Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Automata, Languages and Theory of Computing] . An Optimum Half-Hot Code Assignment Algorithm for Input Encoding and Its Application to Finite State Machines ....................... 1231 Yasunori NAGATA, Masao MUKAIDONO, and Chushin AFUSO [Computer Systems] . Masked Transferring Method of Discontinuous Sectors in Disk Cache System ......................................................... 1239 Tetsuhiko FUJII, Akira YAMAMOTO, Naoya TAKAHASHI, and Minoru YOSHIDA . Tokkyu~: A High-Performance, Randomizing, Adaptive Message Router with Packet Expressway ......................................... 1248 Andrew FLAVELL and Yoshizo TAKAHASHI [Software Systems] . Development of Program Difference Tool Based on Tree Mapping ... 1261 Lin LIAN, Minoru AIZAWA, Katsuro INOUE, and Koji TORII [Computer Networks] . A New Specification Environment for Communication Systems Based on Specification Reuse by the Application of Case Based Reasoning . 1269 Ching-Fa HUANG, Susumu YOSHIMURA, Takuji KARAHASHI, and Norio SHIRATORI [Fault Tolerant Computing] . A New Scheduling Scheme in Responsive Systems .................. 1282 Seongbae EUN, Seung Ryoul MAENG, and Jung Wan CHO [Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Pattern Recognition] . Dynamic Reconfiguration of Active Net Structure for Region Extraction ..................................................... 1288 Kazuyoshi YOSHINO, Satoru MORITA, Toshio KAWASHIMA, and Yoshinao AOKI . A Neural Net Classifier for Multi-Temporal LANDSAT TM Images ... 1295 Sei-ichiro KAMATA and Eiji KAWAGUCHI . Reliability of 3-D Reconstruction by Stereo Vision ............. 1301 Yasushi KANAZAWA and Kenichi KANATANI . Dynamic Programming Based One Dimensional-Two Dimensional Character Recognition Algorithm with Branched References ................. 1307 Muhammad Masroor ALI and Hiroaki SAKOE LETTERS ======= [Algorithm and Computational Complexity] . A Multiple-Precision Modular Multiplication Algorithm with Triangle Additions ...................................................... 1313 Naofumi TAKAGI [Computer Hardware and Design] . A Selective Invalidation Strategy for Cache Coherence .......... 1316 Cosimo Antonio PRETE, Gianpaolo PRINA, and Luigi RICCIARDI [Software Systems] . A Formal Technique to Analyze Event Concurrent Response ........ 1321 Hiromi KOBAYASHI and Yasunari SHIDAMA [Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science] . A Strategy for Forgetting Cases by Restricting Memory .......... 1324 Hiroyoshi WATANABE, Kenzo OKUDA, and Shozo FUJIWARA . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J78-D-I, J78-D-II, No.10 in Japanese) ....................................................... 1327