] . Explicit Evaluations of Correlation Functions of Chebyshev Binary and Bit Sequences Based on Perron-Frobenius Operator ........... 1794 Tohru KOHDA and Akio TSUNEDA . On Computing Connecting Orbits: General Algorithm and Applications to the Sine-Gordon and Hodgkin-Huxley Equations ................ 1801 Eusebius J.DOEDEL, Mark J.FRIEDMAN and John GUCKENHEIMER . Numerical Studies of Pattern Formation and Lyapunov Exponents in Chaotic Reaction-Diffusion Systems ............................. 1806 Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA . Chua's Circuit: Ten Years Later ................................ 1811 Leon O.CHUA [Neural Network and Its Applications] . On Some Dynamical Properties of Threshold and Homogeneous Networks ....................................................... 1823 Hiromi MIYAJIMA, Shuji YATSUKI, Noritaka SHIGEI and Sadayuki MURASHIMA . New Approach to Real-Time Heuristic Search Based on Wave Concurrent Propagations and Neural Networks ............................... 1831 Dianxun SHUAI and Yoichiro WATANABE . Neural Learning of Chaotic System Behavior ..................... 1840 Gustavo DECO and Bernd SCHUNRMANN . Quantitative Diagnosis on Magnetic Resonance Images of Chronic Liver Disease Using Neural Networks .................................. 1846 Shin'ya YOSHINO, Akira KOBAYASHI, Takashi YAHAGI, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Masaaki EBARA and Masao OHTO . Optoelectronic Mesoscopic Neural Devices ....................... 1851 Hideaki MATSUEDA [Nonlinear Channel] . Effect of Nonlinear Amplification on a Spread Spectrum Signal and Receiver Configurations ........................................ 1855 Manabu SAWADA, Masaaki KATAYAMA, Takaya YAMAZATO and Akira OGAWA Special Section of Letters Selected from the 1994 IEICE Spring Conference ========================================================================= . FOREWORD ....................................................... 1863 Tetsuo NISHI LETTERS ======= . Longitudinal Leaky Surface Waves with High Phase Velocity on Lithium Tetraborate .................................................... 1864 Takahiro SATO and Hidenori ABE . Time-Frequency Domain Analysis of the Acoustic Bio-Signal --Successful Cases of Wigner Distribution Applied in Medical Diagnosis-- .................................................... 1867 Jun HASEGAWA and Kenji KOBAYASHI . Noninvasive Detection of Intracranial Vascular Deformations by Bruit Transducer and Spectral Analysis ............................... 1870 Kenji KOBAYASHI and Jun HASEGAWA . Estimation of Body Structure by Biomechanical Impedance ........ 1872 Hisao OKA, Masakazu YASUNA, Shun-ya SAKAMOTO and Takashi FUKUDA . Speech Recognition Using HMM Based on Fusion of Visual and Auditory Information .................................................... 1875 Akira SHINTANI, Akio OGIHARA, Yoshikazu YAMAGUCHI, Yasuhisa HAYASHI and Kunio FUKUNAGA . "Deterministic Diffusion" in a Neural Network Model ............ 1879 Hideo MATSUDA and Akihiko UCHIYAMA . A Neural Net Approach to Discrete Walsh Transform .............. 1882 Takeshi KAMIO, Hiroshi NINOMIYA and Hideki ASAI . Melnikov Analysis for a Second Order Phase-Locked Loop in the Presence of a Weak CW Interference ............................. 1887 Hisa-Aki TANAKA, Shin'ichi OISHI and Kazuo HORIUCHI . Automatic Segmentation of Liver Structure in CT Images Using a Neural Network ................................................. 1892 Du-Yih TSAI . An Optimization for Biological Compartment System .............. 1896 Hirofumi HIRAYAMA, Norio TAKEUCHI and Yuzou FUKUYAMA . Study for Signal Processing to Survey Pulsars Using Noise Suppression Filter Based on Average Spectrum ................... 1904 Naoki MIKAMI and Tsuneaki DAISHIDO . Evaluation of Fractal Image Coding ............................. 1907 Hiroshi OHNO, Kiyoharu AIZAWA and Mitsutoshi HATORI . Experimental Evaluation of Dynamic Scheduling for Parallel Logic Simulation Using Benchmark Circuits ............................ 1910 Tadashi SEKO and Tohru KIKUNO . Experiments with Power Optimization in Gate Sizing ............. 1913 Guangqiu CHEN, Hidetoshi ONODERA and Keikichi TAMARU . Throughput Optimization by Data Flow Graph Transformation ...... 1917 Katsumi HARASHIMA, Miki YOSHIDA, Hironori KOMI and Kunio FUKUNAGA . A Dynamic Bias Current Technique for a Bipolar Exponential-Law Element and a CMOS Square-Law Element Usable with Low Supply Voltage ........................................................ 1922 Katsuji KIMURA . A Study of a MOS VCO Circuit by Using a Current-Controlled Differential Delay Cell ........................................ 1929 Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO . A Class of Unidirectional Byte Error Locating Codes with Single Symmetric Bit Error Correction Capability ...................... 1932 Shuxin JIANG and Eiji FUJIWARA . A Simple Method to Control Indirect Information Flows .......... 1938 Satoshi OZAKI, Tsutomu MATSUMOTO and Hideki IMAI . A Study on the M-ary/SS Communication System Using a Frame Synchronization Method of PCM Communication Systems ............ 1942 Kouji OHUCHI, Hiromasa HABUCHI and Takaaki HASEGAWA . Numerical Analysis of Ranging System on Short Distance Using Spread Spectrum ....................................................... 1946 Katsutoshi YOKOE, Masanobu KOMINAMI, Hiroji KUSAKA and Masaru TSUNASAKI . Considerations for Computational Efficiency of Spectral Domain Moment Method .................................................. 1948 Yasufumi SAKAKI, Masanobu KOMINAMI and Hiroji KUSAKA . A Study of the LC Resonant Circuit Security Tags ............... 1951 Kiyoshi INUI, Hiroshi TADA, Masanobu KOMINAMI and Hiroji KUSAKA . Temperature Dependence of Andreev Reflection Current of N-I-S Junction ....................................................... 1954 Shigeru YOSHIMORI, Masanori SUEYOSHI, Ryuichi TAKANO, Akiko FUJIWARA and Mitsuo KAWAMURA Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Computer Aided Design (CAD)] . Procedural Detailed Compaction for the Symbolic Layout Design of CMOS Leaf Cells ................................................ 1957 Hiroshi MIYASHITA [Neural Networks] . Investigation and Analysis of Hysteresis in Hopfield and T-Model Neural Networks ................................................ 1970 Zheng TANG, Okihiko ISHIZUKA and Masakazu SAKAI LETTERS ======= [Computer Aided Design (CAD)] . Stuck-Open Fault Detection in CMOS Circuits Using Single Test Patterns ....................................................... 1977 Enrico MACII and Qing XU . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J77-A, No.11 in Japanese) ......... 1980