Special Issue on Multimedia Computing and Communications
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 . FOREWORD ........................................................ 639
        Tomio KISHIMOTO

INVITED PAPERS
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 . Multimedia Database Systems for the Contents Mediator ........... 641
        Masao SAKAUCHI, Takashi SATOU, and Yoshitomo YAGINUMA

 . DAVIC: Interoperability Solution for Video-on-Demand Systems .... 647
        Hisashi KASAHARA, Hidenori OKUDA, and Kazunori SHIMAMURA

 . Multimedia Spoken Language Translation .......................... 653
        Jae-Woo YANG, Youngjik LEE, and Jin-H.KIM

 . Program Production in the Age of Multimedia --DTPP: Desktop Program
   Production-- .................................................... 659
        Kazumasa ENAMI, Kazuo FUKUI, and Nobuyuki YAGI

 . P&D Activities on Multimedia Communications in Korea ............ 667
        Yanghee CHOI and Jae-Woo YANG

PAPERS
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 . Managing Complex Object Information for Interactive Movie Systems
            ........................................................ 672
        Fumiyuki TANEMO, Tadashiro YOSHIDA, and Ryoji KATAOKA

 . MEMORI: MHEG Engine for Multimedia Information Object Retrieval and
   Interchange ..................................................... 680
        Hyungseok CHUNG and Kwangsue CHUNG

 . An Object-Oriented Hypermedia System Based on the Dexter Reference
   Model and the MHEG Standard ..................................... 687
        Byung-Kwon PARK, Woong-Kee LOH, Jeong-Joon LEE, Chong-Mok PARK,
        and Kyu-Young WHANG

 . Content-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval --A Natural Language
   Approach-- ...................................................... 695
        Yeun-Bae KIM

 . Performance Improvements of Scheduling Algorithms for Multimedia
   Server .......................................................... 706
        Seong Soo PARK and Dong Ho CHO

 . An Efficient Storage Scheme for Multimedia Server ............... 712
        Jooyoung SON and Yanghee CHOI

 . A Proposal of Network Protocol with Performance for Multimedia
   Communication System ............................................ 719
        Ken OHTA, Takashi WATANABE, and Tadanori MIZUNO

 . Analysis of Communication Behaviors in ISDN-TV Model Conferences
   Using Synchronous and Asynchronous Speech Transmission .......... 728
        Sooja CHOI

 . A Region-Based Adaptive Perceptual Quantization Technique for MPEG
   Coder ........................................................... 737
        Hyun Duk CHO, Byung Sun CHOI, Kyoung Won LIM, Seong Deuk KIM,
        and Jong Beom RA

 . Automatic Hardware Synthesis of Multimedia Synchronizers from
   High-Level Specifications ....................................... 743
        Kshirasagar NAIK

 . Flexible VLSI Architecture for Block-Matching Motion Estimation . 752
        Han-Kyu LEE, Jae-Yeal NAM, Jin-Soo CHOI, and Yeong-Ho HA

 . Design and Implementation of the MPEG-2 Multi-Channel Audio Decoder
            ........................................................ 759
        Young Tae HAN, Jong-Seog KOH, Soon Hong KWON, Sun Kook YOO, and
        Dae Hee YOUN

 . Object Surface Representation Using Occlusion Analysis of
   Spatiotemporal Images ........................................... 764
        Takayuki YASUNO, Satoshi SUZUKI, and Yasuhiko YASUDA

 . Emotion Enhanced Face to Face Meetings Using the Concept of Virtual
   Space Teleconferencing .......................................... 772
        Liyanage C.DE SILVA, Tsutomu MIYASATO, and Fumio KISHINO

 . A Method for Displaying Virtual Spaces of Natural Scenes Employing
   Fractal-Based Shape Data Simplification and Visual Properties ... 781
        Noriaki KUWAHARA, Shin-ichi SHIWA, and Fumio KISHINO

 . Position Measurement Improvement on a Force Display Device Using
   Tensed Strings .................................................. 792
        Yi CAI, Shengjin WANG, Masahiro ISHII, and Makoto SATO

 . Vision-Based Human Interface System with World-Fixed and
   Human-Centered Frames Using Multiple View Invariance ............ 799
        Kang-Hyun JO, Kentaro HAYASHI, Yoshinori KUNO, and Yoshiaki
        SHIRAI

 . Virtualized Endoscope System --An Application of Virtual Reality
   Technology to Diagnostic Aid-- .................................. 809
        Kensaku MORI, Akihiro URANO, Jun-ichi HASEGAWA, Jun-ichiro
        TORIWAKI, Hirofumi ANNO,and Kazuhiro KATADA

Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Automata, Languages and Theory of Computing]

 . Assignment of Data Types to Words in a Natural Language
   Specification ................................................... 820
        Yasunori ISHIHARA, Atsushi OHSAKI, Hiroyuki SEKI, and Tadao
        KASAMI

 . Note on Domain/Surface Tree Languages of t-PDTT's ............... 829
        Katsunori YAMASAKI

[Software Theory]

 . Sequence Domains and Fixpoint Semantics for Logic Programs ...... 840
        Susumu YAMASAKI

[Software Systems]

 . Structural Active Object Systems for Mixed-Mode Simulation ...... 855
        Doohun EUM and Toshimi MINOURA

[Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Pattern Recognition]

 . An Automated Thresholding Approach for Segmenting Deteriorated SEM
   Images in X-ray Mask Visual Inspection .......................... 866
        Minoru ITO

 . A Practical Structural Representation of a Segmented Image ...... 873
        Shoujie HE, Norihiro ABE, and Chew Lim TAN

[Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science]

 . Qualitative Decomposition and Recognition of Infrared Spectra ... 881
        Qi ZHAO and Toyoaki NISHIDA

[Bio-Cybernetics and Neurocomputing]

 . Performance Evaluation of Neural Network Hardware Using Time-Shared
   Bus and Integer Representation Architecture ..................... 888
        Moritoshi YASUNAGA and Tatsuo OCHIAI

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J79-D-I, J79-D-II, No.6 in Japanese)
            ........................................................ 897