002153   Das S K;Khuntia J (Cent for Dev of Advd Computing (C-Dac), Ganeshkhind Pune Univ Campus, Pune-411 007) : On the planning of national water grid project: scope of mathematical modeling and high end computing. Ecol Envir Conserv 2005, 11(1), 65-72.

Inter-basin Water Transfer Plan of India, also frequently referred as Inter-linking of Rivers (ILR) or National Water Grid Plan has gained momentum very recently due to various disputes and unsolved problems related to water resources, prevailing over the decades. The paper deals with the genesis of the mega plan, its multi-dimensional issues involved and the need for proper planning in the realm of present socio-economic scenario. It also reviews the modalities of various assumptions involved, which forms the basis for the mega plan and discusses various claims and counterclaims with sole aim to integrate the planning of any water resource project. The objective of the paper is also to focus important issues and challenges involved in scientific, environmental and economic domains to make National Water Grid project successful. In the event of detail requirement of scientific and technical investigations, the scope for mathematical modeling and high-performance computing is also emphasized. The basic methodology, which has been put forward in the paper, can help to plan and review any large water resource project.

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000005   Singh U K;Chaudhari N S;Ramani A K;Chandel S S (Mahakal Inst of Computer Sci (MICS), MIT Campus, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh) : A vulnerabilities classification & study of testing of firewalls in developing of a secure intranet. Vikram mathl J 2004, 24, 128-40.

For over thirty years, the security community has focused on improving security and yet information systems remain as vulnerable as ever. The need of a novel methodologies for classifying of vulnerabilities in Intranet firewalls have been motivated. Firewall internals and firewall operations have been examined with the effects which can cause weaknesses in Intranet security. Firewall testing is one of the most useful area for evaluating the Intranet security effectiveness. Innovative views that firewall testing should examine not only the ability of a firewall to resist attacks from external sources, but also the defenses of the entire network that the firewall protects against external threats have been addressed.

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000004   Butey P K;Karan Singh;Thakur S S (Dep of Computer Sci, Kamla Nehru Arts, Commerce and Sci Coll, Sakkardara Square, Nagpur-9, Email: singhkaran@yahoo.com) : Application of vague sets in keyword proximity search in relational databases. Ultra Scient phys Sci 2005, 17(1), 1-6.

A method of information retrieval can be developed based on keyword proximity of distances among the related objects. In the paper, authors has applied the notion of vague set theory to search across an entire database for relevant objects that are some how related with each other by defining the distances in the form of true and false distances. Keyword proximity search enables simple "focusing" queries based on general relationship among objects, which is helpful for interactive query sessions. Keyword proximity search is defined based on minimum distance between objects through reference values.

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023988   Yajnik N M (NO, Narsee Monjee Inst of Management Studies, Mumbai, Email: nilayy@nmims.edi) : Information technology for water management in rural India. J rur Technol 2006, 2(4), 177-9.

Rural India is primarily agricultural in nature and is therefore heavily dependent on water. The management and effective utilization and allocation of water is therefore an extremely important issue for rural India. River water, ground water and desalinated ocean water are the different sources of water for rural India. Powerful Information Technology can help locate groundwater and also help monitor groundwater usage to ensure that this important source of water does not get depleted. Information Technology can also be used in the management of redistribution of river water as well as for rainwater harvesting. Discusses various Information Technologies and how they could be used for the effective management of water in Rural India.

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023987   Vadnere Rajendra;Kale Vijay S (School of Continuing Education, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open Univsity, Nashik-422 222, Email: raj_vad@yahoo.com) : Analysis of perceptions of students of distance and traditional modes to the instructional material on digital computer electronics. J Adv Sci Technol 2006, 9(1-2), 46-55.

The distance mode of education has gained considerable popularity in last decade. The concept of distance mode has progressed over the decades from Correspondence education model (First generation), Multimedia model (Second Generation), Tele-Iearning model (Third Generation) to Flexible Learning model (Fourth Generation) [Jim' Taylor, 1998]. The goal of distance learning is to make the learner an independent and effective professional. The time-tested technology is the print medium. The self-instruction material in the form of books should be easy to follow and be able to attack a concept at different angles to enable effective learning in the heterogeneous target group [Rowntree D., 1990]. Studies a curious mix of target groups in this communication. A subject matter (Digital Computer Electronics) is being taught in conventional mode (University of Pune, Pune) as well distance mode (Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik) using the same printed book ("Digital Computer Electronics" by A.P. Malvino and Brown, published by Tata Mc Graw Hill, Delhi 3'd Edition 1993). A comparative study of the learning experiences and the feedback from these dissimilar groups shed lights on some of the very interesting features of learning through the two modes.

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023986   Singh I (NICMAR, , New Delhi) : Formulation of transport policy based on commuter's attitude and choice of mode for work trips mode in Delhi city. NICMAR J Constr Mgmt 2006, 21(3), 1-14.

Attitude values expressed could be used to examine whether these values have any relevance on the mode the commuter selects for his actual use. In this study it was tested by the following approaches: - Compared the overall attitude values of an individual for different modes based on his stated preferences and examined whether the mode of his normal travel was the same as the one for which his attitude value was the highest. Aggregated the sample and divided it into different segments so that each set would form a homogenous group. Two approaches made use of were MLR and MNL models. Multi-Nomial Logit (MNL) models developed in this study have clearly brought out that attitude of users towards a mode influences actual choice significantly in case of motorized vehicle owners. Amongst non-vehicle owners, attitude has very little impact on choice. Delhi, the capital metropolis of India, has been considered as a case study.

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023985   Shehabi S A;Lamirel J C;Francois C (LORIA, Cortex Research Team, , Campus Scientifique, BP 239, F-45506 Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France, Email: alshehab@loria.fr) : Evaluation of collaboration between European universities using dynamic interaction between multiple sources. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2006, 3(1), 31-9.

Paper is aimed at extending the scope of Webometrics by providing it with new knowledge extraction and visualization capabilities. An application of this approach on a dataset of websites issued from European universities is presented. The basic model which is considered in this paper is a multi-topographic neural network model. The powerful features of this model are its generalization mechanism and its mechanism of communication between topographies. Both mechanisms enable rule extraction, whenever a single viewpoint or multiple viewpoints on the same data are considered. The association rule extraction is itself based on original quality measures which evaluate to what extent a numerical classification model behaves as a natural symbolic classifier such as a Galois lattice. The visualization of the results of the analyses is based on an original hyperbolic approach.

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023984   Mohan M;Robson Benjamin A;Mathivanan N (Science Instrumentation Centre, Kamaraj Univ, Madurai-625 021) : Design of USB based Bata acquisition system. J Instrum Soc India 2006, 36(4), 257-66.

Data Acquisition System (DAQ) compatible for Universal Serial Bus (USB) of a PC has been designed and the technique has been described. The system is built around PIC18F4550 microcontroller. The DAQ conforms to USB Test and Measurement Class (USBTMC) specification, which supports speed up to 12Mbps (Full Speed). PICMicro microcontroller firmware that performs the enumeration, data acquisition and data transfer operations is developed. A Virtual Instrument using LabVIEW is created to provide necessary commands to the USB device and for an easy user interface for data acquisition. The functioning of the DAQ system has been tested in a typical temperature monitoring application.

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023983   Guruprasad R;Nikam K (Information Management Div, National Aerospacde Lab, , Bangalore, Email: gprasad61@gmail.com) : Initiatives in digital content management: a case study on SARAS (India's first civil aircraft programme). J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2006, 3(1), 40-53.

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore, India's premier civil R&D establishment in aeronautics and allied disciplines, has embarked on a major civil aircraft development programme to build a multi-role light transport aircraft named SARAS. Initiatives were taken by the Information Management Division of NAL in setting up a state-of the-art multimedia laboratory combined with the judicial selection of appropriate digital camera infrastructure. This paved the way for a systematic approach to digitally capture, archive and retrieve "SARAS digital information". As an ambitious initiative carried out in digital content management, the SARAS aircraft programme has so far generated nearly 6621 minutes of digitally recorded video during the period 2002 - 2006 archived on to 172 digital magnetic tapes. And most importantly, close to 0.255 terabytes of SARAS digital video have been archived onto DVDs spread over 55 DVDs. Digital video will remain an expensive medium, in terms of broadcast/download time and navigation/seeking time. It is extremely clear that `metadata' provide the window of access into a digital archive and the quality of digital archive is sine-qua-non with its metadata. NAL's initiatives in following a disciplined and systematic `metadata' approach in archiving and retrieving digital video content of the country's most ambitious civil aircraft programme are highlighted.

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023982   Bharti G;Pawar V;Mehrotra S C (Computer Science & I.T. Dep, I.T., Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangagabad-431 004) : Lossless image compression through a new method of redundancy extraction. J Adv Sci Technol 2006, 9(1-2), 1-4.

Proposes loss-less image compression for gray scale images. The gray scale values of the image are converted to binary. The algorithm works on binary file. This algorithm consists of three steps. Firstly, framing which refers to collection of fix number of bits to be processed. Secondly, scanning which refers to searching the frame from left and right direction for redundant O's and 1's. Finally coding refers to code the result of the scanning procedure. The decompression procedure performs in reverse order. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm 7 to 15% better than method proposed by Huffman encoding.

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023981   Ashwani Kumar;Sri Lakshmi R;Preethi M (NO, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632 014) : Implementing secure group communications using key graphs. Def Sci J 2007, 57(2), 279-85.

While the technical issues of securing unicast communications for client-server computing are fairly well-understood, the technical issues of securing group communications are not. The existing approach to improve the scalability is to decompose a large group of clients into many subgroups and employ a hierarchy of group security agents. The secure group communications using key graphs and the implementation of a different hierarchical approach to improve the scalability and secure group communication using key graphs has been presented.

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023980   Appa Rao T V S R;Nowshad Mohammed C (NO, Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai-600 113) : Object-oriented modeling framework for integration of computer applications of structural engineering. J Struct Engng 2007, 33(6), 465-77.

Computer applications in different areas of structural engineering such as analysis, design, construction and project management are mostly written in procedure-oriented languages and they are presently fragmented in nature. It is well-recognised that use of integrated computer applications would lead to saving in time and cost in design and construction of structures and infrastructural facilities. Vigorous efforts are being made world-wide to develop methodologies for integration by making use of latest developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) such as object-oriented modeling, information/data exchange standards, integrated data bases, 3-D/4-D modeling, virtual reality, network and world-wide web. Object-oriented modeling is being used in all these technologies to facilitate integration and extensibility. The paper presents an object-oriented framework for integrating legacy computer applications in structural engineering. Details of an object-oriented model for integrating legacy computer applications of analysis and design of RC frames are presented by using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the Case Tool : Rational Rose. Working of the OO model has been demonstrated with an example of implementation of integration of legacy structural analysis and design programs for design of an RC frame.

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022002   Wang S J (Information Management Dep, Central Police University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Email: sjwang!mail.cpu.edu.tw) : Fundamental common key establishment in Manets upon geometric mathematics. Far East J mathl Sci 2006, 23(1), 127-35.

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), which connect individual users to each other, remain a topic of research development in wireless network systems. The data in these systems are transmitted by way of multiple-hops, when the source node is distant from the destination node. These MANETs have been used mainly in military applications such on the battlefield to exchange information about the combat environment between army units. This type of system is faced with not only the usual security problems, but must also work under certain limitations, such as low power and restricted computing ability. Fundamental procedure of constructing the constructing the common key in mathematically geometric property and relevant security problems has been discussed.

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022001   Tivedi H S;Trivedi H C;Vadher J A (Shantilal shah Engg. College, , Sidsar, Bhavnagar, Email: htrivediad1@sancharnet.in) : Constraint logic programming for the timetabling of commuter rail services. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 355-61.

Commuter railway services in cities such as Mumbai are characterized by a large number of services admitting short headways of a few minutes between successive services on the same track. So the timetabling of commuter services in railway operations has certain unique features that make it a very challenging task. This paper aims to demonstrate the viable use of constraint ligic programming (CLP), to generate reasonable timetables under a very general framework of constraining conditions. CPL is a powerful programming paradigm which combines the ease of specification and modeling of logical relationships provided by PROLOG, with the general framework of constrained systems specified by linear inequalities. Traditionally, transportation planners have sought to consider the use of timetabling as an optimization problem, with the aim of finding the 'Best' possible timetable, under a set of operating and other constraints. The criterion of "Best" would typically be the maximization of number of services offered, or maximizing the utilization of coaches or minimizing the number of coaches required to operate a certain fixed number of services, etc. This leads to the formulation of complex optimization problems, which are extremely difficult to solve.

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022000   Suresh R M (RMK Engineering college, , Kavaraipettai-601 206, Email: rmsuresh@hotmail.com) : Error-free fuzzy grammar for handwritten numeral recognition. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 323-34.

The different methods for automatic pattern recognition are motivated by the way in which pattern classes are characterized and defined. In this paper, handwritten numerals are preprocessed and segmented into primitives. these primitives are measured and labeled using fuzzy logic. Labeled-strings of characters are formed from the labeled primitives. the handwritten characters (Numerals) are recognized through a Modified Parser generated from the Eror-free Fuzzy context-Free Grammar.

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021999   Malviya R N;Anil Kumar (NO, Indian Social Institute, 10 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003) : Networking and consortia management techniques. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(3), 21-30.

Describes the concept of library consortia, networking and consortia management techniques and future of consortia efforts.

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021998   Kalaichelvi V;Subha N;Venkatesh M (Computer Science & Engineering Dep, SASTRA Deemed University, SRC, Kumbakonam-612 001, Email: amsubha@yahoo.com) : H₂O algorithm for secure communication. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 237-47.

Authors have developed and designed H₂O (Hackers have Hurdle in breaking the Omega network) algorithm for encryption and decryption. Cryptography provides many methods and techniques for secure communication. Apart from the existence of many techniques, authors have proposed a new technique. To generate the key, bit-level encryption methodologies have been used like substitution, permutation [5]. On focusing the security, along with Shuffle-Exchange (Omega network) [3] the conversion of binary to gray code is done. The key length is 592 bit which is hard to break. These factors strengthen the algorithm. since the block cipher technique is used, the speed of the algorithm is increased. Discusses on how to generate encryption key from which substitution table is constructed and the information is enciphered.

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021997   Hariharan A;Hariharan C M;Mymoon M; Abdunnasar A;Suryakala S (NO, Structural Engineering Research Centre Library, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, Email: hariharan_ah@yahoo.com) : Customised web-based services at SERC library with special reference to alert service. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(3), 31-8.

Describes the experiences in using the AutoLib library software and explains in brief the various innovative and useful web-based library and information services and the alert service being provided at the SERC library.

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021996   Domnic S;Somasundaram K (Computer Science & Applications Dep, Gandhigram rural Institute, Gandhigram-624 302, Email: to_domnic@yahoo.co.in) : An improved block truncation coding image compression algorithm. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 189-200.

Block Truncation Coding (BTC) is a simple and fast compression technique suitable for image compression and video compresion and it has good reconstructed image quality. The drawback of the original BTC algorithm is the high bit rate (2 bits/pixel). In order to reduce the bit rate, author has proposed two compression schemes, one is Look-up table technique for coding the mean and the absolute moment and another is Relative Encoding (RC) for coding the higher mean and the lower mean. An improved bitplane coding is also presented. The test results show the effectiveness of proposed method.

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021995   Chakraborty A;Konar A;Chatterjee A (Computer Science and Engineering Dep, St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology, Kolkata-700 023, Email: aru_2005@rediffmail.com) : Fuzzy logic approach to human mood detection. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 221-35.

Examines the scope of fuzzy relational models in human mood detection. Given a facial image, the paper attempts to segment facial regions into components of interest, and then localizes the segmented components. Selected facial features such as eye-opening, mouth-opening and the length of eyebrow-constriction are next extracted from the lozalized regions. These features are then fuzzified, and mapped on to a mood space by employing Mamdani type relational model. A scheme for the validation of the system parameters is also presented. The work is supporte with simulation results.

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021994   Bose S;Kannan A (Computer Science and Engineering Dep, college of Engineering, guindy, Anna University, Chennai-25, Email: sbs@cs.annauniv.edu) : A computational model for optimal clustering using data mining algorithms. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 313-22.

Clustering is one of the most useful tasks in data mining process for discovering groups and identifying interesting distributions and patterns in the underlying data. Clustering problem is about partitioning a given data set into groups (clusters) such that the data points in a cluster are more similar to each other than points in different clusters. However, finding a consensus clustering from graph-based, combinatorial or statistical perspective. conventional clustering algorithms utilize a single criterion to form clusters and such algorithms may not always confirm to the diverse shapes of the underlying clusters. Hence, it is necessary to perform clustering using a combined approach that combines more than one clustering technique in order to provide optimal clusters. Author proposes a new clustering approach that uses the entropy values fo feature selection and to apply weak clustering algorithms. Used the majority voting scheme to obtain optimal clusters from the clusters obtained from the various clustering techniques. The main advantage of this work is to enhance the clustering capability of weak clustering algorithms using the summation of cluster efficiencies in order to reduce the misclassification rate.

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021993   Anitha R;Muthulakshmi A (NO, PSG College of Technology, coimbatore, India, Email: anitha_nadarajan@yahoo.com) : Hybrid cryptosystem using graph ciphers. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 381-9.

Hamilton cycles in graphs have been discussed as a tool for encryption/decryption. Identifying a particular Hamilton cycle in a complete graph caters the security of this system. Algorithms for key generation and encryption/decryption process are also discussed. Concludes with introducing a hybrid cryptosystem that uses the proposed symmetric key algoithm and RSA algorithm. A comparison of this hybrid cryptosystem with RSA cryptosystem is also presented.

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021992   Angira R;Babu B V (Chemical Engineering Dep, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani-333 031, Email: angira@bits-pilani.ac.in) : Multi-objective optimization using modified differential evolution (MDE). Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 363-79.

Most of the real world optimization problems have more than one objective to be optimized, and hence they are called Multi-Objective Optimization Problems (MOOPs) . Evolutionary algorithms are gaining popularity for solving MOOPs due to their inherent advantages. In this paper, MDE-Modified Differential Evolution (Angira and Babu, 2005b) is extended for solving MOOPs and authors call this extended algorithm as Modified Non-dominated Sorting Differential Evolution (MNSDE). The propose algorithm is tested on two different benchmark test problems. Also, the effect of various key parameters on the performance of MNSDE is studied and compared with Non-dominated Sorting differential Evolution (NSDE)-an extension of Differential Evolution for solving MOOPs.

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021014   Sathivel Murugan B O (NO, DLIC IRT-Perundurai Medical College, Perudurai-638 053) : Role of library school in the information communication technology (ICT) environment. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(1-2), 76-82.

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021013   Saravanan T (Library & Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil nadu) : Winisis : A Bird's eye view. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(1-2), 40-2.

UNESCO developed CDS/ISIS for windows is powerful information retrieval package that includes many features, which distinguish from other Library Packages. UNESCO has released various version of ISIS such as WWWISIS, JAVAISIS for UNIX, etc. This paper encompasses some of the distinct features of ISIS due to its vast coverage.

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021012   Murthy A K;Chandraiah I;Naga Raju A V S S (Library & Information Science Dep, S.V. Univ, Tirupati-517-502) : Role of information and communication technologies in agricultural information systems & services with special reference to manage, Hyderabad. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(1-2), 55-69.

Paper discusses the role of information and communication technologies in Agricultural Information systems at MANAGE, Hyderabad where in the fruits of technologies are initialized Systematically and the web based information services formatting basis for Agricultural Extension system is briefly portrayed.

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021011   Makarynskyy O (Western Australian Centre for Geodesy, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia, Email: O.Makarynskyy@curtin.edu.au) : Artificial neural networks in merging wind wave forecasts with field observations. Indian J Mar Sci 2007, 36(1), 7-17.

Improve wind wave short-term forecasts based on artificial neural networks is reported. The novelty of the study consists in the use of relatively short time series of wave observations collected over 2 consecutive months to accomplish the tasks of wave predictions and data assimilation. Separate neural networks were developed to predict five wind wave parameters, namely, the significant wave height, zero-up-crossing wave period, peak wave period, mean direction at the peak period and directional spreading over intervals of 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours, and to correct these predictions. Data from a directional buoy were used to train and validate the networks. The results of the simulations carried out without and with the proposed methodology were favourably compared to time series of wave parameters estimated in the field. Moreover, time series plots and scatterplots of the wave characteristics as well as statistics show an improvement of the results achieved due to data merging.

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021010   Dhaka V S;Singh M P (Computer Science Dep, ICIS, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, Uttar Pradesh) : Simulating biological neural network structure in computers with help of MATLAB for handwriting recognition tasks. Asian J expl Sci 2007, 21(2), 365-75.

Describes the basic human neural structure and its artificial competent. The human neurological structure is analyzed in detail to get the techniques of its learning and determination of results. The processing of this structure is tried to simulate using a feed-forward artificial neural network in which the error term is propagated to back-layer for corrections. This artificial neural network is designed and trained for recognition of 500 handwritten letters. The co-relation between the artificial neural network and biological natural neural network is also investigated and explained.

020004   Ralha C G;Ralha J C L (Computer Sci Dep, Univ of Brasilia, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Caixa Postal 4466 - CEP 70.919-970 - Brazil) : Hypermap: a system to map the web. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 4-10.

HyperMap system which dynamically structures information on the Web. The system is based on a framework resulting from multi-disciplinary research, which is briefly discussed. Focuses work done to develop a new generation of computational tools able to support the extraction and the discovery of useful information on the Web, becoming agents of innovation and development.

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020003   Singh S N (National Inst of Virology, , 20-A, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Post Box No. 11, Pune-411 001, Email: nivicl@pn3.vsnl.net.in) : Communication technologies in biomedical information centres and libraries in India: a study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2006, 53(2), 70-3.

Advances in communication technologies during the last decade are well known. Information centres and libraries of biomedical institutions play an important role in providing information services to their users. Reports the emergence of communication technology facilities in biomedical information centres and libraries (lCLs) by comparing the communication technology facilities available at 126 biomedical ICLs during 1994-95, 1997-98 and 2004-05. Concludes that communication technologies grew from 55.65% in 1994-95 to 100% in 2004-05 in the 126 institutions.

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020002   Siddiqui T;Tiwary U (Electronics & Communication Dep, Univ of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, Email: us@iiita.ac.in) : Hybrid model to improve relevance in document retrieval. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 73-81.

Lot of work is focused increasing efficiency by capturing statistical features in the field of information retrieval community. The other dominant approach is to improve the relevance by capturing the semantic and contextual information which is invariably inefficient. Generally the two approaches are assumed to be diametrically opposite. Tried to combine the two approaches by proposing hybrid information retrieval model. The model works in two stages. The first stage is a statistical model and the second stage is based on semantics. Downsized the document collection for a given query using vector model and then used a conceptual graph (CG) based representation to rank the documents. Main objective is to investigate the use of conceptual graphs as a precision tool in the second stage. The use of CGs brings semantic in the ranking process resulting in improved relevance. Three experiments have been conducted to demonstrate the feasibility and usefulness of the model. A test run is made on CACM-3204 collection. Observed 34.8% increase in precision for a subset of CACM queries. The second experiment is performed on a test collection specifically designed to test the strength of our model in situation where the same terms are being used in different context. Improved relevance has been observed. The application of this approach on results retrieved trom L YCOS shown significant improvement. The proposed model is both efficient, scalable and domain independent.

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020001   Raju K D (NO, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, New Delhi, Email: kdr_jnu@hotmail.com) : Is the future of software development in open sourced? proprietary vs open source softwere: a cross country analysis. J Intellect Prop Right 2007, 12(2), 199-211.

Many argue that the open source software is `free' and free from intellectual property protection clutches. Argues that this notion is a myth when taking into account the percentage of proprietary software usage all over the world. The governmental policies and decision to suppot or adopt one model or the other will have a large impact on the software industry. This study substantiates that the neutrality of government promotes innovation and development rather than supporting a particular model through a cross-country analysis of Europe, Brazil, China and India. The analysis shows that more governments are making laws and policies in support of open source softwares.

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020000   Rajeswari D (University Library Sri Padmavati Mahila University, , Tirupati) : Use of data mining in library. J Libr Inf Technol 2006, 2(2), 1-4.

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019999   Mohd Nazim;Saraf S (NO, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi-221 005, Email: nazim@bhu.ac.in) : Information searching habits of internet users: a users study of Banaras Hindu University. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2006, 53(4), 213-8.

Reports the results of a survey conducted at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to determine the extent to which Internet users are aware and make use of the Internet. Efforts are on to find the information searching habits of Internet users. Data were collected using a questionnaire and follow-up interviews with the Internet users of three institutes and six faculties. Results show that all respondents are using Internet because of quality information they got through the Internet. Majority of respondents use Internet for research work because the university library has provided access to a large number of databases and online journals. Fifty percent of respondents search information through the search engines, whereas thirty-five percent prefer to go through the specific website/URL. Google and Altavista are more widely used search engines compared to others due to their wide coverage and user-friendly interface. About seventy percent of respondents prefer to take print out before making use of Internet material as compared to those who prefer online or CD. Thirty-five percent of respondents believe that Internet is most useful because they find valuable information all the time. It has also been observed that slow speed, high Internet charges, lack of training and lack of organized information are some of the factors that affect the use of Internet. Presents recommendations to improve the use of Internet, including a well planned Internet literacy program and preparation of subject gateways.

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019998   Lu L;Chen J;Zhu G (School of Computer Sci, Donghua Univ, , Shanghai 200051, P.R. China, Email: imlu@mail.dhu.edu.cn) : Automatic and flexible web services discovery in semantic web. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 22-5.

Objective of the semantic web is to make the interoperati among web services or between users and web services more automated and flexible. The basic step toward the interoperation is that users or web services can discover their required web service. Practical application on Semantic Web and Web Services concepts where a flexiible and automatic matching procedure in e-Iearning has been shown. How the requirements, web services and domain knowledge are described in machineª understandable forms to support the automatic and flexible discovery of web services is illustrated. Then a match making a lgorithm based on the semantic intormation is proposed. Finally the design and implementation of a prototype for the automatic discovery of web services is described.

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019997   Kim S W (Computer Information Dep, Sahmyook Coll, Chungryang P.O. Box 118, Seoul 139-742, Korea, Email: swkim@syu.ac.kr) : Hybrid storage scheme for RDF data management in semantic web. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 32-6.

With the advent of the Semantic Web as the next-generation of Web technology, large volumes of Semantic Web data described in RDF will appear in the near future. Most previous approaches treat RDF data as a form of triple and store them in a large-sized relational table. Basically, since it always requires the whole table to be scanned for processing a query, it may degrade retrieval performance. In addition, it does not scale well, we propose a hybrid storage approach for RDF data management. The proposed approach aims to provide good query performance , scalability, manageability, and flexibility. To achieve these goals, we distinguish some frequently appeared properties in RDF data. A set of RDF data with a distinguished property is independently treated and stored together in a corresponding property-based table. For processing a query having a specific property, we can avoid full scanning the whole data and only have to access a corresponding table. For queries having specific properties, the proposed scheme achieves better performance than the previous approach.

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019996   Kanadiya P K (Lib & Info Sci Dep, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad) : Digital library services. J Libr Inf Technol 2006, 2(2), 5-11.

Paper is concerned with the emergence of new concept in the field of library and information science, called `Digital Library'. An attempt has been made in the paper to discuss meaning - concerning the digital library. Describe the advantage of digital library paper further draw the attention of various problems in the development of the digital library.

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019995   Jange S;Sami L K (Gulbarga Univ, , Gulbarga-585 106, Email: suresh_jange@rediffmail.com) : Influence of internet on library and information centres of National Institutes of Technology in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2006, 53(4), 184-97.

Internet has been described as the gateway to a world of seemingly inexhaustible information resources and a valuable information tool to the library and information centres that supplements existing library resources. The paper attempts to understand and evaluate the use of the Internet as an information source by libraries of National Institutes of Technology in India and aims to determine the utilization of Internet in library activities and services, search methods employed, problems encountered and associated factors;

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019994   Hmida M B;Tomaz R F;Monfort V (Univ Paris IX Dauphine LAMSADE Place du Marechal de Lattre Tassigny, P, , , Email: mehdi.benhmida@etud.dauphine.fr) : Applying AOP concepts to increase web services flexibility. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 37-43.

Web Service is the fitted technical solution which provides the required loose coupling to achieve Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Authors propose to increase the adaptability of Web Services by using the main AOP agreed semantics - Advices, Pointcuts and Joinpoints- to change original Web Service behavior. In the new approach, authors consider that advices are themselves Web Services. Moreover, authors propose to use an XML Language to describe Pointcuts, Joinpoints and for referencing advices. The invocation of advices (Web Services) is accomplished by an XQuery engine to ensure SOAP Engine independency and advices are implemented as Web Services to promote programming language independency.

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019993   Hirwade M;Hirwade A W;Bherwani M (NO, Shivaji Science College, Nagpur) : Evaluative study of major internet bookshops. ILA Bull 2006, 42(1), 32-43.

Internet Bookshops are the online bookshops that allow the user to search the items of his interest, navigate, make a query, communicate, place an order, bargain and negotiate. At its simplest the Internet Bookshop or online bookshop list the products for sale or the services offered and invite the customer to phone, fax or e-mail their order. The present paper evaluates major ten Internet bookshops by using the evaluation criteria like Authority, variety of collection, help menu, shopping procedures, payment acceptance, special facilities for online purchase, user search support, product details, navigation facilities and discounts on the products. A 100 marks scoring system has been adopted to assign the  scores to each Internet bookshop under study. Based on the marks obtained these bookshops are graded into five categories viz. Excellent, Very Good, Good, Average and Poor. Amazon.com, USA and Amazom, UK fall under excellent category while the Internet bookshops from India viz D.K.Agencies and Khemraj fall under good and average category respectively.

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019992   Hillenbrand M;Gitze J;Muller P (Univ of Kaiserslautern, Computer Sci Dep, , 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany, Email: hillenbr j_goetze, pmueller@informatik.uni-ki.de) : Creating dependable web services using user-transparent replica. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 16-21.

Dependability is a major concern in software development, deployment, and operation. A commonly accepted solution for providing fault tolerant services on the Internet is to create replica of the services and to deploy them to several hosts. Whenever the service or the underlying node or network fails, another service is ready to take over. In the Venice! project, several techniques are combined to create a dependable framework for deploying and managing distributed services using replica on several distinct network nodes.

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019991   Gupta S;Singh G;Krishan Gopal (Library Science Dep, Jammu Univ, Jammu-Tawi) : Blog: a recent online tool of information sharing and dissemination. ILA Bull 2006, 42(2), 5-9.

Internet era is chracterised with innovative online tools. Over the years Internet playing a number of roles as a new medium of communication; vehicle for online dissemination of news and views; platform for e-commerce, e-learning, e-library, etc. Blogging is very recent phenomenon, which is spreading fast. A Blog/Weblog is an online diary or journal using Web technology so simple that it is possible to publish a Web page with chronological entries at the push of a button. As a recent and innovative tool of information sharing and dissemination, Blogs have grown in numbers about over two millions and the role being played by them is resulting in wider readership and above all their usefulness and popularity. Makes an attempt to describe the meaning and definition of Blog/Weblog as a new online phenomenon of the Internet world. The origin and growth of Blogs with historical perspectives has been discussed in detail. An account of the role of Blogs in the context of Library and Information Science has been described. The ethical issues form a component of this preliminary attemp.

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019990   Dhanesegaran G (Dr T P M Library, Madurai Kamraj University, ) : Components of E-learning environment in Indian context. J Libr Inf Technol 2006, 2(2), 33-8.

Explains what is E-Learning - Spells out the significant features of E-Learning environment O Describes the points that warrant the introduction E-Learning - Explains the hudles in the introduction of e-learning and suggests the appropriate solutions - Speaks about the various components and tools of E-Learning - Elucidates different E-Learning modes-Provides a State of Art Report of E-Learning in India.

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019989   Chao D;Gill S (Information Systems Coll of Business Dep, San Francisco State Univ, USA, Email: dchao@sfsu.edu) : Designing of web services to deliver web documents associated with historical links. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2006, 4(1), 11-15.

Historical links of a web site include the URLs invalidated to web site reorganization, document removal, renaming or relocation, or links to document snapshots, which are defined as the document's contents as of a specific point in time. Tracking historical links will allow users to use out-of-date URLs, retrieve removed documents and document snapshots. Logging and archiving scheme to track a source document's history of changes, and designs web services to deliver the source document associated with a historical link has been presented.

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018951   Varna P (Systems Reliability Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017, Email: varna@isac.gov.in) : Philosophy and approach for qualification of space hardware, Data handling system. J Aerospace Sci Technol 2007, 59(1), 50-5.

Any system developed for a space application needs to be qualified separately. Its margins have to be demonstrated with respect to electrical, thermal and mechanical design. Generally, a dedicated qualification model is planned for space system prior to fabrication of the flight hardware. Hence, a standard system calls for one qualification model at the start of the programme. However, there are certain payload elements whose design changes from one mission to another. Approach for demonstration of the design margins for one such payload element, Base band data handling system is presented here.

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018950   Singh K;Thakur S S (Computers (ARIS) Dep, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal-462 038, Email: singhkaran@yahoo.com) : Current approaches to handling uncertain and vague information in databases: a survey. Ultra Scient phys Sci 2006, 18(3M), 531-40.

Methods for representing and modeling the uncertain and vague information has been surveyed and described. The attempt has been made to classify the different types of uncertainty that may occur in data, and a discussion of the sources of such uncertain and vague information. The work that is surveyed is drawn from the field of databases. The databases have long been concerned with the problems caused by uncertain and vague information, and stresses the relationships between the approaches developed for handling uncertain and vague information. Some important open questions and unexplored areas of research in this domain are also discussed.

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018949   Patel A K;Srivastava V (NO, Judges Library, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad) : Access to Indian legal information through internet : an experience of judges library, Allahabad high court. ILA Bull 2006, 42(3), 27-32.

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018948   Mulla K R;Chandrashekara M (NO, HKBK College of Engineering, Nagawara, Bangalore-650 045, Email: mulla_kamalasab@rediffmail.com) : Internet users : Mysore University campus (India). SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2006, 43(3), 243-63.

Investigators have made an attempt to explain the important aspects of Internet, the Internet being a computer network made up of thousands of networks worldwide. No one knows exactly how many computers are connected to the Internet. Internet and Internet based information resources are essential to overcome the distance barrier in information explosion, and it also saves the time, when searching the literature in electronic form and allows to identify the resources. Presently, Internet based information resources are increasingly used for various purposes. The teachers, research scholars and students of higher education use Internet to keep themselves up to date. The present study explains/gives an insight into why people are interested and what is their attitude towards the use of Internet based information resources and Internet use.

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018947   Manimekalai A;Balasubramani R;Amsaveni N (Faculty of Engineering and Technology Library, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu) : Internet use pattern among the students in Annamalai University. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2006, 43(3), 265-70.

Use of Internet is an inevitable part and there is increasingly centered effect on the part of Government, Education Ministry to fulfill the special needs of the students. The extent and pattern of usage of the Internet amongst students in Annamalai University is the primary focus of this study. This study investigates the relationship between motivational variables (intrinsic and extrinsic), demographic variable and the Internet usage activities (messaging, downloading, browsing and purchasing). The finding also shows that perceived usefulness is an important driver of Internet usage.

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018946   Hussain A;Krishna Kumar (Library & Information Science Dep, AMU, Aligarh-200 002) : Search Engines: an overview. ILA Bull 2006, 42(3), 21-26.

Discusses the concept of search engine. A search engine is a powerful work station-class machine that searches a database of information collected from the Internet. It deals with the techniques and categories of search engines like robots; directory; metasearch engines, and software tools. It also focuses subject specific search engines and geographical area specific search engines. Finally indicates the salient features of user-friendly search engines.

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