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G. Gademann, Inst. for Meas. & Electron., Otto-von-Guericke-Univ., Magdeburg, Germany

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A. Marsh, Inst. of Commun. & Comput. Syst., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

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I. Milojevic, Inst. of Commun. & Comput. Syst., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

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B. Marovic, Inst. of Commun. & Comput. Syst., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

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Gregor Cerkvenik, University Medical Centre Ljubljana

T.M. Chung, Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

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C.H. Chen, Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

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J.X. Lee, Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

B. Davies, Mechatronics in Med. Lab., Imperial Coll., London, UK

K.L. Fan, Mechatronics in Med. Lab., Imperial Coll., London, UK

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T.G. Frank, Dept. of Surg., Dundee Univ., UK

J.R. Hewit, Dept. of Surg., Dundee Univ., UK

A.P. Slade, Dept. of Surg., Dundee Univ., UK

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D.S. Hsu, Dept. of Civil Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

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J.C. Jan, Dept. of Civil Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

Y.S. Yeun, Dept. of Mech. Design Eng., Daejin Univ., South Korea

K.H. Lee, Dept. of Mech. Design Eng., Daejin Univ., South Korea

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C.H. Juang, Civil Eng. Dept., Clemson, SC, USA

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M. Fuchs, Fachbereich Inf., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

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D. Cook, Appl. Comput. Res. Inst., La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, Vic., Australia

N. Zimic, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

J. Ficzko, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

M. Mraz, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

J. Virant, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

N. Bryson, Inf. Syst. & Anal. Dept., Howard Univ., Washington, DC, USA

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T.C. Ling, University of Malaya

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J. Liebowitz, Dept. of Manage. Sci., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA

N. Juristo, Fac. de Inf., Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

E. Espinosa, Inst. Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores, Monterrey, Mexico

F. Ramos, Inst. Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores, Monterrey, Mexico

Gi-Hwon Kwon, Kyonggi University

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I. Faraj, Dept. of Surveying, Salford Univ., UK

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Yacine Rezgui, University of Salford

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Peter Brandon, University of Salford

H. Shimoda, Grad. Sch. of Energy Sci., Kyoto Univ., Japan

H. Yoshikawa, Grad. Sch. of Energy Sci., Kyoto Univ., Japan

T. Nagamatsu, Grad. Sch. of Energy Sci., Kyoto Univ., Japan

S. Takeoka, Grad. Sch. of Energy Sci., Kyoto Univ., Japan

M. Takahashi, Grad. Sch. of Energy Sci., Kyoto Univ., Japan

Z. Ahmed, Sch. of Constr., Sheffield Hallam Univ., UK

P. Stephenson, Sch. of Constr., Sheffield Hallam Univ., UK

Alain Zarli, CSTB

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Ghassan Aouad, University of Salford

Terry Child, University of Salford

Farhi Marir, University of Salford

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Ren-Jye Dzeng, Dept. of Civil Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Wei Tong Chen, Dept. of Civil Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

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T.J. Chang, Dept. of Civil Eng., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, USA

D. Moore, Dept. of Civil Eng., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, USA

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M. Boznar, Jozef Stefan Inst., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

P. Mlakar, Jozef Stefan Inst., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

J.M. Gimeno, Dept. de Llenguatges i Sistemes Inf., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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I. Lapanja, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

M. Mraz, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

N. Zimic, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

J. Virant, Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ljubljana Univ., Slovenia

Chengke Zhou, Glasgow Caledonian University

G. Rabi, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld., Canada

Si Wei Lu, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld., Canada

Chih-Ying Wang, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

Qianhong Liu, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

P.A. Ng, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

Nancy H. Shen, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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A. Schill, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tech. Univ. Dresden, Germany

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A. Elkateeb, Sch. of Comput. Sci., Acadia Univ., Wolfville, NS, Canada

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A. Baratta, Dept. of Sci. delle Constuzioni, Naples Univ., Italy

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G. Zuccaro, Dept. of Sci. delle Constuzioni, Naples Univ., Italy

S.J. Dyke, Washington University

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L. Faravelli, Dept. of Struct. Mech., Pavia Univ., Italy

A.A. Pisano, Dept. of Struct. Mech., Pavia Univ., Italy

M. Battaini, Dept. of Struct. Mech., Pavia Univ., Italy

F. Casciati, Dept. of Struct. Mech., Pavia Univ., Italy

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P.B. Goldsmith, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada

B.A. Francis, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada

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