2012 Eighth International

Conference on Signal ImageTechnology and Internet Based

Systems

(SITIS 2012)

Sorrento, Naples, Italy25-29 November 2012

4NEEE IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1295D-PRT

ISBN: 978-1-4673-5152-2

2012 Eighth International Conference

on Signal Image Technologyand Internet Based Systems

SITIS 2012

Table of Contents

SITIS 2012 Foreword xvi

SITIS 2012 Editorial Messages of Workshops xvii

SITIS 2012 Objectives xxiii

Acknowledgements xxiv

Keynotes xxv

SITIS 2012 Workshop Committees xxviit

SITIS 2012 Reviewers xxxiv

SIT Track Editorial Message xxxv

SIT Track Committees xxxvi

IBCS Track Editorial Message xxxviii

IBCS Track Committees xxxix

Signal and Image Technology (SIT)

SIT-S1: Video Processing and Coding

Adapting the Streaming Video Based on the Estimated Position of the Region

of Interest 1

Hussein Muzahim Aziz, Markus Fiedler, Hakan Grahn, and Lars Lundberg

Exploiting Visual Cues in Non-Scripted Lecture Videos for Multi-modal Action

Recognition 8

AH Shariq lmran, Alejandro Moreno, andFaouzi Alaya Cheikh

Video Error Concealment of P-frame Using Packets ofthe Following Frames 15

Fei Cheng, Jimin Xiao, Jin Zhi, and Tammam Tillo

LORD: LOw-complexity, Rate-controlled, Distributed Video Coding System 21

Rami Cohen andDavidMalah

SIT-S2: Depth Camera Image Processing

Efficient Depth Image Compression Using Accurate Depth Discontinuity Detection

and Prediction 29

Reuben A. Farrugia

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3D Reconstruction of Urban Environments Based on Fisheye Stereovision 36

Julien Moreau, Sebastien Ambellouis, and Yassine Ruichek

An RGB-D Database Using Microsoft's Kinect for Windows for Face Detection 42

R.I. Hg. P. Jasek, C. Rofidal. K. Nasrollahi, T.B. Moeslund, and G. Tranchet

Temporal Denoising of Kinect Depth Data 47

Kyis Essmueel, Luigi Gallo, Ernesto Damiani, Giuseppe. De Pietro, andAlbert Dipanda

SIT-S3: Enhancement

Edge-Based Automatic Parameter Selection for Sub-Optimal Image Despeckling

Using Kuan Filter 53

Adib Akl, Kamal Tabbara, and Charles Yaacoub

Removal of Salt and Pepper Noise Using Sparse Representation 58

Yenduri Naveen and Sumana Gupta

Design and Application of a New Multiscale Multidirectional Non-subsampled

Filter Bank • 64

M. Satish and Sumana Gupta

Visibility Enhancement Based Real-Time Retinex for Diverse Environments 72

Bin-Na Yu, Byung-Sung Kim, andKwae-HiLee

SIT-S4: Face Recognition

Compressed Sensing Face Recognition Method in Heterogeneous Database

with Small Sample Size Problem 80

Ji-XinLiu, Redouane Khemmar, Jean-Yves Ertaud, andXavier Savatier

Face Recognition Using Multiscale and Spatially Enhanced Weber Law Descriptor 85

Muhammad Hussain, Ghulam Muhammad, and George Bebis

An Effective Face Detection Algorithm Based on Skin Color Information 90

Alaa Sagheer andSaleh Aly

Who Said That? The Crossmodal Matching Identity for Inferring Unfamiliar Faces

from Voices 97

Escolo Sotelo E.A., Tomoaki Nakamura, Takayaki Nagai, and Escamilla Hernandez E.

Face Recognition Based on Sparse Representation Classifier with Gabor-Edge

Components Histogram 105

HansungLee, Yimsu Chung, Jang-Hee Yoo, and Chulho Won

SIT-S5: Medical Imaging ,Biometrics

Measuring the Quality of IRIS Segmentation for Improved IRIS Recognition

Performance 110

Raida Hentati, Bernadette Dorizzi, YassineAoudni, and MohamedAbid

Guided Gabor Filter for Finger Vein Pattern Extraction 118

Shan JuanXie, JuCheng Yang, Sook Yoon, Lu Yu, and Dong Sun Park

Biometrics Information Protection Using Fuzzy Vault Scheme 124

Ki Young Moon. Daesung Moon, Jang-Hee Yoo, and Hyim-Suk Cho

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A Model Based Approach for Vessel Caliber Measurement in Retinal Images 129

MuhammadMoazam Fraz, Paolo Remagnino, Andreas Hoppe, Sarah A. Barman,

Alicja Rudnicka, Chris Owen, and Peter Whincup

Accurate Segmentation of Breast Tumors in Ultrasound Images Using

a Custom-Made Active Contour Model and Signal-to-Noise Ratio Variations 137

Mohammad I. Daoud, Mohammad M. Baba, Falah Awwad, Mahasen Al-Najjar,

and EmadS. Tarawneh

A Comparison of Different Gabor Features for Mass Classification

in Mammography 142

Muhammad Hussain, SalabatKhan, Ghulam Muhammad, and George Bebis

SIT-S6: Image Segmentation

Hough Transformed Based Ship Segmentation Using Centerline Extraction

and Feature Angles 149

Irene Camino Garcia and Udo Zdlzer

Cursive Handwritten Segmentation and Recognition for Instructional Videos 155

Ali Shariq Imran, Sukalpa Chanda, Faouzi Alaya Cheikh, Katrin Franke, and Umapada Pal

Real-time Object Detection by Road Plane Segmentation Technique for ADAS 161

V. Balisavira and V.K. Pandey

Edge-Enhancing of Color Segmented Images 168

Assia Kourgli and YoucefOukil

Recursive-TFR Algorithm for Segmentation ofRemotely Sensed Images 174

Giuseppe Scarpa, Giuseppe Masi, Luisa Verdoliva, Giovanni Poggi, and R. Gaetano

SIT-S7: Watermarking, Image Compression

Tiled Image Container for Web Compatible Compound Image Compression 182

Ashok Mathew Kuruvilla

Modulation in the HVS Domain for Hardcopy Watermarking of Color Documents 188

Joceli Mayer and Steven J. Simske

Enhancement of Error-Correction Coding of Spatial Watermarks for JPEG

Compression .195

Tadahiko Kimoto

Auto White Balance Using the Coincidence of Chromaticity Histograms 201

Tao Jiang, DuongNguyen, andKlaus-Dieter Kuhnert

Yamagusht Decomposition Based on the Compact Polarimetry Mode Using

RADARSAT2 Data 209

Boularbah Souissi, Mounira Ouarzeddine, andAichouche Belhadj-Aissa

SIT-S8: Learning, Classification

Robust PCA-GMM-SVM System for Speaker Verification Task 214

Kawthar Yasmine Zergat, Abderrahmane Amrouche, Nassim Asbai, and MohamedDebyeche

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Definition and Performance Evaluation of a Robust SVM Based Fall Detection

Solution 218

Imen Charfi, Johel Miteran, Julien Dubois, MohamedAtri, andRached Tourki

Group-Based Fast Mode Decision Algorithm for Intra Prediction in HEVC 225

Shunqing Yan, Liang Hong, Weifeng He, and Qin Wang

Improving SURF Image Matching Using Supervised Learning 230

Hatem Mousselly Sergieh, ElodEg}>ed-Z.iigmond, Mario Doller, David Coquil,

Jean-Marie Pimm, and Harald Kosch

Statistical Structure Modeling and Optimal Combined Strategy Based Chinese

Components Recognition 238

Bowen Yu, Xiaohui Liang, Jiajia Hu, andLinjia Sun

SIT-S9: Image Analysis I

Analysing Micro- and Macro-Structures in Textures 246

B.M. Waller, M.S. Nixon, andJ.N. Carter

Quality Measurement of Image Segmentation Evaluation Methods 254

Slepdn Srubaf

Comparative Evaluation of Various Fractal Dimension Estimation Methods 259

Malha Lehamel andKama! Hammouche

A Clustering Algorithm ofTrajectories for Behaviour Understanding Based

on String Kernels 267

Luc Brim, Alessia Saggese, and Mario Vento

Finding the Correspondence Points in Images of Multi-Views 275

Seyed Mohammad Hassan Anvar, Wei-Yun Yau, and Earn Khwang Teoh

SIT-S10: Image Analysis 2

Stroke-Based Chinese Character Completion 281

Xiaoqing Wang, Xiaohui Liang, Jiajia Hu, andLinjia Sun

Semantic Bag-of-Words Models for Visual Concept Detection and Annotation 289

Yu Zhang, Stephane Bres, and Liming Chen

A Novel Approach of Skew Normalization for Handwritten Text Lines and Words 296

Subhash Panwar and Neeta Nain

Improving Barcode Detection with Combination of Simple Detectors 300

Peter Bodnar andLaszld G. Nyul

A Novel Method for Accurate and Efficient Barcode Detection with Morphological

Operations 307

Melinda Katona and Laszlo G. Nyul

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SIT-S11: Efficient Image Processing

An Effective Method to Enhance the RDO Performance for H.264/AVC Video

Coding 315

Wenshuo Zhou and Chun Yuan

GPU Real-Time Medium Model for Artistic Temporally Coherent Rendering 319

Belhadj Fares, Suarez Jordane, and Boyer Vincent

An FPGA-based Real-time Background Identification Circuit for 1080p Video 330

Mariangela Genovese and Ettore Napoli

Fast Image and Video Segmentation Based on Alpha-tree Multiscale

Representation 336

Francois Merciol and Sebastien Lefivre

SIT-S12: Image Sequence Processing, Motion

Error Propagation in Multi-Camera Tracking 343

Gahin Kayumbi, Pier Luigi Mazzeo, andAndrea Cavallaro

Unsupervised Mask Patterns Generation for Extracting Action Specific Motion

Features 351

Shohei Ito, Takumi Hayashi, andKazuhiro Holla

Fingertip's Speed Analysis for Touch Detection Using a Smart Phone 359

S.N. Jensen, N.G. Myrtue, C. Pedersen, G. Tranche!, K. Nasrotlahi, and T.B. Moeshmd

Self-adaptive Feature Extraction Scheme for Mobile Image Retrieval of Flowers 366

Khin Hninn Phyu, Andrea Kutics, andAkihiko Nakagawa

First Steps Toward Spatio-Temporal Rheims Reconstruction Using Old Postcards 374

Barbara Romaniuk, Lara Yoimes, and Eric Bittar

SIT-S13: Image Analysis 3

Image Segmentation through a Hierarchy of Minimum Spanning Trees 381

Filippo Vella, Ignazio Infanlino, Salvatore Gaglio, and Gaspare Vetrano

An Approach to Correcting Image Distortion by Self Calibration Stereoscopic

Scene from Multiple Views 389

Arnaud S.R.M. Ahouandjinou, Eugene C. Ezin, Cina Molamed, and Pierre Gouton

Copy-Move Image Forgery Detection Using Multi-Resolution Weber Descriptors 395

Muhammad Hussain, Ghulam Muhammad, Sahar Q. Saleh, Anwar M. Mirza, and George Bebis

A Versatile Demosaicing Algorithm for Performing Image Zooming .....402

Alain Hore, Djemel Ziou, andMarie-Flavie Auclair-Fortier

SIT-S14: Theory and Methods

A Fuzzy-Logic Based Non Cooperative Target Recognition 410

Thomas Boulay, Mien Lagoutte, Ali Mohammad-Djafari, and Nicolas Gac

Methodology for the Construction and Enhancement of Risk-Parity Portfolios 416

Donnacha Daly, Sebastiano Rossi, and Florian Herzog

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Multinomial Bayesian Kernel Logistic Discriminant Based Method for Skin

Detection 420

IdirFilaii, Djemel Ziou, andNadjia Benblidia

Local Multi-Modal SIFT Features in Co-registered Range and Intensity Images 426

Euan Strachan andJan Paul Siebert

Internet Based Computing and Systems (IBCS)

IBCS-S1: Web-Centric Systems

Inference of an XML Schema with the Knowledge of XML Operations 433

Mario Mikula, Jakuh Starka, andIrena Mlynkovd

Generalizing and Improving SQL/XML Query Evaluation 441

Stefan Boucher, Dennis Bokermann, andRita Hartel

Service-oriented Communities: Models and Concepts Towards Fractal Social

Organizations 450

Vincenzo De Florio, Antonio Coronato, MohamedBakhouya, and Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo

Ontology Change Estimation Based on Axiomatic Semantic and Entropy Measure 458

Mamadou Bousso, Ousmane Sail, Mouhamadou Thiam, Moussa Lo, and El Hadji Bassirou Toure

A Service Oriented Information System: A Model Driven Approach 466

Abdelaziz El Fazziki, Hamza Lakhrissi, Kokou Yetognon, and MohamedSadgal

IBCS-S2: Advanced Information Systems

Improving Accuracy and Interpretability of Clinical Decision Support Systems

through Possibilistic Constrained Evolutionary Optimization 474

Domenico Maislo and Massimo Esposito

Extracting Touristic Information from Online Image Collections 482

Edoardo Ardizzone, Francesco Di Miceli, Marco La Cascia, and Giuseppe Mazzola

A Knowledge-based Method for Verifying the Reliability ofClinical DSSs 489

Eugenia Cesario and Massimo Esposito

Interpolating Probability Values or Fuzzy Set Values for Uncertain Spatiotemporal

Objects 496

Erlend Tessebw

Linguistically Aware Semantic Network for Automated Information Tracking 503

Konstanty Haniewicz, Magdalena Adamczyk, and Wojciech Rutkowski

Versioning of Conventional Schema in the tXSchema Framework 510

Zouhaier Brahmia, Fabio Grandi, Barbara Oliboni, and Rafik Bouaziz

IBCS-S3: Multimedia & QoS

Quality ofExperience as a Selection Criterion for Web Services 519

Felipe Laianne, Ana Cavalli, and Stephane Maag

QoS-MONaaS: A Portable Architecture for QoS Monitoring in the Cloud 527

Ornella Adinolfl, Rosario Cristaldi, Luigi Coppolino, andLuigi Romano

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QoS-Enhanced Broker for Composite Web Service Selection 533

Salem Chakhar

Multimodal Approach for Emotion Recognition Using an Algebraic Representation

of Emotional States 541

Imen Tayari Meftah, Nhan Le Thanh, and Chokri Ben Amar

Towards Digital Image Accessibility for Blind Users Via Vibrating Touch Screen:

A Feasibility Test Protocol 547

Amine Awada, YoussefBou Issa, Clara Ghannam, Joe Tekli, and Richard Chbeir

Evaluation of Voice-driven Web Application Architecture 555

Christine Niyizamwiyitira, Lars Lundberg, and Mikael Svahnberg

IBCS-S 4: Cooperative & Distributed Systems

Open Source Platforms for Internet Monitoring and Measurement 563

Giuseppe Acelo, Alessio Botta, Waller De Donate, Pietro Marchetta, Antonio Pescape,

and Giorgio Ventre

Towards an Open and Interoperable Platform for Real Time Decision Making

in Intelligent Cities 571

Alfw Costanzo andAlberto Faro

An Intrusion and Fault Tolerant Forensic Storage for a SIEM System 579

MuhammadAfzaal, Cesario Di Sarno, Sahatare D'antonio, andLuigiRomano

Static Verification ofWireless Sensor Networks with Formal Methods 587

Alessandro Testa, Antonio Coronato, Marcello Cinque, and Juan Carlos Augusta

Well Formed PetriNet for Reachability 595

Yuta Ikeda, Satoshi Shimada, and Takao Miura

A Fine-Grained Image Access Control Model 603

Bechara AlBouna, Richard Chbeir, A/ban Gabillon, and Patrick Capolsini

Workshop Sessions

Workshop on Situation Aware Computing

W-SACOM-S1

Modeless Japanese Input Method Using Multiple Character Sequence Features 613

Yukino Ikegami, Yoshitaka Sakurai, and Setsuo Tsuruta

Context-based Reflection Support Counseling Agent 619

Tetsuo Shinozaki, Yukiko Yamamoto, Kohei Takada, and Setsuo Tsuruta

An Adaptive System for Optimal Matches between Human Needs and Offers 629

Setsuo Tsuruta, Keiko Tsuruta, Kohei Takada, Yoshitaka Sakurai, Yoshiyuki Mizuno,

TakashiKawabe, andRainerKnauf

Towards a Collaborative Innovation Catalyst 637

Valerio Bellandi, Paolo Ceravolo, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, and Jonatan Maggesi

xi

Effective and Efficient Filtering of Retrieved Images Based on JPEG Header

Information 644

Gerald Schaefer, David Edmundson, Kohai Takada, Setsuo Tswuta, and Yoshitaka Sakurai

Image and Text Fusion for Context-aware Recommendation 650

Kohei Takada, Motoki lwasawa, Masahiro Kaneko, Yoshitaka Sakurai, Setsuo Tsuruta,

and GeraldSchaefer

W-SACOM-S2

Personalized and Adaptive Curriculum Optimization Based on a Performance

Correlation Analysis 655

RainerKnauf, Kinshuk, Kouhei Takada, Yoshitaka Sakurai, Takashi Kawabe, and Setsuo Tsuruta

Personalized Video Summarization Based on Behavior of Viewer 661

Atsuo Yoshitaka and Kazuya Sawada

Ensuring XML Integrity Using Watermarking Techniques 668

Romaric Tchokpon, Slelvio Cimato, andNadia Bennani

Evaluation of Language Pipeline for Awareness Service Platform 675

Kouhei Takada, Masahiro Kaneko, Yukiko Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Sakurai, Setsuo Tsuruta,

and Ernesto Damiani

Diversity ofGenes, Its Representation and its Use for Creating New Individuals 681

Masaki Suzuzki, Kouhei Takada, Setsuo Tsuruta, and Rainer Knauf

A Population Based Rewarding for Reinforcement Learning to Control Genetic

Algorithms 686

Yoshitaka Sakurai and Setsuo Tsumta

Workshop on Complex Networks

W-Complex Network-Si

Social Network Analysis in Scientometrics 692

Adam Matusiak and Mikolaj Morzy

A Comparative Study ofWeb Services Composition Networks 700

Chantal Cherifi and Jean-Francois Santucci

Complex Network of Earthquakes: Universal Law for Waiting Internal Time

in Seismicity 707

Norikazu Suzuki

Go with the Winner: Optimizing Detection ofModular Organization Differences

in Dynamic Functional Brain Networks 710

S.l. Dimilriadis, Nikolaos Laskaris, andA. Tzelepi

A Characterization of the Modular Structure ofComplex Networks Based

on Consensual Communities 717

Ivan Keller and Emmanuel Viennet

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W-Complex Network-S2

Directed Networks of Online Chats: Content-Based Linking and Social Structure 725

Vladimir Gligorijevic, Martin Skowron, andBosiljka Tadic

On the Structure ofChanges in Dynamic Contact Networks 731

VincentNeiger, Christophe Crespelle, andEric Fleury

Composite Centrality: A Natural Scale for Complex Networks 739

Andreas Joseph and Guanrong Chen

Accelerated MotifDetection Using Combinatorial Techniques 744

Luis A.A. Meira, Vinicius R. Maximo, Alvaro L. Fazenda, andArlindo F. da Conceicao

Renormalization of Spectra for Network Laplacian as Applied to Synchronization 754

Stefan Boettcher

Efficient Q-matrix Computation for the Visualization of Complex Networks 762

Roldan Pozo

W-Complex Network-S3

Facencounter: Bridging the Gap between Offline and Online Social Networks 768

Sabrina Gaito, Gian Paolo Rossi, andMatteo Zignani

Social Psychology Testing Platform Leveraging Facebook and SNA Techniques 776

Andrea Biancini

The Role of Distances in the World Trade Web 784

Francesco Picciolo, Tiziano Squartini, Franco Ruzzenenti, Riccardo Basosi,

andDiego Garlaschelli

A Fitness Model for Epidemic Dynamics in Complex Networks 793

Marco Alberto Javarone and Giuliano Armano

Rumor Dynamics with Acceptability Factor and Inoculation ofNodes in Scale Free

Networks 798

AnuragSingh, Rahul Kumar, and Yatindra Nath Singh

Workshop on Colour and Multispectral Imaging

Multi- and Single-output Support Vector Regression for Spectral Reflectance

Recovery 805

Ferdinand Deger, Alamin Mansouri, Marius Pedersen, Jon Y. Hardeberg, and Yvon Voisin

LED Based Multispectral Film Scanner for Accurate Color Imaging 811

Raju Shrestha, Jon Yngve Hardeberg, and Clotilde Boust

Sharpness Improvement ofWarped Document Images for Top View Book

Scanners 818

Ramy Battrawy, Markus Schnitzlein, Dietmar Nowack, GeraldKrell, andAyoub Al-Hamadi

Towards an Ontological Approach for Classifying Remote Sensing Images 825

Samuel Andres, Damien Arvor, and Christelle Pierkot

Analysis ofMultispectral Images of Excised Colon Tissue Samples Based

on Genetic Algorithms 833

J. Galeano, R. Jolivot, Y. Benezeth, F. Marzani, J.F, Emile, and D. Lamarque

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Comparative Study ofClustering Based Colour Image Segmentation Techniques 839

Samira Chebboul and Hayet Farida Merouani

Workshop on Knowledge Acquisition Reuse and Evaluation

KROM: An Organizational Meta-Model Oriented to Knowledge: A Case

from Ophthalmic Industry 845

J. Girodon, D. Monticolo, E. Bonjour, andM. Perrier

Multi-Web, Event-Centric Urban Information Integration 852

Stefano Montanelli, Silvana Castano, andLorenzo Genla

Towards the Automatic Detection and Correction of Errors in Automatically

Constructed Ontologies 860

Andriana Gkaniatsou, Alan Bundy, and Fiona Mcneill

Interoperability Knowledge Base for Persistent Identifiers Interoperability

Framework 868

Emanuek Bellini, Cinzia Luddi, Chiara Cirinna, Maurizio Lunghi, Achille Felicetti,

Barbara Bazzanella, and Paolo Bouquet

The Role of a Semantic Approach of Complex Statistical Information System

Planning and Management 876

Crislina Murtelli and Emanuele Bellini

Workshop on Multimedia Techniques for Augmented Reality: Presence and Emotionin Virtual EnvironmenT

Intra-Field Selective Deinterlacing Algorithm Considering the Fine Edge Direction 884

Jooseong Hong, Dmitriy Khvan, Jechang Jeong, and Gwanggil Jeon

Reconstruction of Car Crash Scenes Using a 3D Building and Query Algebra 891

Flora Amalo, Vincenzo Moscato, Antonio Picariello, and Carlo Sansone

View-independent Hand Posture Recognition from Single Depth Images Using

PCA and Flusser Moments 898

Luigi Gallo andA/essio Pierluigi Placilelli

Versatile Search Range Adjustment Algorithm for Fast Block-Based Motion

Estimation 905

llseimg Kim, Jaehun Kim, Gwanggil Jeon, andJechang Jeong

A Cloud Service for Adaptive Digital Music Streaming 910

Ashkan Paya and Dan C. Marinescu

Advanced Hybrid Interpolation Based on Edge Direction Extracted from the DCT

Coefficient Distribution 918

Jaehun Kim, Kibaek Kim, Janghyeok Yun, Jechang Jeong, and GwanggilJeon

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Workshop on Methods, Models and Technology for Semantic-driven KnowledgeBuilding

Mapping Knowledge Activities with System Operations to Foster Information

Systems for Knowledge Work 925

Kathrin Widmann, Isabella Seeber, and RonaldMaier

A Semantic Approach for Continuous Assessment in Organizations 931

Matteo Gaeta, Francesco Orcitioli, Giuseppe Fenza, Giuseppina Rita Mangione,

andPierluigi Ritrovalo

Exploiting Participatory Design in Open Innovation Factories 937

Valerio Bellandi, Paolo Ceravolo, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, Jonatan Maggesi, andLi Zhu

A Knowledge Discovery Methodology for Semantic Categorization

of Unstructured Textual Sources 944

Daniele Toti, Paolo Atzeni, and Fabio Polticelli

Managing Strategies for Cooperative Multi-Agents under Diversity 952

Seiichi Aral, Satoshi Shimada, and Takao Miura

Exploiting Semantic Models and Techniques to Evaluate Relevance of Human

Resources in Knowledge Intensive Organizations 960

Angela Gaeta, Matteo Gaeta, Paolo Piciocchi, Agostino Vollero, and Pierluigi Ritrovato

Adult Video Content Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques 967

Victor M. Torres Ochoa, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, andFaouziAlaya Cheikh

Workshop on Web based and Distributed Information Systems

Knowledge Reposiory as Entity Similarity Computing Enabler ,975

Mouhamadou Ba and Gayo Diallo

Collaborative Incident Reporting with Linked Heterogeneous Information 982

Vincent T, Y. Ng andLi Ho Leung

Food Volume Estimation in a Mobile Phone Based Dietary Assessment System 988

MdHqflzurRahman, QiangLi, Mark Pickering, Michael Frater, Deborah Kerr,

Carol Bouchey, and Edward Delp

A Multi-policy Model for Access Control in Cooperative Information Systems 996

Leslie Huin, Eric Disson, and Danielle Boulanger

A Conceptual Architecture for Semantic Mash Up Recommender Framework 1002

Geovanny Poveda Cardona andMercedes Garijo

Author Index 1010

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