ICCSA 2008: Perugia, Italy
Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Antonio Laganà, David Taniar, Youngsong Mun, Marina L. Gavrilova (Eds.): Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008, International Conference, Perugia, Italy, June 30 - July 3, 2008, Proceedings, Part I. Springer 2008 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 978-3-540-69838-8
Workshop on Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (GEO-AN-MOD 2008)
Andrea Taramelli, Laura Melelli: Detecting Alluvial Fans Using Quantitative Roughness Characterization and Fuzzy Logic Analysis. 1-15
Gotthard Meinel: High Resolution Analysis of Settlement Structure on Base of Topographic Raster Maps - Method and Implementation. 16-25
Valerio Cutini: Working on the Edge of Town: The Periphery as a Spatial Pattern. 26-41
Markus Wolff, Hartmut Asche: Geospatial Modelling of Urban Security: A Novel Approach with Virtual 3D City Models. 42-51
Devis Tuia, Christian Kaiser, Antonio Da Cunha, Mikhail F. Kanevski: Socio-economic Data Analysis with Scan Statistics and Self-organizing Maps. 52-64
Giorgio Beccali, Maurizio Cellura, Simona Culotta, Valerio Lo Brano, Antonino Marvuglia: A Web-Based Autonomous Weather Monitoring System of the Town of Palermo and Its Utilization for Temperature Nowcasting. 65-80
Norma Serra-Sogas, Patrick O'Hara, Rosaline Canessa, Stefania Bertazzon, Marina L. Gavrilova: Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Illegal Oil Discharges Detected off Canada's Pacific Coast. 81-95
Luca D'Acci: Growths, Urban Transformations, Real Estate Positional Value: Econometric Cellular Automata for the Simulation of the Positional Value: An Application for Turin. 96-110
Massimiliano Petri, Silvana Lombardo: Renewable Energy Sources: The Case of Wind Farms Analysis. 111-125
Paola Perchinunno, Francesco Rotondo, Carmelo Maria Torre: A Multivariate Fuzzy Analysis for the Regeneration of Urban Poverty Areas. 137-152
Farid Karimipour, Mahmoud Reza Delavar, Andrew U. Frank: A Mathematical Tool to Extend 2D Spatial Operations to Higher Dimensions. 153-164
Marta García Vivanco, Mauricio Correa, Oier Azula, Inmaculada Palomino, Fernando Martín: Influence of Model Resolution on Ozone Predictions over Madrid Area (Spain). 165-178
Vitor Silva, Corinne Plazanet, Cláudio Carneiro, François Golay: 3D LIDAR Data Application for Urban Morphogenesis Multi-agent Vector Based Geosimulation. 179-193
Alex Hagen-Zanker, Pim Martens: Map Comparison Methods for Comprehensive Assessment of Geosimulation Models. 194-209
Christine Voiron-Canicio: A Spatio-morphological Modelling for Spread Predicting. 210-220
Elke Moons, Tom Brijs, Geert Wets: Hot Spot Analysis: Improving a Local Indicator of Spatial Association for Application in Traffic Safety. 221-231
Francesco Campobasso, Annarita Fanizzi, Paola Perchinunno: Homogenous Urban Poverty Clusterswithin the City of Bari. 232-244
Henning Sten Hansen: The Impact of Climate Change on Future Land-Use in a Coastal Zone Planning Context. 245-257
Yong Ge, Hexiang Bai, Sanping Li: Geo-spatial Data Analysis, Quality Assessment and Visualization. 258-267
Maria Ioannilli, Alessandro Paregiani: Automated Unsupervised Geomorphometric Classification of Earth Surface for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment. 268-283
Maria Ioannilli, Enrico Rocchi: Urban Roughness Parameters Calculation in the City of Rome by Applying Analytical and Simplified Formulations: Comparison of Results. 284-299
Sandro Bimonte, Anne Tchounikine, Michela Bertolotto: Integration of Geographic Information into Multidimensional Models. 316-329
Massimiliano Petri, Alessandra Lapucci, Diana Poletti: The Behavioural Rules in Multi Agent Systems: A "Not a Toy" Approach. 330-345
Stefania Bertazzon, Scott Olson: Alternative Distance Metrics for Enhanced Reliability of Spatial Regression Analysis of Health Data. 361-374
Ivan Blecic, Arnaldo Cecchini, Giuseppe A. Trunfio: A Software Infrastructure for Multi-agent Geosimulation Applications. 375-388
Pablo Vanegas, Dirk Cattrysse, Jos Van Orshoven: Comparing Exact and Heuristic Methods for Site Location Based on Multiple Attributes: An Afforestation Application. 389-404
Luciano Telesca, Rosa Coluzzi, Rosa Lasaponara: Temporal Variation of Urban Pattern Morphology in Southern Italy Explored by Using Landsat Data. 405-414
Maria Danese, Maurizio Lazzari, Beniamino Murgante: Kernel Density Estimation Methods for a Geostatistical Approach in Seismic Risk Analysis: The Case Study of Potenza Hilltop Town (Southern Italy). 415-429
Maria Danese, Giuseppe B. Las Casas, Beniamino Murgante: 3D Simulations in Environmental Impact Assessment. 430-443
S. J. Melles, Gerard B. M. Heuvelink, Chris J. W. Twenhöfel, Ulrich Stöhlker: Sampling Optimization Trade-Offs for Long-Term Monitoring of Gamma Dose Rates. 444-458
Giuseppe Borruso: Geographical Analysis of Foreign Immigration and Spatial Patterns in Urban Areas: Density Estimation and Spatial Segregation. 459-474
Dmitry Kurtener, H. Allen Torbert, Elena Krueger: Evaluation of Agricultural Land Suitability: Application of Fuzzy Indicators. 475-490
Michael Arkhipov, Elena Krueger, Dmitry Kurtener: Evaluation of Ecological Conditions Using Bioindicators: Application of Fuzzy Modeling. 491-500
Workshop on Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2007)
Tai-Jong Kim, Min-Cheol Kim: Context Awareness Using Semantic Web Technology in the Ubiquitous Learning Service. 501-515
Mohamed Hamada: Web-Based Environment for Active Computing Learners. 516-529
Onur Donmez, Mustafa Murat Inceoglu: A Web Based Tool for Novice Programmers: Interaction in Use. 530-540
Beril Ceylan, Mustafa Murat Inceoglu: Materializing Learning Objects with SCORM Specifications. 541-554
Workshop on Computer Aided Information (CAI) Technology (CAIT 2008)
Samira Kooshkestani, Mohammad Pooyan, Hamed Sadjedi: A New Method for Iris Recognition Systems Based on Fast Pupil Localization. 555-564
Suhong Ahn, Sangwon Lee, Yang Na: Elasticity Effect on the Ink Transfer Process in Gravure Printing. 565-575
Dong-Jun Bang, Tae-Gun Jeong: Perturbation Analysis of the Combination Resonances of a Thin Cantilever Beam under Vertical Excitations. 576-586
Seoung Soo Lee, Chang Wan Kim, Kyung Tae Kim, Nam Ki Lee, Keun-Sang Park: A Study on the Design Supporting System for Cylinder Using Pro/PROGRAM. 587-600
Keun-Sang Park, Sin Hee Ann, Chang-Han Kim, Milda Park, Seoung Soo Lee: The Effects of Hangul Font and Character Size on the Readability in PDA. 601-614
Workshop on Computational GeoInformatics (COMPGEO 2008)
Yutaka Yanagisawa: Predictive Indexing for Position Data of Moving Objects in the Real World. 615-630
Niels Charlier, Guy De Tré, Sidharta Gautama, Rik Bellens: A Twofold Fuzzy Region Model for Imprecise Quality Control of Geographic Information. 647-662
Astrid Jurisch, David Mountain: Evaluating the Viability of Pictometry Imagery for Creating Models of the Built Environment. 663-677
Mikhail F. Kanevski, Vadim Timonin, Alexei Pozdnoukhov: Automatic Decision-Oriented Mapping of Pollution Data. 678-691
Tomislav Hengl, Emiel van Loon, Henk Sierdsema, Willem Bouten: Advancing Spatio-temporal Analysis of Ecological Data: Examples in R. 692-707
Rüdiger Göbel, Alexander Zipf: How to Define 3D Geoprocessing Operations for the OGC Web Processing Service (WPS)? Towards a Classification of 3D Operations. 708-723
Ivan Lizarazo, Paul Elsner: Fuzzy Regions for Handling Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Image Segmentation. 724-739
Arie Croitoru: Deriving and Mining Spatiotemporal Event Schemas in In-Situ Sensor Data. 740-755
Pravesh Debba, Alfred Stein, Freek D. van der Meer, Emmanuel John M. Carranza, Arko Lucieer: Field Sampling from a Segmented Image. 756-768
Workshop on Embedded Systems for Ubiquitous Computing (ESUC 2008)
Junghoon Lee, Gyung-Leen Park, Min-Jae Kang: A Message Scheduling Scheme in Hybrid Telematics Networks. 769-779
Yongyun Cho, Jaeyoung Choi: An Embedded Software Testing Tool Supporting Multi-paradigm Views. 780-789
H. H. Park, JiMan Hong, S. M. Yang: Static Worst-Case Execution Time Analysis Tool for Embedded Operating Systems. 790-799
Sangho Yi, Hong Min, Yookun Cho, Jiman Hong: SensorMaker: A Wireless Sensor Network Simulator for Scalable and Fine-Grained Instrumentation. 800-810
Boncheol Gu, Junyoung Heo, Yookun Cho, Younghwan Kim: Linked Stack Buffer Management for Shared-Stacks. 811-819
Hong Min, Junyoung Heo, Yookun Cho, Kahyun Lee, Jaegi Son, Byunghun Song: A Module Management Scheme for Dynamic Reconfiguration. 820-828
Workshop on High-Performance Computing and Information Visualization (HPCIV 2008)
Rohayu Yusof, Shuzlina Abdul Rahman, Marina Yusoff, Sofianita Mutalib, Azlinah Mohamed: Online Slant Identification Algorithm Using Vector Rules. 829-840
Yong-Hyuk Kim: An Enzyme-Inspired Approach to Surmount Barriers in Graph Bisection. 841-851
Mohammad Zubair, Ravi Mukkamala: High Performance Implementation of Binomial Option Pricing. 852-866
Philippe Cerfontaine, Thomas Beer, Torsten Kuhlen, Christian H. Bischof: Towards a Flexible and Distributed Simulation Platform. 867-882
Jinbock Lee, Sangkeon Lee, Jaeyoung Choi: A Workflow System Based on Meta Services in Grid Environments. 883-895
Workshop on Mobile Communications (MC 2008)
Sueng Jae Bae, Hyung Joo Ki, Min Young Chung: Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11e EDCA with DCF Improvement Algorithms. 896-905
SungDae Jung, Xu Shenglei, SangSun Lee: RV-CSMA/CA: Relative Velocity-CSMA/CA Mechanism for Inter-vehicle Network. 906-916
Bum-Gon Choi, Woo Jin Jung, Min Young Chung, Byung Jun Ahn: Hybrid Medium Access Control Scheme to Enhance the Performance of IEEE 802.11s Wireless Mesh Networks. 917-927
Jaewan Seo, Moonseong Kim, Sang-Hun Cho, Hyunseung Choo: An Energy and Distance Aware Data Dissemination Protocol Based on SPIN in Wireless Sensor Networks. 928-937
Kyunghye Lee, Miyoung Kim, Gye-Young Kim, Youngsong Mun: Supporting Address Autoconfiguration for IPv6 in IEEE 802.16e Based Network. 938-947
Faraz Idris Khan, Eui-nam Huh: Buffer Tuning Mechanism for Stripped Transport Layer Connections Using PID Controller on Multi-homed Mobile Host. 948-959
Jaehyung Lee, Soobeen Ahn, Hyunseung Choo: BCR: Balanced Congestion Control after Spurious RTO. 960-971
Md. Shariful Islam, Young Yig Yoon, Md. Abdul Hamid, Choong Seon Hong: A Secure Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol for 802.11s Mesh Network. 972-985
Workshop on Molecular Simulations Structures and Processes (MOSSAP 2008)
Irene Luque Ruiz, Miguel Ángel Gómez-Nieto: A Tool for the Calculation of Molecular Descriptors in the Development of QSAR Models. 986-996
Javier Díaz, Sebastián Reyes, Camelia Muñoz-Caro, Alfonso Niño: MSSML: A Molecular Spectroscopic Simulations Markup Language for Rovibrational Studies. 997-1010
María Eugenia Castro, Alfonso Niño, Camelia Muñoz-Caro: Accurate Numerical Computation of Rovibrational G Matrices in Molecules of Arbitrary Size. 1011-1025
Margarita Albertí, Antonio Aguilar, Massimiliano Bartolomei, David Cappelletti, Antonio Laganà, Josep M. Lucas, Fernando Pirani: Small Water Clusters: The Cases of Rare Gas-Water, Alkali Ion-Water and Water Dimer. 1026-1035
Siegfried Benkner, Christian Schröder, Mária Lucká, Othmar Steinhauser: Grid Services for Parallel Molecular Dynamics with NAMD and CHARMM. 1036-1051
Alessandro Costantini, Antonio Laganà: Investigation of Propane and Methane Bulk Properties Structure Using Two Different Force Fields. 1052-1064
Amaia Saracibar, Carlos Sánchez, Ernesto Garcia, Antonio Laganà, Dimitris Skouteris: Grid Computing in Time-Dependent Quantum Reactive Dynamics. 1065-1080
Sergio Rampino, Dimitris Skouteris, Antonio Laganà, Ernesto Garcia: A Comparison of the Isotope Effect for the N + N2 Reaction Calculated on Two Potential Energy Surfaces. 1081-1093
Anthony Scemama, Antonio Monari, Celestino Angeli, Stefano Borini, Stefano Evangelisti, Elda Rossi: Common Format for Quantum Chemistry Interoperability: Q5Cost Format and Library. 1094-1107
Dimitris Skouteris, Alessandro Costantini, Antonio Laganà, Gergely Sipos, Ákos Balaskó, Péter Kacsuk: Implementation of the ABC Quantum Mechanical Reactive Scattering Program on the EGEE Grid Platform. 1108-1120
Hoang Duc Minh, Hans Georg Bock, Steffen Tischer, Olaf Deutschmann: Fast Solution for Large-Scale 2-D Convection-Diffusion, Reacting Flows. 1121-1130
Savino Longo, Paola Diomede, Annarita Laricchiuta, Gianpiero Colonna, Mario Capitelli, Daniela Ascenzi, Mario Scotoni, Paolo Tosi, Fernando Pirani: From Microscopic to Macroscopic Modeling of Supersonic Seeded Atomic Beam. 1131-1140
Anna Amat, Antonio Sgamellotti, Simona Fantacci: Theoretical Study of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Luteolin and Apigenin Dyes. 1141-1155
Workshop on PULSES - Logical, Technical and Computational Aspects of Transformations and Suddenly Emerging Phenomena (PULSES 2008)
Masoud Mirmomeni, Caro Lucas, Babak Nadjar Araabi: Using Neurofuzzy Models and Spectral Analysis for Prediction of the Exotic Phenomena with Catastrophic Jumps. 1156-1170


Carlo Cattani: Wavelet Extraction of a Pulse from a Periodic Signal. 1202-1211
Matilde P. Legua, Isabel Morales, Luis M. Sánchez Ruiz: The Heaviside Step Function and MATLAB. 1212-1221
Marina Yusoff, Junaidah Ariffin, Azlinah Mohamed: Vehicle Priority Selection Algorithm for Evacuation Planning. 1222-1234
General Track
Arash Shamaei, Hamid Sarbazi-Azad: An Adaptive and Fault-Tolerant Routing Algorithm for Meshes. 1235-1248
Joonsang Baek, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Willy Susilo: Public Key Encryption with Keyword Search Revisited. 1249-1259



