Part of a four-volume set, this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2007, held in Beijing, China in May 2007. The papers cover a large volume of topics in computational science and related areas, from multiscale physics to wireless networks, and from graph theory to tools for program development.

A Novel Description of Multifractal Phenomenon of Network Traffic Based on Generalized Cauchy Process.- Rotation Invariant Texture Classification Using Gabor Wavelets.- Harmful Contents Classification Using the Harmful Word Filtering and SVM.- HVEM Control System Based on Grid: A Cornerstone of e-Biology.- Speedup Analysis for Parallel Implementation of Model of Response Accuracy and Response Time in Computerized Testing.- Resource Load Balancing Based on Multi-agent in ServiceBSP Model.- Group-Based Key Management for Multicast of Ad Hoc Sensor Network.- An Accurate and Fast WLAN User Location Estimation Method Based on Received Signal Strength.- Optimization of the Switches in Storage Networks.- Migration Control of Bio-entities in the Bio-network Middleware.- A Web Portal for Regional Projection of Weather Forecast Using GRID Middleware.- Multi-robot Cooperation Based on Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning.- Analysis on Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Wintertime Planetary Wave inthe Northern Hemisphere Based on 2D FFT.- DECP: A Distributed Election Clustering Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks.- Catastrophe Prediction of Cnaphalocrosis Medinalis Based on Fuzzy Reasoning.- Preconditioned Krylov Subspace Methods Solving Dense Nonsymmetric Linear Systems Arising from BEM.- Research on Bio-inspired Multi-net Paralleling Mechanism Based on Web Application.- DRN: A CORBA-Based Distributed Resource Navigation System for Data Grid.- A Research on Local Mean in Empirical Mode Decomposition.- An Energy-Efficient Routing Method of Wireless Sensor Networks.- Rapid-Response Replication: A Fault Tolerant Algorithm Based on Active Replication.- An Algorithm for Improving Hilbert-Huang Transform.- Experiment of Event Injection Technology for Network Dependability Evaluation.- Analysis on Construction of a Sub-sea Tunnel.- Rotation Invariant Texture Classification Using Circular Gabor Filter Banks.- A Clustering Algorithm Based on Power for WSNs.- Analysis ofLocal Route Maintenance for Ad Hoc Network.- Evaluation of Historic Buildings Based on Structural Equation Models.- An Adaptive Energy-Efficient and Low-Latency MAC Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Healthcare Information Management System in Home Environment.- Boundary Processing of HHT Using Support Vector Regression Machines.- Water Mine Model Recognition by Immune Neural Network.- Composing Different Models of Computation in Kepler and Ptolemy II.- WS-VLAM: A GT4 Based Workflow Management System.- Distributed Applications from Scratch: Using GridMD Workflow Patterns.- Heterogeneous Workflows in Scientific Workflow Systems.- A Multi-agent System for Cross-Organizational Workflows Management Based on Process-View.- Towards a Formal Foundation for Aggregating Scientific Workflows.- Autonomic Workflow Management in the Grid.- Framework for Workflow Parallel Execution in Grid Environment.- Toward Dynamic Adoption for a User’s Situation Information in a Context-Aware Workflow System.- A Dataflow-Oriented Atomicity and Provenance System for Pipelined Scientific Workflows.- Dynamic Workflow Management for P2P Environments Using Agents.- Analyzing Data Dependence Based on Workflow Net.- Knowledge-Based Grid Workflow System.- Building Scientific Workflows for Earth System Modelling with Windows Workflow Foundation.- Balancing Quality and Performance of Task Distribution in Workflow Based on Resource Aptitude.- A Process Meta Model to Support Policy Based Management in Workflow System.- Using Gavish-Grave LP to Formulate the Directed Black and White Traveling Salesman Problem.- Semicomplete Multipartite Digraphs Whose Every Arc Is Contained in a Hamiltonian Path.- The Roman Domination Problem in Unit Disk Graphs.- Binding Number and Connected (g,f?+?1)-Factors in Graphs.- Some Results on List Total Colorings of Planar Graphs.- Linear Polynomial-Time Algorithms To Construct 4-Connected 4-Regular Locally Connected Claw-Free Graphs.- Connectivity of Connected BipartiteGraphs with Two Orbits.- Heavy Cycles in 2-Connected Weighted Graphs with Large Weighted Degree Sums.- Componentwise Complementary Cycles in Almost Regular 3-Partite Tournaments.- Sharp Bounds for the Oriented Diameters of Interval Graphs and 2-Connected Proper Interval Graphs.- A Class of Graphs of f-Class 1.- The Vertex-Neighbor-Integrity of Digraphs.- Hamiltonian Connected Line Graphs.- A Degree-Condition for (s, t)-Supereulerian Graphs.- On (s, t)-Supereulerian Locally Connected Graphs.- A Linear Algorithm for Edge-Face Coloring Series-Parallel Graphs.- Even Factors with Degree at Most Four in Claw-Free Graphs.- Finding the (n, k, 0)-Extendability in Bipartite Graphs and Its Application.- An Algorithm to Solve the Partition into Perfect Matchings Problem in Halin Graphs.- A Graph-Theory Algorithm for WCET Estimation.- Context-Aware Optimal Assignment of a Chain-Like Processing Task onto Chain-Like Resources in M-Health.- On Efficiency Group Multicasting Algorithm with Multiple Minimum Steiner Trees.- The Edge Connectivity of Circuit Graphs of Matroids.- An Incremental Learning Algorithm Based on Rough Set Theory.- On f-Edge Cover-Coloring of Simple Graphs.- Upper Bounds on the D(?)-Vertex-Distinguishing Edge-Chromatic Numbers of Graphs.- The Equitable Edge-Coloring of Series-Parallel Graphs.- A Low Complexity Intrusion Detection Algorithm.- Most Power Reliable Paths Algorithm for Maximizing the Lifetime of Energy Constrained Sensor Networks.- From Mathematics to Software Engineering: Introducing Category Theory into the Computer Science Curriculum.- Avatar Augmented Annotation Interface for e-Learning.- Education–Oriented Virtual Environment for Clothing Thermal Functional Performance.- A Question Understanding Model Based on Knowledge Points for Chinese Question Answering Service in E-Learning.- Focus and Attitude in Computer-Mediated Peer Assessment: ePortfolios Methods in Chinese Context.- eCSM: Semantic Classification Model for Educational Repositories.- Distance Geographic Learning Based on Collaborative Virtual Environment.- A Distance Learning System for Robotics.- Personalized Recommendation Service System in E-Learning Using Web Intelligence.- Mobile Peer-to-Peer Technology Used in Mobile Education Field.- A Model of Facial Expression for 3D Avatar.- Investigation on E-Learning Adoption Intention Among Chinese Undergraduates Via Innovation Adoption Theory.- E-Learning Assistant System Based on Virtual Human Interaction Technology.- Research on Speech Emotion Recognition System in E-Learning.- A General-Purpose Mobile Framework for Situated Learning Services on PDA.- Construction of Virtual Learning Environments of Lushan Mountain.- A Collaborative Teaching Approach Using Integrated Electronic Environments for Information Security.- Research on Advanced Distributed Learning by Using SCORM.- Research on Affective State Recognition in E-Learning System by Using Neural Network.- One Learning and Teaching Tool for Preliminary Virtual Instrument Course.- Research on Personalized Community E-Learning Recommendation Service System by Using Adaptive Filtering Algorithm.- Research on Personalized E-Learning System Using Fuzzy Set Based Clustering Algorithm.- Building a Fuzzy Ontology of Edutainment Using OWL.- A Modeling and Assessing Method Based on Bayesian Networks.- Research on Affective Computing Model in E-Learning System.- Learning Assessment Model in Web-Learning Based on Rough Set.- Computational Sciences Learning Project for Pre-university Students.- A Study on Fast Preparation of Electron Microscope Biological Specimens.- A New Approach to Outlier Detection.- High-Dimensional Clustering Method for High Performance Data Mining.- Clustering Streaming Time Series Using CBC.- Support Vector Machine Detection of Peer-to-Peer Traffic in High-Performance Routers with Packet Sampling: Nonlinear Kernel Approach.- An Algorithm for Generating Classification Rules Based on Extended Function Dependency.- A Problem Oriented Approach to Data Mining in Distributed Spatio-temporal Database.- Data Set Homeomorphism Transformation Based Meta-clustering.- A Leave-One-Out Bound for ??Support Vector Regression.- A New Multi-class SVM Algorithm Based on One-Class SVM.- Pushing Frequency Constraint to Utility Mining Model.- Feature Selection for VIP E-Mail Accounts Analysis.- A Distributed Data Mining System for a Novel Ubiquitous Healthcare Framework.- A Framework for Data Structure-Guided Extraction of XML Association Rules.- Online Burst Detection Over High Speed Short Text Streams.- Parallel Computing of Kernel Density Estimates with MPI.- Quantization Error and Accuracy-Performance Tradeoffs for Embedded Data Mining Workloads.- Adaptive Mining the Approximate Skyline over Data Stream.- Generating Value from Textual Discovery.- A Flexible Image Retrieval Framework.- Privacy Preserving Data Mining Research: Current Status and Key Issues.- Combining Classifiers for Web Violent Content Detection and Filtering.- Using WordNet to Disambiguate Word Senses for Text Classification.- Construction of Ontology-Based Software Repositories by Text Mining.- Estimating the Change of Web Pages.- Concept Level Web Search Via Semantic Clustering.- An Efficient XML Index Structure with Bottom-Up Query Processing.- Similarity Search Algorithm for Efficient Sub-trajectory Matching in Moving Databases.- Using Intrinsic Object Attributes for Incremental Content Based Image Retrieval with Histograms.- A Novel Method Providing Multimedia Contents According to Preference Clones in Mobile Environment.- Belief Combination for Uncertainty Reduction in Microarray Gene Expression Pattern Analysis.- Application of Classification Methods to Individual Disability Income Insurance Fraud Detection.- A Bayesian Multilevel Modeling Approach for Data Query in Wireless Sensor Networks.- A Watermarking Method with a New SS Technique.- epsilon-Support Vector and Large-Scale Data Mining Problems.- Unsupervised and Semi-supervised Lagrangian Support Vector Machines.- A Security Specification Library with a Schemaless Database.- Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Shifted Histogram.- Image Segmentation by Nonparametric Color Clustering.- Similarity Measurement of XML Documents Based on Structure and Contents.- A Combined Web Mining Model and Its Application in Crisis Management.- A GM-Based Profitable Duration Prediction Model for Chinese Crude Oil Main Production District.- A Hybrid ARCH-M and BP Neural Network Model For GSCI Futures Price Forecasting.- Oil Price Forecasting with an EMD-Based Multiscale Neural Network Learning Paradigm.- Crude Oil Price Prediction Based On Multi-scale Decomposition.- An Improved CAViaR Model for Oil Price Risk.- The Portfolio Selection Model of Oil/Gas Projects Based on Real Option Theory.- Fuzzy Real Option Analysis for IT Investment in Nuclear Power Station.- A Variable Precision Fuzzy Rough Group Decision-making Model for IT Outsourcing Risk Evaluation in Nuclear Power Industry.-A New Hybrid Approach for Analysis of Factors Affecting Crude Oil Price.- Investor Sentiment and Return Predictability in Chinese Fuel Oil Futures Markets.- Energy, Economy, Population, and Climate’s Influences on Environment in Anhui Province, China.- Optimization Models of Pricing Hydro-thermal Trade Based on Energy Economics.- Energy Efficiency and Productivity of China: Compared with Other Countries.- An Analysis About Market Efficiency in International Petroleum Markets: Evidence from Three Oil Commodities.- Model Integrating Fleet Design and Ship Routing Problems for Coal Shipping.- Relative Entropy Method for Regional Allocation of Water Pollution Loading.- Using DEA and Grey Markovian Model to Measure the Goal Cost of Petroleum Enterprise.- A Novel DC Nodal Pricing Method Based on Linear Programming in Competitive Electricity Market.- Risk Analysis with Information Described in Natural Language.- Risk Assessment Method Based on Business Process-Oriented Asset Evaluation for Information System Security.- Epidemic Alert & Response Framework and Technology Based on Spreading Dynamics Simulation.- Quantitative Risk Analysis and Evaluation in Information Systems: A Case Study.- Ontology-Based Fraud Detection.- The Practical Application of Fuzzy Information Analysis in Flood Forecasting.- A Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method on Firms’ Credit Sale Risk.- Flood Disaster Risk Analysis for Songhua River Basin Based on Theory of Information Diffusion.- A Novel Situation Awareness Model for Network Systems’ Security.- Parallel Preconditioning Methods with Selective Fill-Ins and Selective Overlapping for Ill-Conditioned Problems in Finite-Element Methods.- An R-Minimum Strategy for Finite Element Modeling of Non-linear Deformation Behaviours of Rate-Dependent Materials.- Nonlinear Analysis on Single Pile by Meshfree Local Petrov-Garlerkin Method (MLPG).- Stabilized Procedures for Finite Element Analysis in Saturated Soils Under Cyclic Loading.- Numerical Study on theEffect of Grouting on Long-Term Settlement of Tunnels in Clay.- Large Scale Three-Dimensional Boundary Element Simulation of Subduction.- An Homogenization-Based Nonlocal Damage Model for Brittle Materials and Applications.- An Elastoplastic Hydro-mechanical Model for Unsaturated Soils.- An Elastoplastic Model Considering Sand Crushing.- Modeling of Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Saturated Clays.- Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Fracture Dominated Thermo-Fluid Flow in Geothermal Reservoir.- Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of a Deep Excavation Adjacent to Shanghai Metro Tunnels.- Analytical Solution to Settlement of Cast-In-Situ Thin-Wall Concrete Pipe Pile Composite Foundation.- Numerical Analysis and Risk Assessment on Face Stability of Large-Diameter Tunnels.- Torsional Pile Subjected to Transient Loading in Viscoelastic Poroelastic Medium.- Reliability Analysis on Vertical Bearing Capacity of Bored Pile Determined by CPT Test.- Can Tsunami Waves in the South China SeaBe Modeled with Linear Theory?.- A Coupled Chemo-Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Constitutive Model for Porous Media.- DEM in 3D Simulation of Influencing Factors of Deformation Properties and p-y Curves of a Laterally Loaded Pile.- Calculation of Dynamic Pore Pressure in Stone Column Composite Foundation.- Dynamic Responses of an Infinite Beam on a Layered Water-Saturated Poroelastic Foundation Under Moving Loads.