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Preliminaries
1	INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS
1.1	ISE - Intelligent Synthesis Environment for Future Aerospace Systems and its Impact on Engineering Research and Education A.K. Noor	1
2	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONS
2.1	Parallel Generation of Triangular and Quadrilateral Meshes M. Burghardt and L. Laemmer	11
2.2	Tuning the Domain Decomposition Solution Algorithm for Superscalar Architectures G.P. Nikishkov, H. Kanda and A. Makinouchi	19
2.3	A Parallel Explicit Solver for Simulating Impact and Penetration of a Three-Dimensional Body into a Solid Substrate E. Anderheggen and J. Renau-Munoz	27
2.4	An Integrated Approach to Solving Mechanical Problems on Parallel Computers J.Y. Cognard, F. Thomas and P. Verpeaux	35
2.5	A Domain Decomposition Method for Structural Dynamic Problems based on an Inexact Uzawa Algorithm A.S. Hansen and F.A. Rochinha	49
2.6	Using HPCN for Dynamic Simulation of Mass Transfer in Liquid-Liquid Agitated Columns L.M. Ribeiro, P.F.R. Regueiras, M.M.L. Guimaraes and J.J.C. Cruz-Pinto	57
2.7	Dual Boundary Element Method for Crack Growth Analysis on Distributed-Memory Multiprocessors P. Gonzalez, T.F. Pena, J.C. Cabaleiro and F.F. Rivera	65
2.8	Object Oriented Control of Parallel Computations Y.S. Jiang	73
2.9	Parallel Structural Optimization S. Manoharan and S. Shanmuganathan	79
3	GENETIC AND SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS FOR ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS
3.1	Cluster Orientated Genetic Algorithms for the Decomposition of Multi-Dimensional Engineering Design Spaces C.R. Bonham and I.C. Parmee	87
3.2	An Improved Genetic Algorithm for the Optimal Design of Large Trusses A. Suresh and A. Mohammed	97
3.3	Minimum Weight Design of Rigid Frames Subject to System Reliability by Genetic Algorithm Y. Kohama, T. Takada, N. Kozawa and A. Miyamura	103
3.4	Evaluation of Crossover Techniques in Genetic Algorithm based Optimum Structural Design O. Hasancebi and F. Erbatur	111
3.5	Design of Double Layer Space Grids using Genetic Algorithms D.W. O'Dwyer and E.J. O'Brien	125
3.6	Optimum Design of Multi-Storey Sway Steel Frames to BS 5950 using a Genetic Algorithm M.P. Saka and E. Kameshki	135
3.7	Global Structural Cost Optimization by Simulated Annealing M.P. Quinn and B.A. Izzuddin	143
4	NEURAL COMPUTING FOR ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS
4.1	PARADISE - a Generic Architecture for Visual Pattern Recognition D.S. Banarse, A.W.G. Duller and I. France	149
4.2	Development of an Ann Model Strategy to Improve the Prediction of Flow Strength of Austenitic Steels L.X. Kong and P.D. Hogson	155
4.3	Prediction of Strength for Concrete Specimens using Artificial Neural Networks A. Kaveh and A. Khalegi	165
4.4	Some New Results in Applications of Backpropagation Neural Networks in Structural and Civil Engineering Z. Waszczyszyn	173
4.5	Fuzzy Neural Network Model for Structural Design H.C. Chan and S.P. Lin	189
4.6	A Neural Network Model to Study the Effect of Building Configuration on the Seismic Response S.A. Mourad, A.W. Sadek and T.M. Mohamed	199
4.7	Advanced Control for VC-Value of Roller Compacted Dam Concrete using Artificial Neural Networks M. Matsushima and N. Yasuda	207
4.8	Probabilistic Modelling of Concrete Cracking: Using Monte Carlo and Neural Networks to Solve the Inverse Problem E.M.R. Fairbairn, N.F.F. Ebecken, E. Goulart and C.N.M. Paz	215
4.9	Genetic-Based Structural Design Optimization with Reanalysis by Neural Networks W.M. Jenkins	221
4.10	Structural Reanalysis by Neural Network W.M. Jenkins	229
5	OBJECT ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY
5.1	Objects and Finite Elements: An Holistic Approach to Computational Speed Issues R.I. Mackie	239
5.2	OOMRM: Object-Oriented Approach for Multiple Regression Models in the Complex Engineering Representation B. Zhou and M. Hoshino	249
6	KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
6.1	A Knowledge-based System for Planning of Construction Equipment J. Christian and T. Xie	257
6.2	Knowledge-based System for the Design of Concrete Structures K.M.A. Hossain and O.O.R. Famiyesin	263
7	GRAPHICS, OBJECTS AND VIRTUAL REALITY
7.1	A System for Multibody Analysis based on Object-Relational Database Technology C. Tisell and K. Orsborn	273
7.2	Data Digitization Techniques Used in the Analysis of Free Oscillation of Human Lower Limb G. Yerli, Y. Orcan and N. Akkas	287
7.3	NURBS based Geometry Modelling and Automatic Meshing of Natural Objects J. Sienz, I. Szarvasy, D. Briassoulis, B. Schultheiss, E. Dimas and E. Hinton	297
7.4	Three Dimensional Acquisition and NURBS based Geometric Modelling of Natural Objects E. Dimas, E. Psarakis, D. Briassoulis and G. Moustakides	301
8	INTERNET APPLICATIONS
8.1	Computational Structures Technology Internet based Engineering Education M. Isreb and A.I. Khan	311

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