• University Computing Centre, University of Zagreb, Croatia

SPONSORED BY

• IMACS International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

• Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Science and Technology
• University of Zagreb

CO-OPERATING INSTITUTIONS

• ARGESIM, Technical University Vienna
• Athens University of Economics and Business
• Croatian Society for Biometrics
• Croatian Society for Simulation Modelling
• Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
• Department of Statistics and Operations research, Polytechnical University of Catalonia
• European Business Management School, Swansea
• Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
• IEEE Croatia Section
• School of Computing and Management Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University

Chairman

D. Kalpic,
Department of Applied Mathematics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Members

M. Becue, Spain	I. Bratko, Slovenia
F. Breitenecker, Austria	L. Budin, Croatia
V. Ceric, Croatia	G. Doukidis, Greece
I. Futo, Hungary	V. Glavinic, Croatia
A. Javor, Hungary	C. Jones, UK
T. Legovic, Croatia	P. Long, UK
V. Luzar-Stiffler, Croatia	R. Manger, Croatia
M. T. Molfino, Italy	A. Morin, France
I. Olkin, USA	R. J. Paul, UK
M. Pidd, UK	S. Ribaric, Croatia
D. Rosenzweig, Croatia	A. Seila, UK
D. Skorin-Kapov, USA	A. Smailagic, USA
V. Vojtek, Slovakia	M. A. Vouk, USA
S. Vuletic, Croatia	M. Zagar, Croatia

Chairman

S. Krajcar

Vice Chair

V. Hljuz Dobric

Members

Z. Golubic	I. Maric
M. Mauher	B. Radic

PREFACE

INVITED PAPERS

Ferligoj, A.(pp 3)

OPTIMIZATIONAL APPROACH TO BLOCKMODELING

Mamede, N., Soares, P.(pp 11)

UNIVERSITY AUTOMATED TIMETABLING

Sargent, R. G. (pp 21)

AN INTRODUCTION TO HIERARCHICAL CONTROL FLOW GRAPH MODELS

Soelkner, J. (pp 35)

FRAILTY MODELS IN SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

Costantino, M., Collingham, R. J., Morgan, R. G (pp 43)

INFORMATION EXTRACTION IN THE LOLITA SYSTEM USING TEMPLATES FROM FINANCIAL NEWS ARTICLES

Dordevic, D., Josifovski, Lj., Mihajlov, D. (pp 55)

CHARACTER SHAPE PRECLASSIFICATION IN MIXED SCRIPT OCR FOR MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE

Josifovski, Lj., Mihajlov, D., Dordevic, D., Loskovska, S. (pp 61)

TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION FOR MACEDONIAN AS PART OF A SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT OF HUMANS WITH DAMAGED SIGHT

Manger, R. (pp 67)

CAN HOLOGRAPHIC NEURAL NETWORKS BE USED FOR DATA COMPRESSION?

Markovic, D., Zanchi, V., Bonkovic, M. (pp 73)

IDENTIFICATION OF 2-D BIPED WALKING SYSTEM BY TV-PC SET

Nouza, J. (pp 79)

AN INTERFACE FOR VOICE ACCESS TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Stojanov, G., Bozinovski, S. (pp 85)

INTERACTIONIST-EXPECTATIVE VIEW ON AGENCY AND LEARNING

Tepes, B., Zubrinic, T., Szirovicza, L., Hunjet, I. (pp 91)

HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL (HMM) FOR TAGGING OF CROATIAN LANGUAGE TEXTS

Tudman, M., Zubrinic, T., Boras, D., Lauc, D. (pp 97)

PUNCTUATION AND CONNECTING WORDS IN CROATIAN TEXT - SEGMENTATION MODEL

Zubrinic, T., Lauc, D., Manucci, M. (pp 105)

CROATIAN WORD TAGGING SYSTEM - SOLAH

Grbac, I., Dalbelo-Basic, B. (pp 113)

COMPARISON OF THERMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT MATTRESS STRUCTURES

Hercigonja-Szekeres, M., Faber, B., Kern, J. (pp 119)

RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY SIGNAL PROCESSING

Hrianka, M., Gabaj, P., Tomek, I. (pp 123)

IMAGE ANALYSIS, ENHANCING THE INFORMATIONAL VALUE OF IMAGES, CREATING OF THE STEREOGRAM

Petrovecki, M., Uzarevic, B., Jakic Razumovic, J., Petrovecki, V., Romic Stojkovic, R., Martinovic, I., Marusic, M. (pp 129)

ASSESSMENT OF PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN BREAST CARCINOMA USING SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

Simic, D., Delimar, M. (pp 135)

ON THE POWER AND THE SIZE OF THE T-TEST AND THE QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT

Sostaric, A., Korosec, D., Zazula, D. (pp 141)

WAVELET TRANSFORM IN EMG ANALYSIS

Benis, R., Stipetic, H., Bujanovic, I. (pp 149)

NETWORK CONFIGURATION PROCESSES-DYNAMIC APPROACH IN NEOS*V2 NETWORKS

Bertolissi, E., Preece, C. (pp 155)

ASSESSMENT OF REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES OF NETWORK PROTOCOLS IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Bujanovic, I., Benis, R., Stipetic, H. (pp 163)

NEOS INSTALLABLE FILE SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Cecuk, A-M. (pp 169)

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET DIRECTORY SERVICE USING WHOIS++ PROTOCOL

Dobrenic, D. (pp 175)

SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE HOSTS WITH DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS

Hocenski, Z., Martinovic, G., Veizer, B. (pp 181)

TESTING AND EVALUATION OF DEPENDABILITY OF MICROCOMPUTER FAULT-TOLERANT SYSTEM

Hudec, J. (pp 187)

FUNCTIONAL TEST GENERATION DESIGN STRATEGY FOR VLSI SYSTEMS

Janas, J. M. (pp 191)

EXTENDING THE FAULT COVERAGE OF MULTI-PARTY PROTOCOL CONFORMANCE TESTING

Olejar, J., Steinmuller, B. (pp 197)

THE ARCHITECTURE OF A LOW LEVEL PROTOCOL ANALYSING TOOL

Pehar, D., Delija, D. (pp 205)

COMMUNICATION NETWORK SIMULATION ON THE UNIX SYSTEM TROUGH USE OF THE REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS

Stipetic, H., Benis, R., Bujanovic, I. (pp 211)

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE DESIGN OF NEOS*V2 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL

Vujnovic, V., Maric, I. (pp 217)

THE LASER COMMUNICATIONS IN CARNET

Zagar, M., Muzak, G., Trupec, D., Kuresevic, A. (pp 223)

NETWORK OPERATIONS AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM

Breyer, H., Filipcic, L. (pp 231)

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PROXY.SRCE.HR SERVER

Georgiev, Tz., Ratkov, Al., Tzonkov, St. (pp 239)

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS APPROACH FOR INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT L- LEUCINE PRODUCTION PROCESSES

Grum, J. (pp 245)

ANALYSIS OF SHAPE, SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF SULPHIDE INCLUSIONS IN FREE CUTTING STEEL

Grum, J. (pp 253)

ESTIMATION OF SURFACE INTEGRITY WITH MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES AFTER MECHANICAL MACHINING

Grum, J., Sturm, R. (pp 261)

ANALYSIS OF GRAPHITE PARTICLES IN DIFFERENT NODULAR IRONS OBTAINED BY THE MODIFIED SALTYKOV METHOD

Viertl, R. (pp 267)

STATISTICS WITH NON-PRECISE DATA

Aniorte, P., Meyranx, J. (pp 275)

TERMINOLOGICAL DATABASE DESIGN: AN APPROACH BASED ON THE USE OF CONCEPTUAL GRAPHS

Blagajac, S., Krajcar, S., Skrlec, D. (pp 281)

ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MODELING - A SIMPLE PROCEDURE OF LOADING EXISTING DATA TO GIS

Goczyla, K., Horodecki, Z. (pp 287)

INDEXING ON COMPLEX ATTRIBUTES IN OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE SYSTEMS

Mladineo, N., Knezic, S., Srdelic, M. (pp 293)

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM IN COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT

Mraovic, B., Trupcevic, D. (pp 299)

THE ROLE OF IT IN DESIGNING BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS

Vedris, M. (pp 307)

NORMALISATION PRINCIPLES RESTATED FOR WEB DESIGNERS

Vukadinovic, V., Loncaric, Z., Teklic, T. (pp 313)

THE IMPLEMENT OF THE AL-METHOD IN FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS IN AGRICULTURE

Bogataj, T. (pp 321)

NOTES ON THE ANALYSIS OF REFLECTOMETRIC RESULTS

Orman, G. V. (pp 327)

CONTROL TURING MACHINES YIELDING SOME NUMERICAL FUNCTIONS CHARACTERIZING GENERATIVE SYSTEMS

Pogany, T. (pp 333)

ON CERTAIN DISCRETE KOTEL'NIKOV-SHANNON FORMULAS FOR STOHASTIC PROCESSES

Pogany, T., Tudor, M. (pp 339)

BANDWIDTH ESTIMATOR EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN THE IRREGULAR SAMPLING RESTORATION FOR DETERMINISTIC SIGNALS

Stefanovski, S., Mihajlov, D., Loskovska, S. (pp 345)

CONSTRUCTION OF MUTUALLY RECURSIVE FUNCTION SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE VARIABLE D0L-SYSTEMS

Angelov, P. (pp 353)

INTELLIGENT OPTIMAL CONTROL OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES

Bastic, M. (pp 359)

INFORMATION IN NEW PRODUCT DECISION MAKING

Cielatkowski, J., Goczyla, K. (pp 365)

INTEGRATING DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRANSPORT INTO ON-LINE JOURNEY PLANNING SYSTEM

Ceric, V. (pp 371)

VISUAL INTERACTIVE MODELLING AND SIMULATION AS A DECISION-SUPPORT IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT LOGISTIC OPERATIONS

Delimar, M., Simic, D., Delimar, N. (pp 377)

A GENERAL MODEL OF THE DYNAMICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Duic, N., Schneider, D. R., Bogdan, Z. (pp 383)

SENSITIVITY ANALYSES OF ADDITIVE CORRECTION MULTIGRID METHOD APPLIED TO FURNACE MODELING

Filipec, M., Krajcar, S., Skrlec, D. (pp 393)

OPTIMIZATION BY SIMULATED ANNEALING: CAPACITED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM

Fischer, D., Nikolovski, S. (pp 401)

AN IMPROVED ALGORITHM FOR FINDING THE MOST RELIABLE PATH IN A NETWORK

Futo, I., Gabor, A., Sokvari, A., Sztojkov, L. (pp 405)

A SIMULATION BASED HOSPITAL EVALUATION

Georgiev, Tz., Ratkov, Al., Tzonkov, St. (pp 411)

MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF FED - BATCH FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR AMINO ACID PRODUCTION

Golub, M. (pp 417)

AN IMPLEMENTATION OF BINARY AND FLOATING POINT CHROMOSOME REPRESENTATION IN GENETIC ALGORITHM

Jelacic, D. (pp 423)

SIMULATION ON PRODUCTION CYCLE DURATION BY USING PRIORITY RULES

Klopcic, M., Zupancic, B. (pp 429)

OPTIMIZATION OF FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS

Kurtanjek, Z. (pp 435)

ANALYSIS OF FED-BATCH OPERATION CONTROL BY COMPUTER SIMULATION

Liska, M., Menhart, P. (pp 439)

PARAMETER TABLES - THE TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO ACCESSING THE SIMULATION MODEL PARAMETERS

Simeonov, S., Simeonovova, J. (pp 445)

SCHEDULING SYSTEM USING A SIMULATION MODEL

Slamic, M., Penzar, D., Penzar, I., Stjepanovic, J. (pp 453)

FIXED-VIEWPOINT REPRESENTATION OF SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LOW-COST INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY SIMULATORS

Simic, Z., O'Brien, J., Mikulicic, V. (pp 459)

AN APPROACH TO ON-LINE RISK ASSESSMENT IN NPP

Sribar, A., Krajcar, S., Skrlec, D. (pp 465)

THE OPTIMIZATION WITH PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHM

Zenzerovic, Z. (pp 473)

CAPACITY BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS USING THE QUEUEING THEORY

Colazzo, L., Costantino, M, (pp 481)

INTRODUCING HYPERTEXTUAL GLOSSARIES IN A MULTI-USER DIDACTIC ENVIRONMENT

Cicin-Sain, Marina, Cicin-Sain, Marko (pp 489)

AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OF A HYPERMEDIA PROSPECTUS

Glavinic, V., Kapetanovic, D. (pp 495)

PROTOCOL EXTENSIONS FOR MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA MAIL ACCESS

Glavinic, V., Rogovic, B., Vukovic, D. (pp 501)

PROJECT IRISH: ISTRIAN REGION INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

Abdi, M. K., Rahmouni, M. K. (pp 509)

COMBINING JSD METHOD AND REWRITE LOGIC FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Batos, V., Kalpic, D. (pp 519)

APPLICATION OF THE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION METHODS IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Champredonde, R., Koldobsky, M., De Giusti, A. (pp 525)

A MODEL OF INTEROPERABLE OBJECTS

Cuevas, G., Fernandez, L., Amescua, A. (pp 533)

METRAD: A METHOD FOR DERIVING A MERISE CONCEPTUAL TREATMENT MODEL BASED ON A DATA FLOW DIAGRAM

Dukic, Z., Loncaric, S. (pp 541)

AN OBJECT-ORIENTED IMPLEMENTATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS USING ELEMENT VECTOR REPRESENTATION

Hrzenjak-Sego, Lj. (pp 547)

CASE TOOLS? WHY? BUT WHY NOT?

Juric, R., Snaith, J. (pp 553)

THE UNIFIED METHOD: A REFLECTIVE DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS

Rozanc, I., Mahnic, V. (pp 561)

A TOOL FOR RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT