Each paper is allocated the maximum pages in the format specified by Springer-Verlag (http://www.springer.de/). For the invited papers, the maximum page length is 20 pages. And for the accepted technical papers, maximum page length is 16 pages. Formatting instructions, including templates in MS Word and Latex are available from Springer-Verlag Author Instructions in the LNCS home page (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html). Authors of technical papers may purchase up to four additional pages at the cost of US $50 per page. There will be additional charges of US $300 for any pages printed in color (If you choose to have any pages reproduced in color, please enclose a note specifying which ones.) Please note that all additional charges are payable to AMCP'98, c/o Shojiro Nishio and not to Springer.
　

Authors need to submit the following items by October 9, 1998:

1. Two hard copies of the final manuscript and a completed hard copy of the Springer copyright form to

　　　　　　　 Prof. Yoshifumi KITAMURA　
　　　　　　　 Department of Electronics and Information Systems
　　　　　　　 Graduate School of Engineering
　　　　　　　 Osaka University　　　　　　　 (Room: E6-618)
　　　　　　　 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
　　　　　　　 Phone: +81-6-879-7752　

　　　If you are Japanese, please use Japanese notation:

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　　　　　　　大阪大学大学院工学研究科
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　　　　　　　北村 喜文
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2. Your source (input) files, e.g., TEX files for the text and PS or EPS files for figures, the final DVI file (for papers prepared using LaTeX or TEX), the final PS file (please avoid using the option "reverse order"), and, if possible, a PDF file of the final version of your contribution. Make sure that the text is identical in all cases. It is possible to provide a bibtex file (.bib and the .bbl files). A gziped or compressed tar file which includes all your source files of the final manuscript should be submitted via anonymous ftp to