Contents

PART I: Mathematics and Computers in Acoustics and Music

A general non-causal m-dimensional model and its applications in problems of acoustics
by: Nikos Mastorakis / 3
Perception of mathematical structure and architectural design:
form and ‘forming’ in music
by: David Crilly / 19
An investigation into the existence of Z chords
by: Nick Collins / 26
Caring for the Instrumentalist in Automatic Orchestration
by: Nick Collins / 32
Elastic Form and Concrete Structure: the analysis of improvised music
by: David Crilly / 39
Sound as an Object. Considerations in the design of gestural musical instruments and vibro-acoustic furniture
by: Scott Daniel Hawkins / 47
Musical interpretation of the sacred word
by: Luciano Simoni / 54
Note transitions in physical models of a wind instrument
by: Axel Nackaerts, Bart De Moor, Rudy Lauwereins / 59
A time-frequency way for improving the quality of the synthesized speech signal in classical lpc compression method.
by: Cernaianu Leonardo, Serbanescu Alexandru, Quinquis Andre / 64
Sound Synthesis with Tension Modulated Nonlinearities Based on Functional Transformations
by: Lutz Trautmann, Rudolf Rabenstein / 69
Priming Computer-Assisted Music Composition through Design of Human/Computer Interaction
by: Michael Hamman / 75
Using an Evolutionary Algorithm to Generate Four-Part 18th Century Harmony
by: Tamara A. Maddox, John E. Otten / 83
Dynamical Systems in Two Computer Music Compositions
by: Alexandra Kurepa, Rodney Waschka / 90
Recognition of Musical Instruments Using Time-Frequency Analysis
by: Etkin Elver, Aydin Akan / 93
Evolutionary Computation Systems for Musical Composition
by: Antonino Santos, Bernardino Arcay, Juliαn Dorado, Juan Romero, Jose Rodriguez / 97
Musical Instrument Identification based on a Short-Time Spectral Analysis
by: Christoph M. Moll, Tim. J. Ellis / 103
Augmentation Matrix: A Music System Derived from the Proportions of the Harmonic Series
by: Jerica Oblak / 109
Infomax ICA Adaptable to Various Kinds of Sounds of Musical
Instruments and Vocals
by: Takeshi Yamakawa, Noriaki Suetake, Yuu Nakamura / 117
Systems theoretical modelling in musicology
by: Zuzana Martinakova-Rendekova / 122
Synthesizing Musical Accompaniments with Bayesian Belief Networks
by: Christopher Raphael / 128

PART II: Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry

Moving horizon control of a denitrification reactor
by: Astorga Zaragoza, Carlos Manuel Othman, Sami Hammouri, Hassan / 137
Computational studies of "additional" chloride binding sites in hemoglobin from species living in extreme environment and their physiological importance.
by: Maria Cristina De Rosa, Claudia Bertonati and Bruno Giardina / 143
Analysis of Cell Proliferation as Stochastic Point Process
by: Melina Rapacioli, Silvia Gigola, Carlos D'Attellis, Jose Ferran, Susana Pereyra-Alfonso. Viviana Sanchez and Vladimir Flores / 153
Application of Multiresolution Analyses to Electron Density Maps: A Critical Point Analysis Approach for the Comparison of Molecules
by: Laurence Leherte, Nathalie Meurice, Daniel Vercauteren / 158
Modeling signal transduction with boolean paradigms
by: Miguel Armas, Omar Armas, Maura Cardenas, Jorge Vasconcelos, Jaime Lagunez-Otero / 165
Diffusion additive to TATA-box recognition score detects the non-contextual TBP-binding site at -30 position of TATA-less promoters
by: Julia Ponomarenko, Mikhail Ponomarenko, Anatoly Frolov, Ivan Zvolsky / 169
Flora Croatica Database Application
by: Kresimir Fertalj, Toni Nikolic, Tomo Helman, Vedran Mornar, Damir Kalpic / 175
Mathematical model of DNA fragmentation induced by gamma-rays
by: Mauro Belli, Alessandro Campa, Valentina Dini, Giuseppe Esposito / 183
Pulse Propagation in a Ring-Shape Cardiac Tissue Model with Intracellular Ca++ Dynamics. (Computer simulation study)
by: Eugene Chudin, Boris Kogan / 187
A geometric approach for the classification of the endocavitary electrical activity in Atrial Fibrillation
by: R. Balocchi, C. Michelassi, R. Riccardi, M. Scaglione, F. Gaita, R. Antolini / 193
Predictability and Complexity in Human EEG under Magnetic Field
by: S. Chillemi, M. Barbi, A. Di Garbo, W. Klonowski, E. Olejarczyk, R. Stepien / 198
Gating behavior of a simple ion channel model in the presence of sinusoidal forcing
by: Michele Barbi, Santi Chillemi, Angelo Di Garbo, Bruno Zambon / 202
Information Technology Developments within the National Biological Information Infrastructure
by: Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame / 206
Computational study of bloodflow through the thoracic aorta
by: N. Shahcheraghi, A.Y. Cheer, H.A. Dwyer / 212
Modelling intracellular signalling networks using behaviour-based systems and the blackboard architecture
by: Pedro Pablo Gonzalez, Carlos Gershenson, Maura Garcia, Jaime Lagunez / 219

PART III: Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics

Graph-based analysis of business process models
by: Piet Boekhoudt, Henk Jonkers, Michiel Rougoor / 227
A Bull Flag Pattern Analysis of the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index
by: W. Leigh, M. Paz, N. Paz / 236
Financial Challenges Facing Women Entrepreneurs: An Exploratory Cross-National Study
by: Jo Ann M. Duffy, Pamela Zelbst / 239
Strategy in the Entrepreneurial Millenium: Countertrade As an Emerging Opportunity for Entrepreneurial Firms
by: Leslie E. Palich, R. Duane Ireland, and D. Ray Bagby / 244
A Fuzzy Set Approach in Audit Staff Planning Problems
by: Wikil Kwak / 250
Electronically developed paradigm for channels of distribution management
by: James E. Ricks / 256
The Retirement Income Projector Model Updated
by: Michael D. Everett, Murray S. Anthony / 263
Examining Capital Market Integration in Korea and Japan Using a Threshold Cointegration Model
by: Stefan C. Norrbin, Joanne Li, Edward E. Flaherty / 266