MATHEMATICAL METHODS,
COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES,
NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS,
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on
MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES and
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (MAMECTIS '08)
Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on
NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS and CHAOS (NOLASC'08)
Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on
WAVELET ANALYSIS and MULTIRATE SYSTEMS (WAMUS'08)
Corfu, Greece, October 26-28, 2008
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INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (MAMECTIS '08)
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Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on
WAVELET ANALYSIS and MULTIRATE SYSTEMS (WAMUS'08)
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS,
COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES,
NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS,
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on
MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES and
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (MAMECTIS '08)
Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on
NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS and CHAOS (NOLASC'08)
Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on
WAVELET ANALYSIS and MULTIRATE SYSTEMS (WAMUS'08)
Corfu, Greece, October 26-28, 2008
Editors:
Prof. Nikos E. Mastorakis, MIUE (ASEI), Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece
Prof. Marios Poulos, Ionio University, Corfu, Greece
Prof. Valeri Mladenov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Zoran Bojkovic, Technical University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Dana Simian, University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu, Romania
Prof. Stamatios Kartalopoulos, University of Oklahoma, USA
Prof. Argyrios Varonides, University of Scranton, USA
Prof. Constantin Udriste, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
International Program Committee Members:
Lotfi Zadeh, USA
Dimitri Bertsekas, USA / GREECE
Leonid Kazovsky, USA
Stamatios Kartalopoulos, USA / GREECE
George Vachtsevanos, USA / GREECE
Ronald Yager, USA
Demetrios Kazakos, USA / GREECE
Theodore Trafalis, USA / GREECE
Spyros Tragoudas, USA / GREECE
Metin Demiralp, Turkey
Kleanthis Psarris, USA / GREECE
Argyrios Varonides, USA / GREECE
Huda Abdullah, MALAYSIA
Shahrum Abdullah, MALAYSIA
Praveen Agarwal, INDIA
Hafaifa Ahmed, ALGERIA
Noel Shammas, UK
Vladimir Aslanov, RUSSIA
Igor Astrov, ESTONIA
Carlos Aviles-Cruz, MEXICO
Nikos Bardis, GREECE
Kvetoslav Belda, CZECH REPUBLIC
Palma Camastra, ITALY
Ion Carstea, ROMANIA
Daniela Carstea, ROMANIA
Dumitru Cazacu, ROMANIA
C.C. Henry Chan, TAIWAN
Wlodzimierz Choromanski, POLAND
Juan Ramón Díaz Santos, SPAIN
Harald Funke, FRANCE
Daniel Garcia, SPAIN
Ioannis Gonos, GREECE
Victor Grigoras, ROMANIA
Seon-Kwan Han, KOREA
Carlos Hernández Franco, SPAIN
Emanullah Hizel, TURKEY
Jaroslav Hlava, CZECH REPUBLIC
Nobutoshi Ikeda, JAPAN
Mohammad Mehdi Karkhanehchi, IRAN
Khairurrijal Khairurrijal, INDONESIA
Raquel Lacuesta, SPAIN
Olga Martin, ROMANIA
Chul Hyun Lee, KOREA
Jaime Lloret Mauri, SPAIN
Dorin Dumitru Lucache, ROMANIA
Martin Macko, CZECH REPUBLIC
Juan A. Marin-Garcia, SPAIN
Richard Naidoo, SOUTH AFRICA
Mohd Zaki Nuawi, MALAYSIA
Marios Poulos, GREECE
Ioannis Pountourakis, GREECE
Puntani Pongsumpun, THAILAND
K V Ramana, INDIA
Nicolas Ratier, FRANCE
Maria Rizzi, ITALY
Lungu Romulus, ROMANIA
Luminita Scutaru, ROMANIA
Irma Siller-Alcalá, MEXICO
Anil Swarnkar, INDIA
Horatiu Teodorescu, ROMANIA
Fragkiskos Topalis, GREECE
Popescu Theodor Dan, ROMANIA
Ioannis Tzouvadakis, GREECE
Matei Vinatoru, ROMANIA
Petr Ekel, BRAZILIA
Petr Wolf, CZECH REPUBLIC
Preface
This book contains the proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on
MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES and INTELLIGENT
SYSTEMS (MAMECTIS '08), proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on
NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS and CHAOS (NOLASC'08), and
proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on WAVELET ANALYSIS and
MULTIRATE SYSTEMS (WAMUS'08) which were held in Corfu, Greece, October 26-28, 2008.
These conferences aim to disseminate the latest research and applications in Circuits, Networks,
Automation, Control, Robotics, Instrumentation and Measurement, Non-Linear Systems in
Science, Non-Linear Systems in Engineering, Construction of wavelets, Wavelet Transforms and
other relevant topics and applications.
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Table of Contents
Plenary Lecture I: Geometrical Approach of Multi-Time Maximum Principle
15
Constantin Udriste
Plenary Lecture II: Mathematical Modeling of Forest Fire Initiation
17
Valeriy Perminov
Plenary Lecture III: Nature Inspired Algorithms in Intelligent Systems Modeling
19
Dana Simian
Plenary Lecture IV: Global Optimization Strategies for Improved Bandwidth Management in
Wireless Communications
20
Dimitrios A. Karras
Plenary Lecture V: Intelligent Systems
22
Ioan-Gheorghe Ratiu
Plenary Lecture VI: Outliers in Bilinear Time Series Model
24
Azami Zaharim
Special Session I: Advanced Multimedia Annotation Tools and Methods
25
Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Anastasis Kounoudes amd Klimis Ntalianis
Special Session II: Advanced Techniques and Simulations for Defense Applications
27
Nikolaos G. Bardis and Nikolaos V. Karadimas
Reconstruction of Nonlinear Dynamics of a Cracked Rotor by Time Delay and Embedding
Technique
29
Alfayo A Alugongo and Sithebe Thembelani
Qualitative Behavior of Mixing Phenomena - the Case of Axisymmetric Extensional Flows
38
Adela Ionescu and Daniela Coman
A Gentle Introduction to the Boundary Element Method in Matlab/Freemat
46
Stephen Kirkup and Javad Yazdani
The Proposed Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation System
53
Ouarda Hachour
Constructive Formal Conversion of Moore Machine to Deterministic Finite Automata
59
Shagufta Riaz and Nazir Ahmad Zafar
A Genetic_FPGA Algorithm Path planning of an Autonomous Mobile Robot
66
Ouarda Hachour
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Buckling of Rectangular Laminated Composite Thin Plates Subject to Non-uniform In-plane
Loading - A Differential Quadrature Approach
72
M. Mohieddin Ghomshei and H. Oulad Dameshghie
Minimum Vertex Guard Problem for Orthogonal Polygons: a Genetic Approach
78
Antonio L. Bajuelos, Santiago Canales, Gregorio Hernandez and Ana Mafalda Martins
Non-linear Effect of Noise around Highway On-Ramp
84
Ding-Wei Huang
Bus Schedule Interfered by Traffic Lights
90
Wei-Neng Huang
Implementation of the DWT using Intel IA-32 SIMD Extensions
96
Enrique P. Martin and Jose Salvado
Component-based Face Detection in Colour Images
101
Jamal Ahmad Dargham and Ali Chekima
Fuzzy Usability Evaluation of Information Systems in Public Administration
106
Miloslav Hub and Michal Zatloukal
Chaotic and Higher Harmonic Oscillations in a Nonlinear ON-OFF Circuit with a Synchronous
Switch
112
Nizar Jabli, Hedi Khammari and M.Faouzi Mimouni
Theoretical Approach to Estimate the Air Rate in a Heated Medium Temperature Furnace
119
Minea Alina Adriana
A New Approach in Obtaining Transfer Function for a Large- Scale Linear Network
122
Rashidi, F.R.M. ; Ismail, R.M.T.R. and Ishak, R.
Towards a Semantic Self-Organising Web Page-Ranking Mechanism using Computational
Geometry
127
Marios Poulos and Sozon Papavlasopoulos
A Global Bibliometric Index for a Published Article
132
Sozon Papavlasopoulos and Marios Poulos
Rough Concept Analysis for Rough Classification
137
Yu-Kyung Kang and Suk-Hyung Hwang
Mathematical Modeling of Forest Fire Initiation
143
Valeriy Perminov
Structural Reliability Improvement using Non-Linear and Adaptive Multi-Model Techniques
Vassilios C. Moussas
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Comparison of Nonlinear Methods for Hematocrit Estimation from the Transduced Anodic
Current Curve
156
Hieu Trung Huynh, Jung-Ja Kim and Yonggwan Won
A Simulation of the Sport Small Arms Trigger Mechanisms
162
Martin Macko
Enhancing Tidal Prediction Accuracy in Singapore Regional Model Using Local Model
Approach
165
Yabin Sun, Piyamarn Sisomphon, Vladan Babovic and Eng Soon Chan
Low Voltage Chaotic Oscillator
171
O. Tsakiridis, D. Sklavounos and J. Stonham
Probability Model for Costs
193
Daniela Damian
Aspects Regarding the Length of Typical Trails in a Web Site
203
Nicoleta David
Friction and Heat transfer in Slip flow Boundary Layer at Constant Heat Flux Boundary
Conditions
207
M.H. Yazdi, S. Abdullah, I. Hashim, A. Zaharim and K. Sopian
Geometric Entities Related by Inequalities
214
Constantin Udriste and Dragos Cioroboiu
Magnetic Dynamics Around a Configuration of Two Square AntiHelmholtz Coils
222
Constantin Udriste and Monica Pirvan
A New Approach in Wavelet based Speech Compression
228
Jalal Karam
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Features Sets based on Fuzzy Reasoning for Automatic Sea Floor Characterization
234
Mircea Boscoianu, Cristian Molder, Janel Arhip, Mihai I. Stanciu and Iulian C. Vizitiu
Decision Fusion for Improved Automatic License Plate Recognition
240
Mircea Boscoianu, Cristian Molder, Janel Arhip, Mihai I. Stanciu and Iulian C. Vizitiu
Analytical Model of the CKC-Based Activity Index Variance
246
Rok Istenic and Damjan Zazula
iSCSI Protocol Adaptation with 2-Way TCP Hand Shake Mechanism for an Embedded MultiAgent Based Health Care System
250
Shaikh Muhammad Allayear, Sung Soon Park and Jaechun No
On the Erosion Process Prediction of the Ductile Materials
256
Viorel-Puiu Paun, Constantin Udriste and Constantin Patrascoiu
Toward a Multi-Agent Model for the Care of Patients at The Emergency Department
264
Amani Daknou, Hayfa Zgaya, Slim Hammadi and Herve Hubert
Fast Algorithm for Detecting the Most Unusual Part of Digital Images with Application to
Medical Databases
270
Kostadin Koroutchev and E. Korutcheva
Adaptive Authentication System for Behavior Biometrics using Supervised Pareto Self
Organizing Maps
277
Masanori Nakakuni, Hiroshi Dozono and Shinsuke Itou
Base Selection Method for Recognition of Exon-Intron Boundaries
283
Susumu Katayama and Yujiro Tomoshige
Automatic Control based on Wasp Behavioral Model and Stochastic Learning Automata
289
Florin Stoica and Dana Simian
Using A* Algorithm for Directed Linear Arrangement Problem
295
Derchian Tsaih, Guangming Wu, Shaoshin Hung and Chinshan Wu
On Integrated Ant Colony Optimization Strategies for Improved Channel Allocation in Large
Scale Wireless Communications
300
P.M. Papazoglou, D.A. Karras and R.C. Papademetriou
Structural Reliability Improvement using Non-Linear and Adaptive Multi-Model Techniques
307
Vassilios C. Moussas
A Critical Overview on the Recent Advances in Channel Allocation Strategies for Voice and
Multimedia Services in Wireless Communication Systems and the Applicability of
Computational Intelligence Techniques
P.M. Papazoglou, D.A. Karras and R.C. Papademetriou
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A Novel Neural Network Model Upon Biological and Electrical Perceptions
321
Saki Yatano, Atsushi Fukasawa and Yumi Takizawa
Analysis Method for Time-Space Sequences by a Novel Neural Network
326
Yumi Takizawa, Saki Yatano and Atsushi Fukasawa
On Lagrange Interpolation
332
Dana Simian and Corina Simian
Genetical Programming Evolving Algorithms
338
Mircea Iosif Neamtu
Advanced AI Techniques for Web Mining
343
Ioan Dzitac and Ioana Moisil
Performance Improvements of a Kohonen self Organizing Classification Algorithm on Sparse
Data Sets
347
Francesco Maiorana
An Upgraded Petri Net Model of Systolic Architecture for Solving Differential Equations Based
on Taylor’s Method
353
Perica Strbac, Milan Tuba and Dana Simian
A Generalization and a Quasi-Fractal Scheme of the Fibonacci Integer Sequence
359
J-B. Cazier, C. Mandakas and V. Gekas
Fortran Codes for Computing the Acoustic Field Surrounding a Vibrating Plate by the Rayleigh
Integral Method
364
Stephen Kirkup
Electromagnetic Simulation by the FDTD method in Java
370
Stephen Kirkup, Irfan Mulla, Goodchild Ndou and Javad Yazdani
On Stability and Ambiguous Representation of Shock Wave Discontinuity: Numerical Analysis
on the Basis of Model Equation of State
376
A.V. Konyukhov, A.P. Likhachev, V.E. Fortov and A.M. Oparin
Vertical Mining with Incomplete Data
380
Faris Alqadah, Zhen Hu and Lawrence J. Mazlack
The Suitability of Statistical Distribution in Fitting Wind Speed Data
386
Azami Zaharim, Siti Khadijah Najid, Ahmad Mahir Razali and Kamaruzzaman Sopian
Performance Testing of Wireless Intelligent Sensor and Actuator Network (WISAN) on a PreStressed Concrete Bridge
M. F. M. Zain, V. Krishnamurthy, E. Sazonov, M. Jamil and I.M. Taib
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Mathematical Regression Model for the Prediction of Concrete Strength
396
M. F. M. Zain, Suhad M. Abd, K. Sopian, M. Jamil and Che-Ani A.I
Growth of Peas Pisum Sativum L. in the Presence of Diesel and Bacteria Consortia in Peat and
Sandy Soil
403
Laila Dubova, Olga Muter, Alina Mihailova, Ina Alsina, Vilhelmine Steinberga, Baiba Limane and Dzidra Zarina
Critical Analysis of GHG Emissions Generate by the Fossil Fuel Power Plant
408
Cristian Dinca, Cosmin Marculescu, Adrian Badea and Cora Gheorghe
Global Optimization of Non-Linear Systems of Equations by Simulating the Flight of a Projectile
in the Conformational Space
414
Nicholas Harkiolakis
Using RFID Technology in Produce Traceability
421
Ruey-Shun Chen, C-C Chen, K.C. Yeh, Y-C Chen and C-W, Kuo
Identification a Potential Wave Energy Location in Malaysia using GIS
426
K.N. Abdul Maulud, O.A Karim, K. Sopian, Z. Md. Darus and E.E. Mohd. Ramly
Potential of Wind Energy in Sustainable Development of Resort Island in Malaysia: A Case
Study of Pulau Perhentian (Perhentian Island)
431
Zuhairuse Md Darus, Nor Atikah Hashim, Siti Nurhidayah Abdul Manan, Mohd Azhar Abdul Rahman, Khairul
Nizam Abdul Maulud and Othman Abdul Karim
Special Session I: Advanced Multimedia Annotation Tools and Methods
437
Automatic Annotation of Multimedia Content by User Clickthroughs: Enhancing the
Performance of Multimedia Search Engines
439
Klimis Ntalianis, Anastasios Doulamis, Nicolas Tsapatsoulis and Nikolaos Doulamis
PIDALION: A Reconfigurable Agent-based Multimedia Search Engine Platform
447
Anastasios Doulamis and Klimis Ntalianis
A Multi-level Video Annotation Tool based on XML-dictionaries
455
Anastasis Kounoudes, Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Zenonas Theodosiou and Marios Milis
Semantically Annotating and Querying Databases
461
Georgios Th. Karagiannis
Semantic Image Annotation via Hierarchical Classification
469
Nicolas Tsapatsoulis and Klimis Ntalianis
Special Session II: Advanced Techniques and Simulations for Defense Applications
479
Risk Preparedness and Management Scheme for Military Units
481
Nikolaos V. Karadimas, Nikolaos Doukas and Nikolaos P. Papastamatiou
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Design of a Secure Chat Application based on AES Cryptographic Algorithm and Key
Management
486
Nikolaos G. Bardis and Konstantinos Ntaikos
Integrated Information Life-Cycle, Data Management and Secret Key Lifecycle Management for
Military Applications
492
Nikolaos Doukas, Konstantinos Ntaikos and Nikolaos Bardis
Effectiveness Data Transmission Error Detection using Check Sum Control for Military
Applications
498
Nikolaos Doukas and Nikolaos Bardis
Blind Source Separation for Digital Data Protection
503
Nikolaos Doukas and Nikolaos V. Karadimas
Author Index
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Plenary Lecture I
Geometrical Approach of Multi-Time Maximum Principle
Professor Constantin Udriste
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Department of Mathematics, Splaiul Independentei 313
Bucharest 060042,
ROMANIA
Email: udriste@vectron.mathem.pub.ro,
Abstract: Many science and engineering problems can be formulated as optimization problems that are governed by
contact distributions (multi-time Pfaff evolution systems)
and by cost functionals expressed as multiple integrals or curvilinear integrals. Our paper discuss the contact
distribution constrained optimization problems, focussing on a geometric approach of multi-time maximum
principle. This extends the work of Pontryaguin in the ODEs case to include the case of normal PDEs or, more
general, the distribution case.
Section 1 formulates and proves a multi-time maximum principle for the case of multiple integral functionals.
Section 2 establishes a version of multi-time maximum principle for the case of curvilinear integral functionals.
Though a multiple integral functional is mathematically equivalent to a curvilinear integral functional (Section 3),
their meaning is totally different in real life problems. Section 4 deals with a multi-time maximum principle
approach of variational calculus in the case of nonintegrability.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Important Career Positions: Dean, Director, Chair, Full Professor 1990-, University Politehnica of Bucharest,
Department of Mathematics.
Number of PhD Students: 25 in due time and 13 Doctors in Mathematics.
Membership of Associations: AMS, 1987; Tensor Society, 1985; Balkan Society of Geometers, President, 1994;
Publications: over 40 books; 200 papers; 200 communications.
Honors: D. Hurmuzescu Prize, Romanian Academy, 1985; Award MEI, 1988; Correspondent Member, Academia
Peloritana, Messina, 1997; Titular Member, Academy of Romanian Scientists, 2007; Honorary Member, World
Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, 2008-;
Organizer: The International Conference of Differential Geometry and Dynamical Systems, University Politehnica
of Bucharest, October 5-7, 2007; 7th WSEAS International Conference on Systems Theory and Scientific
Computation (ISTASC'07), Vouliagmeni Beach, Athens, Greece, August 24-26 (2007); European Computing
Conference, Vouliagmeni Beach, Athens, Greece, September 24-26, 2007; 12th WSEAS International Conference
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on Applied Mathematics, Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 29-31, 2007; 7th WSEAS International Conference on Circuits,
Systems, Electronics, Control and Signal Processing, Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 29-31, 2007; Chair-Committee: American
Conference on Applied Mathematics (Math’08) and Management, Marketing and Finances (MMF’08), Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA, March 24-26, 2008; International Program Committee: The Applied Computing Conference
(ACC-08), Istanbul, Turkey, May 27-30, 2008.
Fields of Interest: Differential Geometry, Optimizations on Riemannian Manifolds, Magnetic Dynamical Systems,
Geometric Dynamics.
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Plenary Lecture II
Mathematical Modeling of Forest Fire Initiation
Professor Valeriy Perminov
Belovo Branch of Kemerovo State University
Sovetskaya Street 41, Belovo,
Kemerovo region Russia, 652600.
Email: p_valer@mail.ru,
Abstract: A mathematical model for the description of heat and mass transfer processes at forest fire initiation has
been designed. This model is based on an analysis of known experimental data and using concept and methods from
reactive media mechanics. Within the framework of this model, the forest and combustion products are considered
as a homogeneous two temperatures, reacting, non - deformed medium. Temperatures of condensed (solid) and
gaseous phases are separated out. The first includes a dry organic substance, moisture (water in the liquid-drop
state), condensed pyrolysis and combustion products (coke, ash) and mineral part of forest fuels. In the gaseous
phase we separate out only the components necessary to describe reactions of combustion (oxygen, combustible
products of pyrolysis of forest fuels and the rest inert components). The solid phase constituting forest fuels has no
intrinsic velocity, and its volumetric fractions, as compared to the gaseous phase, can be neglected in appropriate
equations because a volume unit of wood. It is considered that 1) the flow has a developed turbulent nature,
molecular transfer being neglected, 2) gaseous phase density doesn't depend on the pressure because of the low
velocities of the flow in comparison with the velocity of the sound, 3) forest canopy is supposed to be non-deformed
porous medium. The research is done by means of mathematical modeling of physical processes. It is based on
numerical solution of Reynolds equations for chemical components and equations of energy conservation for
gaseous and condensed (for canopy) phases. To describe the transfer of energy by radiation we use a diffusion
approximation. It should be noted that the system of equations describes processes of transfer within the entire
region of the forest massif, which includes the space between the underlying surface and the base of the forest
canopy, the forest canopy and the space above it, while the appropriate components of the data base are used to
calculate the specific properties of the various forest strata and the near-ground layer of atmosphere. This approach
substantially simplifies the technology of solving problems of predicting the state of the medium in the fire zone
numerically. The boundary-value problem we solve numerically using the method of splitting according to physical
processes. In the first stage, the hydrodynamic pattern of flow and distribution of scalar functions was calculated.
The system of ordinary differential equations of chemical kinetics obtained as a result of splitting was then
integrated. A discrete analog was obtained by means of the control volume method using the SIMPLE like
algorithm. The accuracy of the program was checked by the method of inserted analytical solutions. The time step
was selected automatically. Fields of temperature, velocity, component mass fractions, and volume fractions of
phases were obtained numerically. At the moment of ignition the gas combustible products of pyrolysis burn away,
and the concentration of oxygen is rapidly reduced. The temperatures of both phases reach a maximum value at the
point of ignition. The ignition processes is of a gas-phase nature—that is, initial heating of solid and gaseous phases
occurs and moisture is evaporated. Then the decomposition process into condensed and volatile pyrolysis products
starts, the later being ignited in the forest canopy. Note also that the transfer of energy from the fire source takes
place due to radiation; the value of radiation heat flux density is small compared to that of the convective heat flux.
As a result of heating of forest fuel elements, moisture evaporates, and pyrolysis occurs accompanied by the release
of gaseous products, which then ignite. We can note that the isosurfaces of temperature are deformed by the action
of wind. In the vicinity of the source of heat and mass release, heated air masses and products of pyrolysis and
combustion float up. The wind field in the forest canopy interacts with the gas-jet obstacle that forms from the forest
fire source and from the ignited forest canopy. Recirculating flow forms beyond the zone of heat and mass release,
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while on the windward side the movement of the air flowing past the ignition region accelerates. Under the influence
of the wind the tilt angle of the flame is increased. As a result this part of the forest canopy, which is shifted in the
direction of the wind from the center of the surface forest fire source, is subjected to a more intensive warming up.
Mathematical model and the results of the calculation give an opportunity to evaluate critical condition of the forest
fire initiation, which allows applying the given model for estimation of preventing forest fires conditions.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Surname or Family Name: Perminov
First name: Valeriy
Birth date: October, 22 1958
Degrees:
1995 - Candidate of Science in Fluid mechanics Tomsk State University (this degree is equivalent to a doctorate
degree - Ph.D in Fluid Mechanics).
1981 - Diploma as mathematics, Kemerovo State University.
Positions held:
1997 - up to now - Deputy Director and Lecture (Assistant professor), Belovo Branch of Kemerovo State University.
1995-1996 - Assistant Professor of physical mechanics department at the faculty of mechanics and mathematics of
the Tomsk State University.
1988-1995 - Senior research worker of physical mechanics department of Tomsk State University.
1984-1987 - A post-graduate student of physical mechanic department of Tomsk State University
1982-1983 - A probability student of physical mechanics department of Tomsk State University.
1981 - An assistant of the department of High mathematics, Kemerovo Technological Institution.
Courses
Tomsk State University:
1. Programming (FORTRAN, PASCAL) - 1994-1996.
2. Numerical methods of mechanics of continuous media - 1995-1996.
3. Mechanics of reacting media and ecology - 1995 – 1996.
4. Forest Fire Physics - 1996.
Belovo Branch of Kemerovo State University:
1. High mathematics – 1996 – up to now.
2. Differential Equations - 1997- 1999
3. Mechanics of continuous media - 1997- 2006.
4. Numerical methods - 1997- up to now
5. Mathematical modeling - 2000-up to now
My scientific interests are connected with the application of the methods of mechanics of reacting medium to the
forest fires and ecological problems of environmental pollution. Mainly, it is a problem of creation of mathematical
models for description of forest fires. Besides, I apply numerical methods for solution of partial differential equation
systems, which are used in these models for description of forest fires. I've compiled some computer programs (I
prepared my programs with the FORTRAN language. I have published over 80 papers in different editions. I took
part in Russian and international grants. I took part in different all Russian and international conferences devoted to
the problems of transfer processes, forest fires and ecology.
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Plenary Lecture III
Nature Inspired Algorithms in Intelligent Systems Modeling
Professor Dana Simian
Dept. of Computer Science
University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu
ROMANIA
Email: dana.simian@ulbsibiu.ro,
Abstract: Metaheuristics inspired from nature have gained increasing attention in recent years. They represent a
powerful approach to solve NP-difficult problems. There are many examples of adaptive behaviour in natural multiagent systems. The most known examples are ant colony behaviour and wasp colony behaviour The bio-inspired
Ant Colony Optimization model simulates real ant behaviour to find the minimum length path between the ant nest
and the food source. The wasp inspires algorithms are based on the model for the selforganization that takes place
within a colony of wasps In a colony of wasps, interactions between members of the colony and the local
environment result in dynamic distribution of tasks such as foraging and brood care. In addition, a hierarchical social
order among the wasps of the colony is formed . .Self-organization, interactions between members of the colony and
the local environment, direct and indirect interactions between individuals are very useful in artificial multiagent
systems. Computational analogies of natural systems have served as inspiration for multi-agent optimization and
control algorithms. Systems composed of several interacting autonomous agents have a big potential to be used in
complex problems solving.
The aim of this lecture is to make a survey of ant and wasp based algorithms and models for solving complex
optimization problems. Examples of applications of nature inspired algorithms for modeling multiagent systems in
various fields are presented and analysed.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Dana Simian received the diploma. in engineering from the University of Sibiu,
Romania, the diploma. in Mathematics - Informatics from the University Babes-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
and the Ph.D. in Mathematics from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj- Napoca, She is Assoc. Prof. to the Department
of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu, Romania. She has a great experience in
algorithms and numerical methods for modelling and optimization. She organized many special sessions within
WSEAS conferences and many international workshop on topics related to modeling, approximation and
optimization. She was a member of many scientific committees of international conferences. She has published
more than 50 papers on a wide variety of subjects relating to multivariate interpolation, optimization, modeling,
multiagent systems. She is co-editor of 6 WSEAS book series. She is author of 10 scientific books. She has been
included in “Who is Who in the World” in 2006. She participated in many research grants.
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Plenary Lecture IV
Global Optimization Strategies for Improved Bandwidth Management in Wireless
Communications
Professor Dimitrios A. Karras
Dept. Automation,
Chalkis Institute of Technology,
Chalkis,
GREECE
Emails: dakarras@ieee.org, dakarras@teihal.gr, dakarras@usa.net
Abstract: Bandwidth management is one of the fundamental issues in wireless communications. The corresponding
allocation schemes can not be static due to the dynamically changing traffic conditions and network performance.
Thus, more sophisticated strategies adapted to current network conditions must be investigated and applied.
Recently, various approaches have been proposed for channel allocation based on intelligent techniques such as
multi-agent technology and genetic algorithms. These approaches constitute heuristic solutions to resource
management problem. The goal of this plenary speech is two fold. First, is to present global optimization strategies
for bandwidth management, based on computational intelligence techniques. Second, is to illustrate the development
and application of a novel global optimization scheme, based on the ant colony optimization approach. Such an
approach has not been proposed so far for solving the channel allocation problem in wireless communication
systems. A comprehensive heuristic methodology based on global optimization and intelligent techniques like ant
colony optimization and multi-agents is herein proposed. Simulation results show network performance
improvement of the proposed global optimization strategy based on computational intelligence.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Dimitrios A. Karras, PhD received his Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical
and Electronic Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1985 and the Ph. Degree in
Electrical Engineering, from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1995, with honours.
From 1989-1995 he was with the National Centre of Scientific Research as a collaborating researcher. From 19952000 he served as a visiting professor in the University of Ioannina, Dept. Informatics and in the University of
Piraeus, Dept. Business Administration. From 2000-2003 he was with the Hellenic Aerospace Industry as technical
Manager in Telecommunications projects as well as with the Hellenic Open University, Dept. Informatics as a
visiting professor. In addition he was collaborating with the University of Hertfordshire as an external professor.
Since 2004, he has been with the Chalkis Institute of Technology, Automation Dept., Greece as full professor in
Digital Systems as well as with the Hellenic Open University, Dept. Informatics as a visiting professor. He has
published more than 40 research Journal papers in various areas of pattern recognition, image/signal processing and
neural networks and more than 120 research papers in International Scientific Conferences. His research interests
span the fields of pattern recognition, neural networks and computational/ artificial intelligence, multidimensional
digital signal processing, image processing and analysis, communications and security, biomedical engineering as
well as parallel and fast algorithms.
Dr. Karras is Editor in Chief of the journal “International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering
(IJSISE)”, InderScience Publishers, http://www.inderscience.com/browse/ index.php?journalCODE=ijsise
He has served as General Chair in the Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, AIPR-07,
Orlando, Florida, USA, July 9-12, 2007, in the International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and
Practice, SETP-07, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 9-12 2007 as well as in the International conference on Automation,
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Robotics and Control Systems, ARCS-08, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 7-10 2008. He was Programme Chair in the
international conference IWSSIP 2005, September 2005, Chalkis, Greece.
Dr. Karras research efforts have been supported by a research grant in DKFZ- Germany in 1995, he is listed in a
number of International Who's Who, he has served as session chair/ international program committee member in
many International Scientific Conferences and as a referee in many research journals/conferences. Dr. Karras is a
member of IEEE, a member of ACM as well as a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Plenary Lecture V
Intelligent Systems
Professor Ioan-Gheorghe Ratiu
Department of Mathematics,
Information and Social-Human Sciences,
“George Baritiu” University
Brasov,
ROMANIA
Emails: ratiu_2000@yahoo.com
Abstract: Many definitions of intelligence exist, but for our purposes we use the following: intelligence is the
ability to reach ones objectives. A system is more intelligent if it reaches its objectives faster and easier. This
includes the ability to learn to do this. The intelligence of a system is a property of its mind. The mind is the
functioning of its brain. Intelligent System (IS) is a system that learns during its existence. (In other words, it learns,
for each situation, which response permits it to reach its objectives.) It continually acts, mentally and externally, and
by acting reaches its objectives more often than pure chance would indicate.
This paper approaches the subject of paradigms for the categories of intelligent systems. First we can look at the
term paradigm in its scientific meaning and then we make acquaintance with the main categories of intelligent
systems (expert systems, intelligent systems based on genetic algorithms, artificial neuronal systems, fuzzy systems,
hybrid intelligent systems). We will see that every system has one or more paradigms, but hybrid intelligent systems
combine paradigms because they are made of different technologies.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Academic Positions:
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Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Socio-Human Sciences, Faculty of
Economic Sciences, Head of the Information Technology & Communication Department at “George
Baritiu” University of Brasov, Romania, where, since 2006, he has held several academic positions.
He has experience in Information Technology & Communication, Informatics & ECDL, Office
Automation, Databases, Radiolocation, and Education.
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He has published a total of 5 books (2 books abroad), has participated in 3 national research projects, has
published 41 various papers in conference proceedings or refereed journals (14 papers have been published
abroad), has participated with 4 papers at the WSEAS Conferences, has published 2 articles in WSEAS
Transactions, and he is a reviewer of WSEAS.
Studies:
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Ph.D. in Automatic Control, “Transilvania” University of Brasov (2006);
Licensed Officer in Radiolocation, Electrical Engineering, Electro-Mechanics, Electrical Machines and
Apparatus, Ministry of Defence (1995); Licensed in Military Sciences, Aviation, Anti-Aircraft Defence and
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Naval Faculty, Academy for Higher Military Studies of Bucharest (1993); Radiolocation Officer, AntiAircraft Artillery, Missiles and Radiolocation Military School for Active Officers of Brasov (1973);
Licensed in Electrical Machines and Apparatus, Faculty of Mechanics, “Transilvania” University of Brasov
(1981);
Experience:
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Assistant of the Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Socio-Human Sciences, Faculty of Economic
Sciences, Director of the Education Planning and Organisation Department, “George Baritiu” University of
Brasov (2002 – 2006);
Commandant, Deputy Commandant for Education, Chief of Education Department, Chief Bureau, Chief of
the Combat Training Bureau, Chief lecturer of the Combat Tactics and Applications Department, Lecturer
of the Electronics and Radiolocation Department of the Air Force Non-commissioned and Technical Noncommissioned Officer School, “Avram Iancu” Radiolocation Military Institute; Anti-Aircraft Artillery and
Missiles and Radiolocation Military School for Active Officers of Brasov; Technical Quality Control
Service team leader, National General Inspectorate for Product Quality Control, Bucharest (1975 – 2001);
Radar station team leader, Air Space Surveillance System of the Romanian Air Force (1973 – 1975).
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Plenary Lecture VI
Outliers in Bilinear Time Series Model
Assoc Professor Azami Zaharim
Coordinator for the Unit Fundamental Engineering Studies
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor
MALAYSIA
Email: azami@vlsi.eng.ukm.my, azaminelli@gmail.com
Abstract: Ruberti et al. [1972] and Mohler [1973] initiated the idea of bilinear models with applications on control
theory. A real in-depth statistical study was started by Granger and Anderson [1978a]. They presented various types
of bilinear models and discussed the invertibility and stationarity properties of the models. They also showed that
bilinear model performs well compared to linear model when applied to the Wőlfer sunspot data and the IBM daily
common stock closing prices as available in Box and Jenkins [1976]. Another interesting feature of bilinear model is
the fact that it is merely an extension of the linear ARMA model as well as being a simplified case of nonlinear
Volterra series expansions (Weiner [1958]). Most discussion on detection of outliers is for the linear case. As for
bilinear model, only Chen [1996] and Zaharim [1996] had explored the area. Chen used the Gibbs sampling method
for general bilinear model but only considered one type of outlier only, the additive outlier. On the other hand,
Zaharim used the least squares method for simple bilinear model to detect four type of outliers, the additive outlier
(AO), innovational outlier (IO), temporary change (TC) and level change (LC). In this article, work by Zaharim
[1996] is extended for BL(1,1,1,1). It is shown that the detection procedure performs well in detecting each type of
outlier.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Azami Zaharim worked first 13 years as a lecturer in the Universiti Teknologi
MARA (University of MARA Technology - UiTM) before joining the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National
University of Malaysia - UKM) in the year 2003. He is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Built
Environment UKM, and is currently Coordinator for the Unit Fundamental Engineering Studies. He obtained his
BSc(Statistics and Computing) with Honours from North London University, UK in 1988 and PhD (Statistics) in
1996 from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. He specialize in statistics, public opinion, engineering
education and renewable energy resources.
He has until now published over 80 research papers in Journals and conferences, conducted more than 15 public
opinion consultancies and delivered 3 keynotes/invited speeches at national and international meetings. He is
currently the head of Renewable Energy Resources and Social Impact Research Group under the Solar Energy
Research Institute (SERI). In the year 2007, he headed the Engineering Mathematics Research Group. At the same
time, he is currently active involve in outcome based education (OBE) approach at the national level and the
chairman of the Engineering Education Research Group since 2005. He is also involved actively in the research for
the future of engineering education in Malaysia 2006 under the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia.
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Special Session I
Advanced Multimedia Annotation Tools and Methods
Aims and Scope
Several billions of multimedia files exist in loosely structured repositories (e.g. the Web) and their number grows
rapidly every day. Currently less than 10 % of this information is professionally annotated, while the rest is either
incompletely annotated or not annotated at all. As a result in most cases multimedia search engines achieve low
precision and recall, while users are not satisfied by the retrieved content. To overcome these problem advanced
multimedia annotation tools and methods should be implemented.
The purpose of this session is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the area of multimedia
annotation from various disciplines. It aims at providing an integrated platform to present original methods, tools,
and applications of Multimedia Annotation, emphasizing on semantics Therefore, the session serves as a forum
enabling experience exchange between academia and industry, as well as between researchers working in different
research branches.
Topics
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Hierarchical Video Annotation
Image Annotation through Machine Learning
Automatic annotation of broadcast news
Integrated annotation systems
Annotation of cultural content
Automatic annotation through content authentication
Automatic annotation by event authentication
Annotation by user interaction
Annotation by content matching
Annotation by keyword matching
Ontologies and Multimedia Annotation
Session Organizers
Dr. Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Communication and Internet Studies, Cyprus University of Technology,
31 Archbishop Kyprianos Str.,
CY-3036, Limassol, Cyprus, Tel.:+357 25002614
Email: nicolas.tsapatsoulis@cut.ac.cy ,
URL: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~nicolast/
Dr. Anastasis Kounoudes, Chief Technical Officer,
SignalGenerix Ltd.,
Archiishop Leontiou Α' Str., Maximos Court B',
CY- 3504, Limassol, Cyprus, Tel.: + 357 25870072
Email: info@signalgenerix.com ,
URL: http://www.philips.ac.cy/cgibin/hweb?-A=731&-V=organization
Dr. Klimis Ntalianis, Senior Researcher,
Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
9, Iroon Polytechniou Str.,
15780, Zografou, Athens, Greece,
Phone: +30-210- 6812434
Email: kntal@image.ntua.gr ,
URL: http://www.image.ntua.gr/~kntal
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Brief Biographies of the Organizers:
Dr. Nicolas Tsapatsoulis graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the National
Technical University of Athens in 1994 and received his Ph.D degree in 2000 from the same University. He has
worked at the School of Electrical and Computer Eng. of the National Technical University of Athens (2000-2002)
as a Research Assistant, being responsible for the project "ORESTEIA" IST-2000-26091, and at the Institute of
Communications and Computer Systems, Athens, Greece, being a Class C' Researcher (2002-2003). During the
academic period 2003-2004 he was with the Computer Science Dept. of the University of Cyprus being a Visiting
Lecturer. The academic period 2004 - 2005 he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the same department.
Since September 2005 he works as a Technical Manager for the CRPF project OPTOPOIHSH: Development of
knowledge-based Visual Attention models for Perceptual Video Coding.
He is a member of the Technical Chambers of Greece and Cyprus and a member of IEEE Signal Processing and
Computer societies. He has published fourteen papers in international journals, eight papers in books and more than
52 in proceedings of international conferences. His research has been recognized by the international research
community through more than 320 citations.
He served as Technical Program Co-Chair for the VLBV'01 workshop and he is a reviewer of several scientific
journals (IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, etc). His
current research interests lie in the areas of visual-attention based video coding, advanced human computer
interaction, machine vision, and image and video processing.
Dr. Anastasis Kounoudes received his Meng in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of
Patras, Greece, in 1997 and his PhD in Digital Signal Processing from Imperial College in 2000. During the period
2000-2002 he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Communications and Digital Signal Processing
Group of Imperial College. He also worked with DERA (UK Ministry of Defence) and Qinetiq as researcher and
technical consultant. In February 2002 he joined Domain Dynamics Ltd in London as a senior researcher and
application engineer. Since January 2004, Dr Kounoudes holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department
of Computer Science & Information Systems at the Philips College. His research interests include speaker
verification, speech recognition, image processing for medical applications, underwater and wireless
communications and ad-hoc networks. He recently received two grants from the Research Promotion Foundation for
research in the area of speech biometric security systems. Dr Kounoudes serves as a reviewer of IEEE signal
processing letters and a full member of the IEEE, the IEEE Communication Society and Cyprus Computer Society,
and associate member of the City & Guilds, Imperial College (ACGI).
Dr. Klimis Ntalianis is a Senior Researcher at the National Technical University of Athens. He received the B.Sc.
and the Ph.D. both from National Technical University of Athens. He is the author of more than 60 scientific papers.
He has received scholarships and awards from the Institute of Computer and Communication Systems, the National
Scholarships Foundation, the National Technical University of Athens and other Foundations. His research interests
lie in the areas of encryption systems, data/information hiding algorithms, advanced human authentication
technologies and multimedia analysis.
Program Committee:
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Anastasios Doulamis, University of Crete, GREECE
Anthony G. Constantinides, Imperial College London, UK
Angelos Amditis, i-sense Group - ICCS, GREECE
George Bebis, University of Nevada, USA
Stefanos Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE
Nikolaos Doulamis, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE
Antonis Karatzias, DIAS Publishing House, CYPRUS
Andreas Schmidt, FZI, GERMANY
Ioan Mihu, University of Sibiu, ROMANIA
Ole Hansen, University College Nordjylland, DENMARK
Georgios Karagiannis, Ormylia Art Diagnosis Center, GREECE
Nikos Papadakis, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE
Guido Cortelazzo, University of Padova, ITALY
Marios Hadjieleftheriou, AT&T, USA
Emmanouil Piperakis, Deutsche Securities Inc., JAPAN
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Special Session II
Advanced Techniques and Simulations for Defense Applications
Aims and Scope
The purpose of this session is to bring together researchers and practitioners from various disciplines, working in the
areas of Defence and Defence applications. It aims to provide an integrated platform to present original methods,
tools, techniques and innovative applications on IS&T for Defence and Intelligence. Therefore, the session serves as
a forum enabling experience exchange between academia and industry, as well as between researchers working in
different research branches.
Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
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Information Security
Privacy and Security
Cryptography
Cryptanalysis
Hacking and Cracking
Risk Analysis
Threat Assessment/Modeling
IW and Information Infrastructure Protection
Biometric in the military applications
Artificial Intelligence in the military applications
Database Management
Data Mining and Data Warehousing
Knowledge Management
Military Decision Making
Military Systems Interoperability
Digitized Battlefield and C4ISR
Terrorism and Bioterrorism
Advanced signal processing for military applications
Early Warning Systems
GIS Systems
Crisis Management Systems
Pattern Recognition Systems
Applied information technology for military training
Session Organizers
Dr. Nikolaos G. Bardis, Adjunct Professor, Hellenic Army Academy, Hellenic Naval Academy, Hellenic Air force
Academy; GREECE
Email: bardis@ieee.org
URL: http://www.sse.gr; http://www.haf.gr; http://www.hna.gr; http://www.rgcds.org
Dr. Nikolaos V. Karadimas, Adjunct Professor, Hellenic Army Academy, Hellenic Air force Academy; GREECE
Email: nkaradimas@medialab.ntua.gr
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Brief Biographies of the Organizers:
Nikolaos G. Bardis received the diploma of Computer Engineering and the PhD degree from National Technical
University of Ukraine (Polytechnic Institute of Kiev) in 1995 and 1999 respectively. In 2000 the degrees was
recognized as similar of the Hellenic Patra’s Polytechnic Institute on Department of Computer Science. He is an
Adjunct Professor High Military Educational Institution, Hellenic Army Academy, Hellenic Naval Academy,
Hellenic Air force Academy and research scientist at High Military Educational Institution (Hellenic Army
Academy, Hellenic Naval Academy, Hellenic Air force Academy), at the National Centre for Scientific Research
"Demokritos"- Greece on Applied Technologies Department & Net Media Lab and adjunct an Assistant Professor in
the Automation Department at the Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of Chalkida (Greece). His research
interests include cryptography and data security, information theory, artificial intelligence, databases, software
engineering and applications in Defence and in the Military Applications. He is a member of the Technical Chamber
of Greece, TPC COMSOC - IEEE, WSEAS, and RGCDS.
Nikolaos V. Karadimas was born in Athens, Greece and he received a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in
Electronic Engineering and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
in 1997 and 1998, respectively. He also holds a Masters degree in Distributed and Multimedia Information Systems
(1999) from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland. In 2007 he received a PhD degree from the National Technical
University of Athens. Since 2007, he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Multimedia Technology Laboratory within
National Technical University of Athens and a lecturer (407/80) at the High Military Educational Institution,
Hellenic Army Academy. He is teaching in Technical NCO Academy and in Technological Educational Institute of
Piraeus, as well. He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Greek Technical Chamber, of the IEEE, of
WSEAS and of IET. His research interests are in the fields of Databases, Optimization Techniques, Geographical
Information Systems, and Decision Support Systems with emphasis in the Military Applications.
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Author Index
Abd, S. M.
Abdul Karim, O.
Abdul Manan, S. N.
Abdul Maulud, K.N.
Abdul Rahman, M. A.
Abdullah, S.
Adriana, M. A.
Allayear, S. M.
Alqadah, F.
Alsina, I.
Alugongo, A. A.
Arhip, J.
Babovic, V.
Badea, A.
Bajuelos, A. L.
Bardis, N. G.
Boscoianu, M.
Canales, S.
Carstea, C.-G.
Cazier, J.-B.
Chan, E.S.
Che-Ani, A.I.
Chekima, A.
Chen, C.-C.
Chen, R.-S.
Chen, Y.-C.
Cioroboiu, D.
Coman, D.
Constantinescu, C.
C-W, Kuo
Daknou, A.
Dameshghie, H. O.
Damian, Dana
Damian, Daniela
Dargham, J. A.
Darus, Z. Md.
David, N.
Dinca, C.
Doukas, N.
Doulamis, A.
Doulamis, N.
Dozono, H.
Dubova, L.
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431
431
426, 431
431
207
119
250
380
403
29
234, 240
165
408
78
486, 492, 498
234, 240
78
176, 182, 187, 198
359
165
396
101
421
421
421
214
38
187
421
264
72
176, 182
193
101
426, 431
176, 182, 203
408
481, 492, 498, 503
439, 447
439
277
403
Dzitac, I.
Fortov, V.E.
Fukasawa, A.
Gekas, V.
Gheorghe, C.
Ghomshei, M. M.
Hachour, O.
Hammadi, S.
Harkiolakis, N.
Hashim, I.
Hashim, N. A.
Hernandez, G.
Hu, Z.
Huang, D.-W.
Huang, W.-N.
Hub, M.
Hubert, H.
Hung, S.
Huynh, H. T.
Hwang, S.-H.
Ionescu, A.
Ishak, R.
Ismail, R.M.T.R.
Istenic, R.
Itou, S.
Jabli, N.
Jamil, M.
Kang, Y.-K.
Karadimas, N. V.
Karagiannis, G. Th.
Karam, J.
Karim, O.A.
Karras, D.A.
Katayama, S.
Khammari, H.
Kim, J.-J.
Kirkup, S.
Konyukhov, A.V.
Koroutchev, K.
Korutcheva, E.
Kounoudes, A.
Krishnamurthy, V.
Likhachev, A.P.
511
343
376
321, 326
359
408
72
53, 66
264
414
207
431
78
380
84
90
106
264
295
156
137
38
122
122
246
277
112
390, 396
137
469, 503
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
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Macko, M.
Maiorana, F.
Mandakas, C.
Marculescu, C.
Martin, E. P.
Martins, A. M.
Mazlack, L. J.
Mihailova, A.
Milis, M.
Mimouni, M.F.
Moisil, I.
Molder, C.
Moussas, V.C.
Mulla, I.
Muter, O.
Najid, S. K.
Nakakuni, M.
Ndou, G.
Neamtu, M. I.
No, J.
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Rashidi, F.R.M.
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Razali, A. M.
ISSN: 1790-2769
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Takizawa, Y.
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Yazdani, J.
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ISBN: 978-960-474-012-3