/ WSEAS TRANSACTIONS
on INFORMATION SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS

Issue 6, Volume 3, June2006

ISSN 1709-0832
An Efficient Micropayment System using a Session Key / 981
Yoon-Su Jeong, Yoon-Cheol Hwang, Sang-Ho Lee
A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Seller-Buyer Inventory Control Problems with Backordering / 988
Ching-Shih Tsou
Affinity-Based Email Communication Models / 998
Yihjia Tsai, Cheng-Chin Lin
Numerical Studies of Swirling Flow in a Miniature Supersonic Nozzle / 1007
Yi Liu, Chunli Cao, Fang Liu, Wei He
The Application of Bayes-game Model in Computational Market / 1015
Junguo Yu, Huaping Chen, Bing Liu
Efficient Preprocessing Algorithms of Fingerprint Images / 1021
Liu Wei, Zhou Cong, Yan Puliu, Xia Delin
A Robust Image Watermarking by Embedding Self-Orthogonal Finite-Length Sequences into Wavelet Domain / 1028
Shuhong Li, Yoshihiro Tanada
Stop Word List Construction and Application in Chinese Language Processing / 1036
Feng Zou, Fu Lee Wang, Xiaotie Deng, Song Han, Lu Sheng Wang
An Adaptive Hybrid Video-on-Demand Resource Sharing Scheme / 1045
Chenn-Jung Huang, Yi-Ta Chuang, Wei Kuang Lai, Hsin Hung Sung
Microprocessor Architecture-level "Y-Behavior" Research for Branch Instructions / 1053
Fu Zhongchuan, Chen Hongsong, Cui Gang
A Hybrid-Model Approach for Better Personalized Recommendation / 1060
Chein-Shung Hwang, Pei-Jung Tsai
Automatic Keyword Association Construction for Chinese News / 1066
Chein-Shung Hwang, Chi-Lin Tseng
A Mutual Authentication Scheme Protecting User’s Anonymity Using Smart Card / 1072
Wen-Gong Shieh, Ying-Hao Chi
A Hybrid Sequential and Simultaneous Training Algorithm for Constructing Neural Network Ensembles / 1078
M. A. H. Akhand, Md. Monirul Islam, Kazuyuki Murase
Manufacturing Execution Systems and Web Based Manufacturing / 1086
Hamidullah Khan Niazi, Sun Houfang, Gong Lin, Riaz Ahmad
A Rewriting Logic Based MDA Concepts Framework / 1092
Jianfei Yin, Zhong Ming
Social Interactions of Learning Micro Chip under Computerized Collaborative Problem Solving Setting / 1100
Hung-Jen Yang, Hsieh-Hua Yang, Jui-Chen Yu, Cheng Chung Wang
A Taxonomy for Information Privacy in Virtual Collaborations / 1108
Geoff Skinner, Song Han, Elizabeth Chang
An Effective Iris Localization Method Through Enhancement of Boundary Detail / 1116
Jiang Sai, Xiao Gang, Gao Fei, Lv Hui-Qiang, Zhang Yuan-Ming
MASS- A Multi/web-Agent based Statistical Service / 1122
Yue-Shan Chang, Tong-Ying Juang
Pulsing Denial-of-Service Attacks Tolerant Sack-based TCP with Adaptive Bandwidth Estimation Mechanism / 1130
Hiroshi Tsunoda, Kenjirou Arai, Nei Kato, Yoshiaki Nemoto
Construction of Mystery-Seeking Motive Theory in Internet Behavior and Its Application on the General Technology Education / 1138
Chin-Mou Cheng, Rong-Jyue Fang, Rong-Lain Ho
A Multi-granular Locking Mechanism based on Query Algebra for Native XML Database / 1146
Jinguang Gu, Hui Tan
Control, Governance and Managing Quality of Multi-dimensional IT Projects / 1153
Zeljko Panian
The Overall Diagnostic Efficacy: a Method for the Evaluation of R.O.C. Curves in N-Dimensional Spaces / 1161
Giancarlo Candini
Processing Transactions with Temporal-Probabilistic Description / 1169
Afif Mghawish, Zygmunt Mazur, Piotr Michalec, Marek Woda
Genetic Algorithm for Fingerprint Matching / 1173
B. Poorna