ISSN 1330-1012
ISBN 953-96769-1-6
IEEE Catalog Number 00EX411

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

22nd International Conference on
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERFACES 
ITI 2000

Pula, Croatia, June 13-16, 2000

Editors
Damir Kalpic
Vesna Hljuz Dobric


ORGANIZED BY

SPONSORED BY

CO-SPONSORED BY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

CO-OPERATING INSTITUTIONS



INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairman
D. Kalpic,

Department of Applied Mathematics,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Members
H. Adeli, USA M. Becue, Spain
I. Bratko, Slovenia F. Breitenecker, Austria
L. Budin, Croatia E. Cohen, USA 
V. Ceric, Croatia G. Doukidis, Greece
I. Futo, Hungary M. Gams, Slovenia
V. Glavinic, CroatiaV. Hlupic, UK 
A. Javor, HungaryC. Jones, UK 
T. Legovic, CroatiaS. Loncaric, Croatia 
P. Long, UK V. Luzar-Stiffler, Croatia
R. Manger, Croatia N. Mastorakis, Greece 
M. T. Molfino, Italy A. Morin, France 
I. Olkin, USA R. J. Paul, UK 
M. Pidd, UK S. Ribaric, Croatia
D. Rosenzweig, CroatiaA. Seila, USA 
D. Skorin-Kapov, USA A. Smailagic, USA
V. Vojtek, Slovakia M. A. Vouk, USA 
S. Vuletic, Croatia K. Zdravkova, Macedonia
M. Zagar, Croatia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman
S. Krajcar
Vice Chair
V. Hljuz Dobric
Members
Z. Batic
I. Maric

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

KEYNOTE LECTURES

Atkinson, C., Eldabi, T., Paul, R. J., Pouloudi, N. (pp 3)
THE CENTRE FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND COMPUTING (CHIC)
Bratko, I. (pp 23)
MODELLING OPERATOR'S SKILL BY MACHINE LEARNING
Kovács, G. (pp 31)
TELECOTTAGES IN HUNGARY
Stachowicz, M. S.  (pp 41)
FUZZY BOUNDARIES
Vrsalovic, D.  (pp 49)
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS OF THE NEW INTERNET ECONOMY

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS

Gusev, M., Misev, A., Popovski, G., Mitrevski, P. (pp 55)
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONS
Hudec, J. (pp 61)
METHODOLOGY OF FUNCTIONAL TEST SYNTHESIS AND VERIFICATION FOR VLSI SYSTEMS
Mitrevski, P., Gusev, M., Misev, A. (pp 67)
PREDICTION AND SPECULATION TECHNIQUES IN ILP
Volner, R. (pp 63)
SECURITY SYSTEM FOR ROAD AUTOMOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Baldwin, L. P., Kuljis, J. (pp 83)
VISUALISATION TECHNIQUES FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING PROGRAMMING
Hebel, Z., Kajganic, B., Delimar, M. (pp 91)
ON SPARSE MATRICES IN C++ USING TEMPLATES AND COLLECTION CLASSES PART I - MODELLING POWER SYSTEM MATRICES
Juric, R. (pp 97)
EXTREME PROGRAMMING AND ITS DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES
Pozgaj, Z. (pp 105)
REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS USING VORD
Vrcek, N., Kermek, D. (pp 111)
INTEGRATION OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING SOFTWARE USING DESIGN PATTERNS AND DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DATABASES

Curko, K., Indihar Stemberger, M., Jaklic, J. (pp 119)
A COMPARISON OF DATA WAREHOUSE CONCEPT IN CROATIAN AND SLOVENIAN LARGER COMPANIES
Di Sciascio, E., Donini, F. M., Mongiello, M. (pp 125)
SEMANTIC INDEXING IN IMAGE RETRIEVAL USING DESCRIPTION LOGIC
Groznik, A., Kovacic, A. (pp 133)
STRATEGIC IS PLANNING – SLOVENE EXPERIENCE
Volarevic, M., Strasberger, V., Pacelat, E. (pp 141)
A PHILOSOPHY OF THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Cubrilo, M., Malekovic, M. (pp 149)
SOME RELATIONSHIPS AMONG KNOWLEDGE OPERATORS, THE PAST TEMPORAL OPERATOR ONCE, AND THE FUTURE TEMPORAL OPERATORS IN MULTI–AGENT SYSTEMS
Granic, A., Stankov, S., Glavinic, V. (pp 157)
USER INTERFACE ASPECTS OF AN INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM
Madevska-Bogdanova, A., Nikolic, D. (pp 165)
A GEOMETRICAL MODIFICATION OF SVM OUTPUTS FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION
Petcu, D. (pp 171)
TOWARDS THE AUTOMATIC NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODES
Radevski, V., Bennani, Y., Cakmakov, D. (pp 177)
A RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT OF NN BASED OCR USING RULES AND COMMITTEE CLASSIFIERS
Segvic, S., Stanisavljevic, V., Kalafatic, Z. (pp 183)
A SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND CAMERA CONTROL IN AN ACTIVE COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM
Zdravkova, K. (pp 189)
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTELLIGENT CHATTERBOT

MULTIMEDIA AND INTERNET COMPUTING

Benesch, T.(pp 197)
EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON THE INTERNET
Bosilj Vuksic, V., Curko, K., Pejic Bach, M. (pp 205)
INTERNET IN CROATIAN LARGE COMPANIES: EXPERIENCES AND TRENDS
Ceric, V. (pp 211)
ADVANCEMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE WORLD WIDE WEB SEARCH
Fertalj, K., Helman, T., Mornar, V. (pp 221)
A WEB–BASED ADVERTISING SYSTEM
Fischer, I., Wiest, S., Zell, A. (pp 229)
AN EXAMPLE OF GENERATING INTERNET–BASED COURSE MATERIAL
Klajnsek, G., Zadravec, M., Podgorelec, D., Zalik, B. (pp 235)
REPRESENTING THE SIGHTS OF A TOWN USING VRML
Muzak, G., Cavrak, I., Zagar, M. (pp 241)
THE VIRTUAL LABORATORY PROJECT
Strnad, D., Guid, N. (pp 247)
THE TEXTURE ANIMATOR
Volner, R. (pp 253)
CATV – GATEWAY BETWEEN TRADITIONAL VIDEO SERVICES AND NEW MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS

DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS

Caput-Jogunica, R. (pp 263)
DATA IMPUTATION USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD IN KYNESIOLOGY
Rodaro, S., Gregori, D. (pp 267)
MULTILEVEL MODELS FOR EVALUATING EFFICACY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES: SOME NOTES ON MODEL STABILITY
Stacey, A., Kildea, D. (pp 275)
GENETIC ALGORITHM SEARCH FOR LARGE LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS WITH SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES
Simic, D., Jazbec, A., Hrsak, J., Sega, K., Sojat, V., Vadic, V., Pavlovic, M. (pp 281)
AIR POLLUTION AND THE AGGRAVATION OF THE SYMPTOMS OF COPD IN CHILDREN
Zanchi, V., Papic, V., Despalatovic, A. (pp 287)
ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT IN 3D MEASUREMENT WITH COMMERCIAL CAMERAS
Ziha, K. (pp 293)
USAGE OF AVERAGE UNCERTAINTY MEASURES

BIOMETRICS

Doi, J., Miyake, T. (pp 301)
THREE–DIMENSIONAL FISH BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS USING SUCCESSIVE GEOMETRIC MODELING
Gunjaca, J., Sarcevic, H. (pp 307)
SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF THE WHEAT GERMINATION DATA
Gunjaca, J., Satovic, Z., Kolak, I. (pp 311)
COMBINING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE TRAIT DATA IN CLASSIFICATION OF GENE BANK ACCESSIONS
Jazbec, A., Simic, D., Corovic, N., Malinar, M., Pavlovic, M. (pp 317)
COFFEE CONSUMPTION AND ALL–CAUSE AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN CROATIA
Pecina, M., Gunjaca, J. (pp 323)
MULTIVARIATE DISTANCE AND CLASSIFICATION OF WINTER WHEAT BREEDING PROGRAMS
Stachowicz, M. S., Lemke, D. (pp 329)
COLOR RECOGNITION

MODELLING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION

Atanasijevic-Kunc, M., Karba, R. (pp 337)
MULTIVARIABLE CONTROLLER TUNING BY GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Bogdan, Z., Schneider, D. R. (pp 343)
INFLUENCE OF BURNER PERFORMANCE ON SO3 GENERATION
Cancer, V. (pp 351)
FROM SIMULATION WITH A BUSINESS PROCESS OPTIMISATION MODEL TO ECO–EFFICIENCY
Crepinsek, M., Mernik, M., Zumer, V. (pp 357)
A METAEVOLUTIONARY APPROACH FOR THE TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM
Golub, M., Jakobovic, D. (pp 363)
A NEW MODEL OF GLOBAL PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHM
Grzymkowski, R., Korek, K. (pp 369)
THE APPLICATION OF R–FUNCTION THEORY IN INVERSE PROBLEMS OF HEAT CONDUCTION
Krivograd, S., Zalik, B. (pp 377)
A DETERMINATION OF TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN GIS APPLICATIONS
Lanzarini, L., Sanz, C., Naiouf, M., Romero, F. (pp 383)
MIXED ALTERNATIVE IN THE ASSIGNMENT BY CLASSES VS. CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR CALCULATION OF INDIVIDUALS LIFETIME IN GAVAPS
Mladineo, N., Knezic, S. (pp 391)
OPTIMISATION OF FOREST FIRE SENSOR NETWORK USING GIS TECHNOLOGY
Ratkov, Al., Georgiev, Tz., Kristeva, J., Ivanova, V., Dimitrova, A. (pp 397)
MODELLING OF L–VALINE FED–BATCH FERMENTATION PROCESS
Skok, M., Škrlec, D., Krajcar, S. (pp 403)
THE NON–FIXED DESTINATION MULTIPLE DEPOT CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM AND GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Skorin-Kapov, D. (pp 409)
ON COST ALLOCATION IN NETWORKS WITH THRESHOLD BASED DISCOUNTING

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION

Gaborovic, S. (pp 417)
ON THE DECIDABILITY OF RESTRICTION IN THE PARTIAL LAMBDA CALCULUS
Gaborovic, S. (pp 423)
SUBSTITUTIVITY PROPERTY IN THE PARTIAL LAMBDA CALCULUS
Lamot, M., Zalik, B. (pp 429)
ALGORITHMS FOR TRIANGULATING SIMPLE POLYGONS

DESIGN, METHODOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

Danaher, M. (pp 439)
EXPERT SYSTEMS – A DESIGN APPLICATION
Díaz, J., Osorio, M. A., Amadeo, A. P. (pp 445)
INTRODUCING A DISTANCE LEARNING VERSION OF A POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM ON NETWORKING IN ARGENTINA
Laggoune, H., Gouton, S. P. (pp 451)
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE WELDING ZONE
Martinovic, G., Hocenski, Z., Budin, L. (pp 457)
VALIDATION OF SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS FOR APERIODIC TASKS IN THE REAL TIME SYSTEMS

TECHNICAL PRESENTATION

Starnes, W. W. (pp 465)
INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS: FUNDAMENTAL PROTECTION FOR BUSINESS–CRITICAL SYSTEMS, DATA AND APPLICATIONS

PUBLISHED BY: SRCE University Computing Centre, University of Zagreb
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