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Dedicated to

Mrs. Valli Boobal Batchelor
Mrs. Yong Foon Loh
&
Sri. Comal Neelakantan Margam and Srimathi Rajeswari Margam.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to acknowledge with thanks the kind support of Monash University Malaysia, the School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) and the A-Star Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (Singapore) during the writing of this book. The authors also would like to acknowledge...