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  1. Max Planck Institut für Informatik and Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Rudolf Fleischer, Kurt Mehlhorn, Stefan Meiser, Stefan Näher, Stefan Schirra & Christian Uhrig

  2. SIEMENS AG, D-8000, München, Germany

    Otfried Fries, Hans Rohnert & Klaus Simon

  3. Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, School of Engineering, University of Patras, 26500, Patras, Greece

    Athanasios Tsakalidis

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