ISSN 1330-1012

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

15th International Conference on
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERFACES
ITI '93

Pula, Croatia, June 15-18, 1993

Editors
Vlatko Ceric
Vesna Hljuz Dobric


ORGANIZED BY


UNDER THE AUSPICES OF


CO-OPERATING INSTITUTIONS



INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairman
V. Ceric,
Faculty of Economics,
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Members
M. Becue, Spain E. Boerger, Italy
I. Bratko, Slovenia F. Breitenecker, Austria
L. Budin, Croatia G. Doukidis, Greece
A. Javor, Hungary B. Jeren, Croatia
C. Jones, UK D. Kalpic, Croatia
J. Kuljis, UK T. Legovic, Croatia
P. Long, UK V. Luzar, Croatia
M. T. Molfino, Italy I. Olkin, USA
R. J. Paul, UK M. Pidd, UK
S. Ribaric, Croatia J. Rosenbilt, USA
D. Rosenzweig, Croatia E. Saliby, Brasil
A. Seila, USA A. Smailagic, USA
V. Vojtek, Slovakia M. A. Vouk, USA

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman
S. Krajcar
Vice Chair
V. Hljuz Dobric
Members
M. Maletic
I. Maric
M. Mauher
B. Radic

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PREFACE

INVITED PAPERS

Bonac, M. (pp 3)
OVERVIEW OF ACADEMIC NETWORKING INITIATIVES IN EUROPE
Futo, I., (pp 9)
IT TECHNOPOLIS AND MEDIA-TOWN SZEKESFEHERVAR
Paul, R. J. (pp 19)
WHY INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISAPPOINT
Vranesic, Z. (pp 25)
RING-BASED MULTIPROCESSORS

COMPUTING IN EDUCATION

Brilhault, Y., Dagorret, P., Duboue, M., Jaber, G. (pp 33)
A SPECIFICATION METHOD ENVIRONMENT FOR BEGINNERS
Gold, H., Tos, Z. (pp 39)
LEVEL CROSSING EDUCATION MODULE - A MULTIMEDIA LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR RAILWAY ENGINEERS
Jakovljevic, Z., Firak, M. (pp 45)
COMPUTER-AIDED PROCESSING OF MEASUREMENT DATA COLLECTED ON TWO-PHASE FLOW TEST LOOP
Jones, C., Romano, P. R. (pp 49)
BRINGING LP TO LIFE
Kuljis, J. (pp 55)
DEVELOPING A SYLLABUS FOR AN APPLIED COMPUTING DEGREE PROGRAMME
Loncar, D. (pp 61)
SIMULATION OF OIL HEATER CONTROL LOOP DYNAMICS
Stih, Z. (pp 65)
COMPUTER BASED TRAINING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DATABASES

Aniorte, P., Jaber, G. (pp 73)
AN EXTENSION OF A DBMS TOWARD AN DBMS USING ADA TASKS
Bobek, S., Lesjak, D. (pp 79)
EXPERT SYSTEMS APPLIED TO EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Cornish, J. M., Mills, Zs, Paul, R. J. (pp 85)
LIVING DATABESES: CONCEPTS AND OBJECTIVES
Cvitas, M., Garvas Delic, A. (pp 91)
ABOUT DATA INTERCHANGE AND STANDARDS INVOLVED
Czejdo, B. D., Tucci, R. P. (pp 97)
A GRAPHICAL LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Garvas Delic, A., Cvitas, M. (pp 111)
MDA DATA STANDARD. ADAPTING FOR CROATIAN
Jelovac, N. (pp 117)
CALIBRATING LARGE SYSTEMS: A SHORTCUT APPROACH
Kalpic, D., Anzil, J., Dumanic, V., Zokovic, H. (pp 123)
STUDENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM
Majdandzic, N. (pp 129)
INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT (ASIP)
Skrlec, D., Krajcar, S., Blagajac, S. (pp 135)
GIS APPLICATIONS FOR ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM ANALYSES AND PLANNING
Vedris, M., Ljubas, B. (pp 141)
DIAGRAMS BEFORE DEFINITIONS IN CONCEPTUAL DATA MODELLING

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Dalbelo Basic, B. (pp 149)
SIMULATION OF GLOBAL REGISTER ALLOCATION VIA GRAPH COLOURING
Gergatsoulis, M., Katzouraki, M. (pp 155)
PROGRAM TRANSFORMATIONS FOR NON-LINEAR RECURSIVE LOGIC PROGRAMS
Love, M. (pp 161)
SQL*FORMS: ANIMATING Z SPECIFICATIONS
Maricic, A. (pp 167)
FORMAL DESIGN
Mikusiak, L., Vojtek, V., Morrey, I. (pp 175)
BROWSER FOR FORMAL SPECIFICATIONS WRITTEN IN Z
Morrey, I., Siddiqi, J., Hibberd, R., Buckberry, G (pp 187)
USE OF A FORMAL SPECIFICATION ANIMATION TOOL TO TEACH FORMAL METHODS
Ozcan, M. B. (pp 193)
AN ARCHITECTURAL MECHANISM ENABLING THE USE OF EXECUTABLE SPECIFICATIONS ALONG WITH CONVENTIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS

Arran, J. M., Saeedi, M. H. (pp 201)
TRANSPUTER LOAD-BALANCING A PARALLEL FRAME-BASED KBS
Cundeva, K. (pp 207)
LEARNING IN EXAMPLE-BASED MACHINE TRANSLATION
Fric., P., Sefcik, J., Vojtek, V. (pp 213)
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH NEURAL NETWORK SUPPORT
Gilbert, K., Cortes, U. (pp 219)
ON THE USES OF THE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE FOR AUTOMATIC BIASING OF A CLUSTERING METHOD
Jaksic, P. (pp 225)
COMPLETENESS AND CONSISTENCY OF EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH UNCERTAIN CONCLUSIONS
Kovacevic, A., Stipanicev D., Filipovic, T., Kovacevic, D. (pp 231)
EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HUMAN GENETIC STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION
Ribaric, S. (pp 237)
AN INHERITANCE ALGORITHM IN THE KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SCHEME

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS

Bunjevac, H. (pp 245)
ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR DISTRIBUTED SHARE MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Cekro, Z. (pp 251)
REALIZATION OF NETWORK CONGESTION CONTROL IN SYSTEM ENERGONET-PSI
Hogg, R. S., Lloyd D. W., Hughes, W. I. (pp 257)
USING OCCAM AND TRANSPUTERS TO EMULATE ASYNCHRONOUS SELF-TIMED ARRAY PROCESORS
Ilakovac, T., Tulac, S. (pp 263)
WORKMATES: TCP/IP BASED DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION MANAGER
Margetin, P. Rostar, R. (pp 269)
AN EXPERIMENTAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
Radej, J., Perusko, U., Budin, L. (pp 275)
AN APPROACH IN MACHINE TOOL SIMULATION
Schrettner, L., Jelly, I. E. (pp 281)
INVESTIGATION OF DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING IN DISTRIBUTED MEMORY MULTIPROCESSOR MACHINES
Srbljic, S. (pp 287)
AN ASYNCHRONOUS OWNERSHIP CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR BERKELEY PROTOCOL
Sruk, V., Srbljic, S. (pp 295)
COMPARISON OF DATA REPLICATION COHERENCE PROTOCOLS FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Simicic, LJ. (pp 303)
IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEMS IDEAS

DATA ANALYSIS, STATISTICS AND STATISTICAL SOFTWARE

Becue Bertaut, M., Piero, R., Samper, T. (pp 309)
HEALTHY CITIES SURVEY IN THE CITY OF ELCHE. TOWARDS AN AUTOMATIC POSTCODIFICATION OF OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS
Fischer, D., Jovic, F., Scitovski, R. (pp 315)
FEASIBILITY OF TOOLS FOR SOLVING A LINEAR OVER-DETERMINED SYSTEM
Kern, J., Sonicki, Z., Hercigonja-Szekres, M., Bartolic, A., Ivankovic, D., Vuletic, S. (pp 321)
ANALYTICAL MODULE FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
Ziha, K. (pp 327)
DESCRIPTIVE SAMPLING IN PROBABILITY INTEGRATION

MODELLING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION

Angelides, M. C., Paul R. J. (pp 337)
GAMING-SIMULATIONS WHICH INCORPORATE INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS
Bekic, Z. (pp 345)
SIMULATION MODEL OF GENERALISED MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM
Bogdan, Z., Duic, N. (pp 351)
THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF THE COMBUSTION PROCESS IN AN OIL-FIRED FURNACE
Boljevic, Z., Bilic,R., Zdravkovic, V., Kovjanic, J., Ruzic, L.(pp 357)
COMPUTER-ASSISTED THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELLING FOR DEFINITION AND CORRECTION OF DEFORMITIES IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Coric, V. (pp 365)
TIME DOMAIN SIMULATION OF NON-LINEAR STOCHASTIC MODEL-IS IT RIGHT WAY?
Dado, B., Menhart, P., Safarik, J. (pp 373)
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION: ARCHITECTURE OF A SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS
Dusak, V. (pp 379)
THE OPTIMISATION METHODS IN SIMULATION STUDY
Hlupic, V., Paul, R. J. (pp 387)
SELECTING SOFTWARE FOR MANUFACTURING SIMULATION
Kveder, M., Mozetic, M., Brecelj, F., Drobnic, M. (pp 395)
MODELLING OF HYDROGEN RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENT
Mladenic, D., Bratko, I., Paul. R. J., Grobelnik, M. (pp 401)
USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO INTERPRET RESULTS FROM DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION
Omrcen-Ceko, G., Bunjevac H., (pp 407)
AN IMPLEMENTATION OF A LARGE-SCALE CIRCUIT SIMULATOR ON A MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM
Poore, A. B., Rijavec, N. (pp 413)
A COMPARISON OF SEVERAL ALGORITHMS FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Dumicic, S., Cimermanovic, B., Dumicic, K. (pp 421)
DEVELOPING OF THE BUSINESS REGISTERS IN CROATIA
Legovic, T., Limic, N., Benis, R. (pp 427)
MAPBASIN PACKAGE FOR 2- AND 3-D MODELS OF POLLUTANT DISPERSION
Mladineo, N., Knezic, S., Pavasovic, S. (pp 433)
DEVELOPMENT OF "LAND RENT MODEL" USING MULTICRITERIONAL ANALYSIS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Schlogl, C. (pp 439)
HYPERMEDIA IN ENTERPRISES - CRITICAL DISCUSSION
Treven, S. (pp 451)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AS THE STRATEGIC RESOURCE OF AN ENTERPRISE

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION

Gaborovic, S. (pp 459)
THE KAROUBY CONSTRUCTION OF P-CATEGORY
Manger, R. (pp 465)
IMPLEMENTING PARALLEL "FOR" LOOPS ON MULTIPROCESSORS
Mohorko, J., Filip, P., Planinsic, P., Cucej, Z., Djonlagic, D. (pp 471)
IMAGE CODING USING PYRAMID VECTOR QUANTIZATION OF WAVELET COEFFICIENTS
Planinsic, P., Mohorko, J., Cucej, Z., Djonlagic, D., Filip, P. (pp 477)
IMAGE COMPRESSION BASED ON THE DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM
Vlasic, D., Pogorelc, J., Jezernik, K. (pp 483)
FORMAL VERIFICATION OF REAL TIME DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEM INVARIANCE PROPERTIES
Vrbanec, J., Svecko, R., Bele-Tominc, L., Djonlagic, D. (pp 489)
A REAL TIME CONTROL USING NONPARAMETRIC MODEL
Yang, Y. (pp 495)
STRATIFIED NONMONOTONIC TRUTH MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATIONS

SUPPLEMENT (Late Papers)

Elmaghraby, S. E., Baxter, E. I., Vouk, M A. (pp 505)
THE MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTION PROCESSES


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