The two-volume set LNCS 5072 and 5073 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2008, held in Perugia, Italy, in June/July, 2008.
The two volumes contain papers presenting a wealth of original research results in the field of computational science, from foundational issues in computer science and mathematics to advanced applications in virtually all sciences making use of computational techniques. The topics of the fully refereed papers are structured according to the five major conference themes: computational methods, algorithms and scientific applications, high performance technical computing and networks, advanced and emerging applications, geometric modelling, graphics and visualization, as well as information systems and information technologies.
Moreover, submissions from more than 20 workshops and technical sessions in the areas, such as embedded systems, geographical analysis, computational geometry, computational geomatics, computer graphics, virtual reality, computer modeling, computer algebra, mobile communications, wireless networks, computational forensics, data storage, information security, web learning, software engineering, computational intelligence, digital security, biometrics, molecular structures, material design, ubiquitous computing, symbolic computations, web systems and intelligence, and e-education contribute to this publication.
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This two-volume set is assembled following the 2008 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2008, a premium int- national event held in Perugia, Italy, from June 30 to July 3, 2008. The collection of fully refereed high-quality original works accepted as theme papers for presentation at ICCSA 2008 are published in this LNCS proceedings set. This outstanding collection complements the volume of workshop papers, traditionally published by IEEE Computer Society. The continuous support of computational science researchers has helped ICCSA to become a ?rmly established forum in the area of scienti?c computing and the conference itself become a recurring scienti?c and professional meeting that cannot be given up. The computational science ?eld, based on fundamental disciplines such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, is ?nding new computational approaches to foster the human progress in heterogeneous and fundamental areas such as aerospace and automotive industries, bioinformatics and nanotechnology studies, networks and grid computing, computational geometry and biometrics, computer education, virtual reality, and art. Due to the growing complexity of many ch- lenges in computational science, the use of sophisticated algorithms and eme- ing technologies is inevitable. Together, these far-reaching scienti?c areas help to shape this conference in the areas of state-of-the-art computational science research and applications, encompassing the facilitating theoretical foundations and the innovative applications of such results in other areas.
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Workshop on Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (GEO-AN-MOD 2008).- Detecting Alluvial Fans Using Quantitative Roughness Characterization and Fuzzy Logic Analysis.- High Resolution Analysis of Settlement Structure on Base of Topographic Raster Maps - Method and Implementation.- Working on the Edge of Town: The Periphery as a Spatial Pattern.- Geospatial Modelling of Urban Security: A Novel Approach with Virtual 3D City Models.- Socio-economic Data Analysis with Scan Statistics and Self-organizing Maps.- A Web-Based Autonomous Weather Monitoring System of the Town of Palermo and Its Utilization for Temperature Nowcasting.- Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Illegal Oil Discharges Detected off Canada's Pacific Coast.- Growths, Urban Transformations, Real Estate Positional Value: Econometric Cellular Automata for the Simulation of the Positional Value: An Application for Turin.- Renewable Energy Sources: The Case of Wind Farms Analysis.- Urban Data Visualization with Voronoi Diagrams.- A Multivariate Fuzzy Analysis for the Regeneration of Urban Poverty Areas.- A Mathematical Tool to Extend 2D Spatial Operations to Higher Dimensions.- Influence of Model Resolution on Ozone Predictions over Madrid Area (Spain).- 3D LIDAR Data Application for Urban Morphogenesis Multi-agent Vector Based Geosimulation.- Map Comparison Methods for Comprehensive Assessment of Geosimulation Models.- A Spatio-morphological Modelling for Spread Predicting.- Hot Spot Analysis: Improving a Local Indicator of Spatial Association for Application in Traffic Safety.- Homogenous Urban Poverty Clusters within the City of Bari.- The Impact of Climate Change on Future Land-Use in a Coastal Zone Planning Context.- Geo-spatial Data Analysis, Quality Assessment and Visualization.- Automated Unsupervised Geomorphometric Classification of Earth Surface for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment.- Urban Roughness Parameters Calculation in the City of Rome by Applying Analytical and Simplified Formulations: Comparison of Results.- Remote Sensing and Urban Analysis.- Integration of Geographic Information into Multidimensional Models.- The Behavioural Rules in Multi Agent Systems: A "Not a Toy" Approach.- New Cycle-Lane Project: A Participative Approach.- Alternative Distance Metrics for Enhanced Reliability of Spatial Regression Analysis of Health Data.- A Software Infrastructure for Multi-agent Geosimulation Applications.- Comparing Exact and Heuristic Methods for Site Location Based on Multiple Attributes: An Afforestation Application.- Temporal Variation of Urban Pattern Morphology in Southern Italy Explored by Using Landsat Data.- Kernel Density Estimation Methods for a Geostatistical Approach in Seismic Risk Analysis: The Case Study of Potenza Hilltop Town (Southern Italy).- 3D Simulations in Environmental Impact Assessment.- Sampling Optimization Trade-Offs for Long-Term Monitoring of Gamma Dose Rates.- Geographical Analysis of Foreign Immigration and Spatial Patterns in Urban Areas: Density Estimation and Spatial Segregation.- Evaluation of Agricultural Land Suitability: Application of Fuzzy Indicators.- Evaluation of Ecological Conditions Using Bioindicators: Application of Fuzzy Modeling.- Workshop on Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2007).- Context Awareness Using Semantic Web Technology in the Ubiquitous Learning Service.- Web-Based Environment for Active Computing Learners.- A Web Based Tool for Novice Programmers: Interaction in Use.- Materializing Learning Objects with SCORM Specifications.- Workshop on Computer Aided Information (CAI) Technology (CAIT 2008).- A New Method for Iris Recognition Systems Based on Fast Pupil Localization.- Elasticity Effect on the Ink Transfer Process in Gravure Printing.- Perturbation Analysis of the Combination Resonances of a Thin Cantilever Beam under Vertical Excitations.- A Study on the Design Supporting System for Cylinder Using Pro/PROGRAM.- The Effects of Hangul Font and Character Size on the Readability in PDA.- Workshop on Computational GeoInformatics (COMPGEO 2008).- Predictive Indexing for Position Data of Moving Objects in the Real World.- Fuzzy Association Rule Mining from Spatio-temporal Data.- A Twofold Fuzzy Region Model for Imprecise Quality Control of Geographic Information.- Evaluating the Viability of Pictometry® Imagery for Creating Models of the Built Environment.- Automatic Decision-Oriented Mapping of Pollution Data.- Advancing Spatio-temporal Analysis of Ecological Data: Examples in R.- How to Define 3D Geoprocessing Operations for the OGC Web Processing Service (WPS)? Towards a Classification of 3D Operations.- Fuzzy Regions for Handling Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Image Segmentation.- Deriving and Mining Spatiotemporal Event Schemas in In-Situ Sensor Data.- Field Sampling from a Segmented Image.- Workshop on Embedded Systems for Ubiquitous Compu…