Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1596 Editedby G.Goos,J. Hartmanis,and J.vanLeeuwen Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Barcelona HongKong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo Riccardo Poli Hans-Michael Voigt Stefano Cagnoni David Corne George D. Smith Terence C. Fogarty (Eds.) Evolutionary Image Analysis, Signal Processing and Telecommunications First European Workshops, EvoIASP’99 and EuroEcTel’99 Go¨teborg, Sweden, May 26-27, 1999 Proceedings VolumeEditors RiccardoPoli DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofBirmingham Edgbaston,BirminghamB152TT,UK E-mail:[email protected] Hans-MichaelVoigt CentreforAppliedComputerScience RudowerChaussee5,D-12484Berlin,Germany E-mail:[email protected] StefanoCagnoni DepartmentofComputerEngineering,UniversityofParma ParcodelleScienze181/a,I-43100Parma,Italy E-mail:[email protected] DavidCorne UniversityofReading Whiteknights,POBox225,ReadingRG66AY,UK E-mail:[email protected] GeorgeD.Smith UniversityofEastAnglia Norwich,NorwichNR47TJ,UK E-mail:[email protected] TerenceC.Fogarty NapierUniversity 219ColintonRoad,EdinburghEH141DJ,UK E-mail:[email protected] Cataloging-in-PublicationDataappliedfor DieDeutscheBibliothek-CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Evolutionaryimageanalysis,signalprocessingand telecommunications:firstEuropeanworkshops;proceedings/ EvoIASP’99andEuroEcTel’99,Go¨teborg,Sweden,May26-27 1999.RiccardoPoli...(ed.).-Berlin;Heidelberg;NewYork; Barcelona;HongKong;London;Milan;Paris;Singapore;Tokyo :Springer,1999 (Lecturenotesincomputerscience;Vol.1596) ISBN3-540-65837-8 CRSubjectClassification(1998):I.4,C.3,I.5.4,H.4.3,F.1 ISSN0302-9743 ISBN3-540-65837-8Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelbergNewYork Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.Allrightsarereserved,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialis concerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,re-useofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting, reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherway,andstorageindatabanks.Duplicationofthispublication orpartsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsoftheGermanCopyrightLawofSeptember9,1965, initscurrentversion,andpermissionforusemustalwaysbeobtainedfromSpringer-Verlag.Violationsare liableforprosecutionundertheGermanCopyrightLaw. (cid:2)c Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg1999 PrintedinGermany Typesetting:Camera-readybyauthor SPIN:10704703 06/3142–543210 Printedonacid-freepaper VI Preface VIII Organization