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Ph.D. thesis (European doctorate mention) in Computer Science written by Davide Buscaldi under the supervision of Dr. Paolo Rosso (Univ. Politécnica de Valencia). The author was examined in Valencia in October 2010 by a panel composed by the following doctors: Paul David Clough (University of Sheffield), Ross Purves Universität Zürich), Emilio Sanchis Arnal (Univ. Politécnica de Valencia), Mark Sanderson (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Diana Santos (Sintef-ICT, Oslo). The European mentions was received after a 3 months stage at the FBK-IRST (Italy) under the guidance of Bernardo Magnini. The obtained grade was Cum Laude.