Yang-Ta Kao This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹, Hwei-Jen Lin² and Hung-Hsuan Wu²

¹Department of Information Network Technology, Chihlee Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 220, R.O.C.
²Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.

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