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Dedication

To Zuona
Yun, Kun, Run,
and my family
for the time and support they gave to me

G.R.Liu

To Huiqi
for her love, support and encouragement

M.B.Liu

The Authors

Dr. G.R.Liu received his PhD from Tohoku University, Japan in 1991. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, U. S. A. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Advanced Computations in Engineering Science (ACES), National University of Singapore, and the President of the Association for...