IEICE Transactions on Information & Systems, Volume 99-D

Volume 99-D, Number 1, January 2016

Special Section on the Architectures, Protocols, and Applications for the Future Internet

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  Toyokazu Akiyama:
  Foreword. 1
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  Wasin Passornpakorn, Sinchai Kamolphiwong:
  Ontology Based Framework for Interactive Self-Assessment of e-Health Applications. 2-9
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  Takumi Sanada, Xuejun Tian, Takashi Okuda, Tetsuo Ideguchi:
  Estimating the Number of Nodes in WLANs to Improve Throughput and QoS. 10-20
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  Shimin Sun, Li Han, Sunyoung Han:
  GRMR: Greedy Regional Multicast Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks. 21-29
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  Chao-Wen Tseng, Yu-Chang Chen, Chua-Huang Huang:
  A Design of GS1 EPCglobal Application Level Events Extension for IoT Applications. 30-39

Special Section on Enriched Multimedia---Creation of a New Society through Value-added Multimedia Content---

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  Isao Echizen:
  Foreword. 40
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  Jorge Treviño, Shuichi Sakamoto, Junfeng Li, Yôiti Suzuki:
  Enhancing Stereo Signals with High-Order Ambisonics Spatial Information. 41-49
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  Minoru Kuribayashi:
  Simple Countermeasure to Non-Linear Collusion Attacks Targeted for Spread-Spectrum Fingerprinting Scheme. 50-59
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  Ibuki Nakamura, Yoshihide Tonomura, Hitoshi Kiya:
  Unitary Transform-Based Template Protection and Its Application to l²-norm Minimization Problems. 60-68
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  Kazuto Ogawa, Go Ohtake:
  Application Authentication System with Efficiently Updatable Signature. 69-82
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  Akira Nishimura:
  Reversible Audio Data Hiding Based on Variable Error-Expansion of Linear Prediction for Segmental Audio and G.711 Speech. 83-91
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  Nhut Minh Ngo, Masashi Unoki:
  Method of Audio Watermarking Based on Adaptive Phase Modulation. 92-101
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  Taichi Ueno, Tomoko Kajiyama, Noritomo Ouchi:
  A Method for Creating Package Images that Reflect Consumer Taste Impressions. 102-110
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  Vanessa R. Bracamonte Lesma, Hitoshi Okada:
  Evaluating the Influence of Country-Related Pictures on the Perception of a Foreign Online Store. 111-119
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  Kenji Ozawa, Shota Tsukahara, Yuichiro Kinoshita, Masanori Morise:
  Development of an Estimation Model for Instantaneous Presence in Audio-Visual Content. 120-127
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  Yuta Ohwatari, Takahiro Kawamura, Yuichi Sei, Yasuyuki Tahara, Akihiko Ohsuga:
  Estimation of Interpersonal Relationships in Movies. 128-137
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  Soyoung Chung, Min Gyo Chung:
  An Image Quality Assessment Using Mean-Centered Weber Ratio and Saliency Map. 138-140

Regular Section

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  Xiaojuan Liao, Hui Zhang, Miyuki Koshimura:
  Reconstructing AES Key Schedule Images with SAT and MaxSAT. 141-150
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  Passakorn Phannachitta, Akito Monden, Jacky W. Keung, Ken-ichi Matsumoto:
  LSA-X: Exploiting Productivity Factors in Linear Size Adaptation for Analogy-Based Software Effort Estimation. 151-162
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  Yang Cao, Masatoshi Yoshikawa:
  Differentially Private Real-Time Data Publishing over Infinite Trajectory Streams. 163-175
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  Hideko Kawakubo, Marthinus Christoffel du Plessis, Masashi Sugiyama:
  Computationally Efficient Class-Prior Estimation under Class Balance Change Using Energy Distance. 176-186
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  Truc Hung Ngo, Yen-Wei Chen, Naoki Matsushiro, Masataka Seo:
  Quantitative Assessment of Facial Paralysis Based on Spatiotemporal Features. 187-196
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  Yuechan Hao, Bilan Zhu, Masaki Nakagawa:
  A Line-Direction-Free and Character-Orientation-Free On-Line Handwritten Japanese Text Recognition System. 197-207
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  Ran Li, Hongbing Liu, Jie Chen, Zongliang Gan:
  Wavelet Pyramid Based Multi-Resolution Bilateral Motion Estimation for Frame Rate Up-Conversion. 208-218
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  Huimin Lu, Yujie Li, Shota Nakashima, Seiichi Serikawa:
  Turbidity Underwater Image Restoration Using Spectral Properties and Light Compensation. 219-227
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  Ryo Matsuoka, Tomohiro Yamauchi, Tatsuya Baba, Masahiro Okuda:
  Weight Optimization for Multiple Image Integration and Its Applications. 228-235
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  Kazuhiro Tashiro, Takahiro Kawamura, Yuichi Sei, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Tahara, Akihiko Ohsuga:
  Iterative Improvement of Human Pose Classification Using Guide Ontology. 236-247
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  Norimichi Ukita:
  Part-Segment Features with Optimized Shape Priors for Articulated Pose Estimation. 248-256
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  Zhen Guo, Yujie Zhang, Chen Su, Jinan Xu, Hitoshi Isahara:
  Character-Level Dependency Model for Joint Word Segmentation, POS Tagging, and Dependency Parsing in Chinese. 257-264
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  Yan Lei, Min Zhang, Bixin Li, Jingan Ren, Yinhua Jiang:
  The Impact of Information Richness on Fault Localization. 265-269
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  Chen Chen, Chunyan Hou, Jiakun Xiao, Xiaojie Yuan:
  Purchase Behavior Prediction in E-Commerce with Factorization Machines. 270-274
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  Raissa Relator, Nozomi Nagano, Tsuyoshi Kato:
  Using Bregmann Divergence Regularized Machine for Comparison of Molecular Local Structures. 275-278
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  Yi-Jia Zhang, Zhong-Jian Kang, Xin-Feng Li, Zhe-Ming Lu:
  The Controllability of Power Grids in Comparison with Classical Complex Network Models. 279-282
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  M. Shahidur Rahman, Tetsuya Shimamura:
  Pitch Determination from Bone Conducted Speech. 283-287
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  Xia Wang, Ruiyu Liang, Qingyun Wang, Li Zhao, Cairong Zou:
  An Effective Acoustic Feedback Cancellation Algorithm Based on the Normalized Sub-Band Adaptive Filter. 288-291
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  Qingyun Wang, Ruiyu Liang, Li Jing, Cairong Zou, Li Zhao:
  Sub-Band Noise Reduction in Multi-Channel Digital Hearing Aid. 292-295
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  Meng Sun, Hugo Van hamme, Yimin Wang, Xiongwei Zhang:
  Unsupervised Learning of Continuous Density HMM for Variable-Length Spoken Unit Discovery. 296-299
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  Jae-Hee Jun, Ji-Hoon Choi, Jong-Ok Kim:
  Middle-Frequency Based Refinement for Image Super-Resolution. 300-304
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  Zifen He, Yinhui Zhang:
  Digital Halftoning through Approximate Optimization of Scale-Related Perceived Error Metric. 305-308
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  Keun-Chang Kwak:
  A Design of Incremental Granular Model Using Context-Based Interval Type-2 Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm. 309-312

Volume 99-D, Number 2, February 2016

Regular Section

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  Lixin Wang, Yutong Lu, Wei Zhang, Yan Lei:
  Distributed and Scalable Directory Service in a Parallel File System. 313-323
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  Hei-Chia Wang, Che-Tsung Yang:
  Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization with Self-Adaptation on Entropy-Based Inertia Weight. 324-331
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  Masaki Nakanishi, Miki Matsuyama, Yumi Yokoo:
  A Fast Quantum Computer Simulator Based on Register Reordering. 332-340
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  Hideki Ando, Ryota Shioya:
  Performance of Dynamic Instruction Window Resizing for a Given Power Budget under DVFS Control. 341-350
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  Ruijin Zhu, Yu-an Tan, Quan-Xin Zhang, Fei Wu, Jun Zheng, Yuan Xue:
  Determining Image Base of Firmware Files for ARM Devices. 351-359
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  Dongwoo Lee, Changwoo Min, Young Ik Eom:
  vCanal: Paravirtual Socket Library towards Fast Networking in Virtualized Environment. 360-369
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  Sejin Park, Chanik Park:
  Offline Selective Data Deduplication for Primary Storage Systems. 370-382
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  Kamalas Udomlamlert, Takahiro Hara, Shojiro Nishio:
  Threshold-Based Distributed Continuous Top-k Query Processing for Minimizing Communication Overhead. 383-396
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  Liang Chen, Chengcheng Shao, Peidong Zhu, Haoyang Zhu:
  Using Trust of Social Ties for Recommendation. 397-405
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  Alberto Fernández-Isabel, Rubén Fuentes-Fernández:
  An Integrative Modelling Language for Agent-Based Simulation of Traffic. 406-414
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  Xuan Sam Nguyen, Daehee Kim, Sunshin An:
  An Adaptive Relay Transmission Scheme for Reliable Data Forwarding in Wireless Body Area Networks. 415-423
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  Haeyoung Lee:
  A Practical System for Instant 3D Games Using Quizzes. 424-434
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  Yuhu Cheng, Xue Qiao, Xuesong Wang:
  An Improved Indirect Attribute Weighted Prediction Model for Zero-Shot Image Classification. 435-442
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  Chao Wang, Xuanqin Mou, Lei Zhang:
  QP Selection Optimization for Intra-Frame Encoding Based on Constant Perceptual Quality. 443-453
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  Siriwat Kasamwattanarote, Yusuke Uchida, Shin'ichi Satoh:
  Query Bootstrapping: A Visual Mining Based Query Expansion. 454-466
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  Yinhui Zhang, Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, Zifen He:
  Nonlinear Regression of Saliency Guided Proposals for Unsupervised Segmentation of Dynamic Scenes. 467-474
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  Meng Zhang, Tinghuan Chen, Xuchao Shi, Peng Cao:
  Image Arbitrary-Ratio Down- and Up-Sampling Scheme Exploiting DCT Low Frequency Components and Sparsity in High Frequency Components. 475-487
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  Peijiang Kuang, Zhiheng Zhou, Dongcheng Wu:
  Improved Edge Boxes with Object Saliency and Location Awards. 488-495
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  Chun Fui Liew, Takehisa Yairi:
  Robust Face Alignment with Random Forest: Analysis of Initialization, Landmarks Regression, and Shape Regularization Methods. 496-504
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  Xun Pan, Wa Si, Harutoshi Ogai:
  Fast Vanishing Point Estimation Based on Particle Swarm Optimization. 505-513
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  Yoko Nakajima, Michal Ptaszynski, Hirotoshi Honma, Fumito Masui:
  A Method for Extraction of Future Reference Sentences Based on Semantic Role Labeling. 514-524
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  Eishi Chiba, Shinji Imahori:
  Maximizing the Total Weight of Just-In-Time Jobs under Multi-Slot Conditions Is NP-Hard. 525-528
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  Wei-Chi Ku, Bo-Ren Cheng, Yu-Chang Yeh, Chia-Ju Chang:
  A Simple Sector-Based Textual-Graphical Password Scheme with Resistance to Login-Recording Attacks. 529-532
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  Jun Ma, Yonghong Zhang, Shengheng Liu:
  Improvement of Auctioneer's Revenue under Incomplete Information in Cognitive Radio Networks. 533-536
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  Jinling Zhou, Xingchun Diao, Jianjun Cao, Zhisong Pan:
  An Optimization Strategy for CFDMiner: An Algorithm of Discovering Constant Conditional Functional Dependencies. 537-540
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  Shijian Huang, Junyong Ye, Tongqing Wang, Li Jiang, Changyuan Xing, Yang Li:
  Learning a Similarity Constrained Discriminative Kernel Dictionary from Concatenated Low-Rank Features for Action Recognition. 541-544
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  Bin Yao, Lifeng He, Shiying Kang, Xiao Zhao, Yuyan Chao:
  A Further Improvement on Bit-Quad-Based Euler Number Computing Algorithm. 545-549
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  Tae Gyoon Kang, Nam Soo Kim:
  DNN-Based Voice Activity Detection with Multi-Task Learning. 550-553
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  Weina Zhou, Xiangyang Xue, Yun Chen:
  Low-Rank and Sparse Decomposition Based Frame Difference Method for Small Infrared Target Detection in Coastal Surveillance. 554-557

Volume 99-D, Number 3, March 2016

Special Section on Foundations of Computer Science---Developments of the Theory of Algorithms and Computation---

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  Keisuke Tanaka:
  Foreword. 558
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  Hiroshi Fujiwara, Atsushi Matsuda, Toshihiro Fujito:
  Competitive Analysis for the Flat-Rate Problem. 559-566
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  Hiroshi Fujiwara, Takahiro Seki, Toshihiro Fujito:
  Online Weight Balancing on the Unit Circle. 567-574
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  Kenji Hashimoto, Ryuta Sawada, Yasunori Ishihara, Hiroyuki Seki, Toru Fujiwara:
  Determinacy and Subsumption of Single-Valued Bottom-Up Tree Transducers. 575-587
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  Shuichi Inokuchi, Hitoshi Furusawa, Toshikazu Ishida, Yasuo Kawahara:
  Cellular Automata Associated with Σ-Algebras. 588-597
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  Takehiro Ito, Hiroyuki Nooka, Xiao Zhou:
  Reconfiguration of Vertex Covers in a Graph. 598-606
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  Chuzo Iwamoto, Yusuke Kitagaki:
  Visibility Problems for Manhattan Towers. 607-614
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  Morito Oomine, Hiroshi Nagamochi:
  Characterizing Output Locations of GSP Mechanisms to Obnoxious Facility Game in Trees. 615-623
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  Katsuhisa Yamanaka, Shin-Ichi Nakano:
  Uniformly Random Generation of Floorplans. 624-629

Regular Section

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  Ryota Shioya, Hideki Ando:
  Improvement of Renamed Trace Cache through the Reduction of Dependent Path Length for High Energy Efficiency. 630-640
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  Hongda Wang, Jianchun Xing, Juelong Li, Qiliang Yang, Xuewei Zhang, Deshuai Han, Kai Li:
  Path Feasibility Analysis of BPEL Processes under Dead Path Elimination Semantics. 641-649
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  Cong Liu, Jiujun Cheng, Yirui Wang, Shangce Gao:
  Time Performance Optimization and Resource Conflicts Resolution for Multiple Project Management. 650-660
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  Xin Yang, Norihiro Yoshida, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Hajimu Iida:
  Peer Review Social Network (PeRSoN) in Open Source Projects. 661-670
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  Katsuhisa Maruyama, Takayuki Omori, Shinpei Hayashi:
  Slicing Fine-Grained Code Change History. 671-687
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  Halil Arslan, Sinan Tüncel:
  A New State-Based Connectivity Model for Peer-to-Peer Networks. 688-694
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  Daisuke Kotani, Yasuo Okabe:
  A Packet-In Message Filtering Mechanism for Protection of Control Plane in OpenFlow Switches. 695-707
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  David Kocik, Yuki Hirai, Keiichi Kaneko:
  Node-to-Set Disjoint Paths Problem in a Möbius Cube. 708-713
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  Chendra Hadi Suryanto, Kazuhiro Fukui, Hideitsu Hino:
  Protein Fold Classification Using Large Margin Combination of Distance Metrics. 714-723
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  Byung Ok Kang, Oh-Wook Kwon:
  Combining Multiple Acoustic Models in GMM Spaces for Robust Speech Recognition. 724-730
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  Li Tian, Qi Jia, Sei-ichiro Kamata:
  Integrating Multiple Global and Local Features by Product Sparse Coding for Image Retrieval. 731-738
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  Tatsuro Orikasa, Takayuki Okatani:
  A Gaze-Reactive Display for Simulating Depth-of-Field of Eyes When Viewing Scenes with Multiple Depths. 739-746
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  Seon-Ho Shin, Jooyoung Lee, Jong-Hyun Kim, Ikkyun Kim, MyungKeun Yoon:
  Hash Table with Expanded-Key for High-Speed Networking. 747-750
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  Keehang Kwon, Jeongyoon Seo, Dae-Seong Kang:
  Bounded-Choice Statements for User Interaction in Imperative Programming. 751-755
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  Jae-Chul Um, Ki-Seong Lee, Chan-Gun Lee:
  Adaptive Weighting of Structural Dependency and Textual Similarity in Software Architecture Recovery. 756-759
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  Jaehyun Hwang, Cheol-Ho Hong, Hyo-Joong Suh:
  Dynamic Inbound Rate Adjustment Scheme for Virtualized Cloud Data Centers. 760-762
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  Yasutaka Hatakeyama, Takahiro Ogawa, Hironori Ikeda, Miki Haseyama:
  A Most Resource-Consuming Disease Estimation Method from Electronic Claim Data Based on Labeled LDA. 763-768
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  Yi-Jia Zhang, Zhong-Jian Kang, Xin-Ling Guo, Zhe-Ming Lu:
  The Structural Vulnerability Analysis of Power Grids Based on Overall Information Centrality. 769-772
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  Leida Li, Yu Zhou, Jinjian Wu, Jiansheng Qian, Beijing Chen:
  Color-Enriched Gradient Similarity for Retouched Image Quality Evaluation. 773-776
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  Soongi Hong, Yoonsik Choe, Yong-goo Kim:
  Efficient Motion Vector Re-Estimation Based on a Novel Cost Model for a H.264/AVC Transcoder. 777-780
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  Yunlong Zhan, Yuzhang Gu, Xiaolin Zhang, Lei Qu, Jiatian Pi, Xiaoxia Huang, Yingguan Wang, Jufeng Luo, Yunzhou Qiu:
  Stereo Matching Based on Efficient Image-Guided Cost Aggregation. 781-784

Volume 99-D, Number 4, April 2016

Special Section on Information and Communication System Security

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  Toshihiro Yamauchi:
  Foreword. 785-786
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  Kazukuni Kobara:
  Cyber Physical Security for Industrial Control Systems and IoT. 787-795
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  Rashed Mazumder, Atsuko Miyaji:
  A New Scheme of Blockcipher Hash. 796-804
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  Yasuyuki Nogami, Hiroto Kagotani, Kengo Iokibe, Hiroyuki Miyatake, Takashi Narita:
  FPGA Implementation of Various Elliptic Curve Pairings over Odd Characteristic Field with Non Supersingular Curves. 805-815
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  Kazumasa Omote, Tran Thao Phuong:
  D2-POR: Direct Repair and Dynamic Operations in Network Coding-Based Proof of Retrievability. 816-829
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  Shoichiro Yamasaki, Tomoko K. Matsushima:
  A Security Enhancement Technique for Wireless Communications Using Secret Sharing and Physical Layer Secrecy Transmission. 830-838
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  Rui Wang, Qiaoyan Wen, Hua Zhang, Xuelei Li:
  A Novel Protocol-Feature Attack against Tor's Hidden Service. 839-849
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  Xiulei Wang, Ming Chen, Chang-you Xing, Tingting Zhang:
  Defending DDoS Attacks in Software-Defined Networking Based on Legitimate Source and Destination IP Address Database. 850-859
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  Yuta Takata, Mitsuaki Akiyama, Takeshi Yagi, Takeo Hariu, Shigeki Goto:
  MineSpider: Extracting Hidden URLs Behind Evasive Drive-by Download Attacks. 860-872
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  Bo Sun, Mitsuaki Akiyama, Takeshi Yagi, Mitsuhiro Hatada, Tatsuya Mori:
  Automating URL Blacklist Generation with Similarity Search Approach. 873-882
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  Hyoung-Kee Choi, Ki-Eun Shin, Hyoungshick Kim:
  A Healthcare Information System for Secure Delivery and Remote Management of Medical Records. 883-890
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  Hyunsu Mun, Youngseok Lee:
  Examining Privacy Leakage from Online Used Markets in Korea. 891-894

Special Section on Data Engineering and Information Management

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  Toshiyuki Amagasa:
  Foreword. 895
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  Huifeng Guo, Dian-Hui Chu, Yunming Ye, Xutao Li, Xixian Fan:
  BLM-Rank: A Bayesian Linear Method for Learning to Rank and Its GPU Implementation. 896-905
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  Keisuke Kiritoshi, Qiang Ma:
  Named Entity Oriented Difference Analysis of News Articles and Its Application. 906-917
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  Hongyeon Kim, Sungmin Kang, Seok-Joo Lee, Jun-Ki Min:
  The Efficient Algorithms for Constructing Enhanced Quadtrees Using MapReduce. 918-926
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  Nan Jiang, Wenge Rong, Baolin Peng, Yifan Nie, Zhang Xiong:
  Modeling Joint Representation with Tri-Modal Deep Belief Networks for Query and Question Matching. 927-935
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  Chooi-Ling Goh, Shigetoshi Nakatake:
  A Sensor-Based Data Visualization System for Training Blood Pressure Measurement by Auscultatory Method. 936-943
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  Nobutaka Suzuki, Kosetsu Ikeda, Yeondae Kwon:
  An Algorithm for All-Pairs Regular Path Problem on External Memory Graphs. 944-958
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  Yongyos Kaewpitakkun, Kiyoaki Shirai:
  Incorporation of Target Specific Knowledge for Sentiment Analysis on Microblogging. 959-968
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  Md-Mizanur Rahoman, Ryutaro Ichise:
  Automatic Erroneous Data Detection over Type-Annotated Linked Data. 969-978
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  Shunsuke Ohashi, Giovanni Yoko Kristianto, Goran Topic, Akiko Aizawa:
  Efficient Algorithm for Math Formula Semantic Search. 979-988
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  Masafumi Makino, Tatsuo Tsuji, Ken Higuchi:
  History-Pattern Encoding for Large-Scale Dynamic Multidimensional Datasets and Its Evaluations. 989-999
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  Ryosuke Koyanagi, Ryo Furukawa, Tsubasa Takahashi, Takuya Mori, Toshiyuki Amagasa, Hiroyuki Kitagawa:
  A Scheme for Fast k-Concealment Anonymization. 1000-1009
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  Marie Katsurai, Ikki Ohmukai, Hideaki Takeda:
  Topic Representation of Researchers' Interests in a Large-Scale Academic Database and Its Application to Author Disambiguation. 1010-1018
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  Kyoungman Bae, Youngjoong Ko:
  How to Combine Translation Probabilities and Question Expansion for Question Classification in cQA Services. 1019-1022

Special Section on Cyberworlds

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