The 4th International Conference on Advances in Communication and Control Systems: Telecommunications/Signal Processing: From Defense to Commerce, Rhodes, Greece, 14-18 June 1993.

Proc. edited by W. Wells, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, 1994, 820 pp., ISBN 0-911575-42-1, $150.00

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E. Carrapatoso
TGDS -- A System for Performance Evaluation of High Speed Networks ..... 1

N.M. Mitrou and K.P. Kontovasilis
An Efficient Descriptor of the Multiplexing Attributes of Traffic Streams ..... 11

E.A. Varvarigos; D.P. Bertsekas
A Comparison of Routing Schemes for Multiprocessor Communications ..... 22

C. Rosenberg, F. Guillemin; R. Mazumdar
A New Approach to Traffic Characterization in B-ISDN ..... 34

F. Guillemin; R. Mazumdar
On Pathwise Behavior of Multiserver Queues ..... 44

A. Maniatopoulos and T. Antonakopoulos
The Physical Layer of a Cell-based Local Area Network ..... 49

J. Fuertes; G. Gine; G. Romero
QUASI-MMS Communication for Supervising and Control an Industrial Process ..... 59

C.J. Harris and R.J.C. Fraser
Commands and Control Infrastructures ..... 68

K. Nikolaou; D. Stedman
Remote Sensing of Vehicle Emissions ..... 80

Z.V. Lioupas and M.E. Theologou
The Use of Domains and Policies in Managing Mobile Telecommunications Systems ..... 87

N.A. Zervos and R.L. Cupo
Adaptive Non-Disruptive Measurement of Harmonic Distortion for Voiceband Data Transmission ..... 99

P. Stavroulakis and G. Liodakis; P. Alexandrides
Development and Operational Issues of an Outbound Telemetry System for Water Meter Reading ..... 117

U. Heister and U. Killat; A. Profumo; I. Venieris
Privacy and Security Aspects of a Passive Optical Network Based Access System ..... 126

R. Vercelli
Management of a Metropolitan Area Network: A Real Implementation ..... 137

J. Angelopoulos; T. Toniatti and L. Verri
The Broadband Local Loop: Topologies and Protocols ..... 149

N. Kalogeropoulos, M. Lekkou, I. Venieris, and G. Stassinopoulos
Signalling Protocols for Integrated Service Networks: Issues and Approaches ..... 161

F. Georges, J. Neuman, and J. Claude; S. Lalanne
An Engineering Perspective for Performances Management ..... 173

T. Chiotis, T. Karounos, and B. Maglaris
Performance Evaluation and Network Management of Picture Archiving and Communication -- PACS ..... 185

S. Rausch; E. Sykas
Integrated Broadband Communication (IBC) Service Definition, Description and Functional Specification ..... 193

S.M. Heemstra de Groot and S.H. Gerez
Static Scheduling of Multirate Iterative Data-Flow Graphs Using the Range-Chart Method ..... 202

C. Banyasz and L. Keviszky
An Adaptive Channel Time-Delay Estimation Method ..... 212

G. Franceschetti
SAR Processing Techniques ..... 222

O. Brugia, M. Carbonelli, D. De Seta, and D. Peruccini
SDH Capabilities for Transmission Quality Monitoring ..... 228

M.E. Valcher
On the Invertibility of 2D Transfer Matrices and 2D Systems ..... 237

M.E. Valcher and E. Fornasini
Encoders and Decoders of 2D Finite Convolutional Codes; A Progress Report ..... 248

K. Parhi
Algorithms and Architectures for High-Speed and Low-Power Digital Signal Processing ..... 259

W.J. Kolodziej
On Optimal Signal Filtering in Oversampled Analog to Digital Conversion ..... 271

N. Tsakalos and E. Zigouris
Fast Algorithms in Speech Analysis for DSP Based Coding Systems ..... 279

E. Erizin and A.E. Cetin
Zero-Crossing Based Speech Vocoder at Low Bit Rates ..... 288

G. Nenov and N. Borogov
Synthesis of Nth Order Complex Balanced SC-Filters Using Pseudopassive Ladder Modeling ..... 293

A.K. Choudhury
Detection Performance of Over-Resolved Targets ..... 301

E.M. Baylis and W.A. Cebuhar
Continuous Finite Time Controllers ..... 312

A. De Santis and L. Lanari
Continuum Modeling and Stabilization of a Flexible Slewing Link ..... 320

T. Basar; R. Srikant
Decentralized Control of Stochastic Systems Using Risk-Sensitive Criterion ..... 332

Y.P. Kakad
Dynamics and Control of Articulated Flexible Multi-Body Space Systems .... 344

K. Moore and D. Naidu
Artificial Neural Networks for the Adaptive Control of Large-Scale Aerospace Systems ..... 358

S. Tzafestas, F. Hatzivasilou, and S. Kaltsounis
Robotic Fruit Collector: A Fuzzy-Logic Solution to the Non-destructive Fruit Collection Problem ..... 370

T. Cataltepe
On Operator Dilations and Strong Stability of Contractive Distributed Systems ..... 383

C.W. Li
Linear Quadratic Regulator Control Problems with Poisson Noises ..... 400

S. Singh and W. Wells
Nonlinear Adaptive Control of Flexible Space Structures Using Neural Networks ..... 412

R.E. Keenan
Modeling Sound Propagation in the Underwater Communications Channel ..... 421

D. Brady
Multiuser Detection in Underwater Acoustic Local Area Networks ..... 435

M. Stojanovic, J. Catipovic, and J. Proakis
Adaptive Receivers for Underwater Acoustic Communications: Their Relation to Beamforming and Diversity Combining ..... 446

E.A. Yfantis
A New Lossy Image Compression Algorithm ..... 458

G. Cortelazzo
On Motion-Induced Impairments in NTSC ..... 466

S. Malassiotis, N. Nikolaidis, M. Strintzis, and I. Pitas
A Smoothing Algorithm with ReliabilityConstraints for Image Motion Field Coding ..... 475

K. Vassiliadis, P. Angelidis, and G. Sergiadis
Optimal Signal Dimension Reduction in DFT Processing Applied on Magnetic Resonance Imaging ..... 480

G. Bozdagi and L. Onural
Extraction of Facial Regions From Image Sequences for Video-Phone Applications ..... 490

B. Gatos; N. Papamarkos
A Novel Method of Character Recognition ..... 493

S. Chiu, E. Fraser-Smith, R. Schatzman, and S. Michelson; J. Minor
Use of Neural Networks to Analyze Drug Combination Interactions ..... 504

Z. Farooqi
Spectral Estimation of Heart Rate Variability Using an Algorithm for Unequally Spaced Data ..... 516

S. Michelson; J. Leith
A Theoretical Model of Tumor Dormancy and Recurrence ..... 524

R.R. Mohler, R.R. Zakrzewski, and M. Magana
Neural-Based Control and Communication in Immunology and Engineering ..... 535

A. Girard and E. Gardouh
Synthesis Methods for Broadband ISDN Networks ..... 546

A. Pelletier and L. Mason; M. Cotton
Combined Adaptive Routing and Flow Control in Fact Packet Switching Networks ..... 557

L. Pountourakis, E. Sykas, and E. Protonotarios
Stability and Throughput Optimization of Multichannel Slotted Non-persistent CSMA Protocol ..... 570

E. Carrapatoso
PC Based Multimedia Videotex ..... 581

G. Karetsos, J. Angelopoulos , and I. Venieris
Architecture and Implementation of an Interworking Unit for Use in ATM -- DQDB Interconnection ..... 588

M. Magana and T. F. Myers
An Implementation of a New-Far Resistant Multiuser Detector without Matrix Inversion Using Delta-Sigma Modulation ..... 600

E. Sykas, G. Lyberopoulos, and G. Eleftheriadis
Database Requirements for the Support of Mobility Procedures in Future Mobile Telecommunication Networks ..... 613

G. Eleftheriadis and M. Theologou
Charging in Future Mobile Telecommunication Systems ..... 624

S. Wang and I. Wang
Simulation Results on CDMA Digital Cellular System Capacity and Handoff Statistics ..... 633

B. Sadler
Music in Colored Non-Gaussian Noise Using Higher Order Statistics ..... 645

J. Yuan
Texture Images and Higher Order Spectra ..... 654

U. Mitra and H. Poor
Neural Network Techniques for Adaptive Multi-User Communication ..... 660

D. Pados, P. Papantoni-Kazakos, D. Kazakos, and A. Koyiantis
The Use of the Kullback-Leibler Distance for Learning in Neural Binary Classifiers ..... 674

M. Horstein
Odyssey -- A Space-Based Personal Communication System ..... 686

F. Li and L. Merakos
A Multiaccess Protocol for Voice-Data Integration in TDMA Wireless Access Networks ..... 694

G. Kalivas, M. El-Tanany, and S. Mahmoud
Propagation Measurements for Indoor Wireless Communications in the 20-40 Ghz Band ..... 705

A. Paraboni and C. Riva
Advanced Radio Mobile Systems at MillimeterWaves Using Satellites in Highly Inclined Orbits: Assessment of the Propagation Impairments Based on 20-50 Ghz Data Measured in Italy ..... 716

C. Georgopoulos
Infrared Technology: A Historic Perspective of its Military and Commercial Applications ..... 723

E. Boukas and Q. Zhu; Q. Zhang
A Piecewise Deterministic Markov Process Model for Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Preventive Maintenance ..... 734

I. Niemegeers, G. Heijenk, and X. Hou
Signalling and Control in B-ISDN ..... 745

M. Logothetis and G. Kokkinakis
Influence of Bandwidth Rearrangement Time on Bandwidth Control Schemes ..... 758

O. Casals and J. Garcia; C. Blondia
Performance Evaluation of a Mac Protocol for a Broadband Access Network ..... 769

G. Doumenis, G. Konstantoulakis, C. Patrikakis, and V. Tzerpos; D. Reisis
Protocol Measurements Using Terminal Adapter for the ATM B-ISDN ..... 778

G. Pap
Processes with Stationary Independent Increments on Nilpotent Lie Groups ..... 787

J. Kormos and G. Pap
Nearly Nonstationary Multidimensional AR(1) Processes ..... 793

A. Bagchi; S. Aihara
Smoothing for Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Processes ..... 800