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Acknowledgments

Sheldon Tan is deeply indebted to the support, encouragement and love of his family: his wife, Yan Ye, his lovely daughters Felicia Tan and Lesley Tan. Sheldon Tan is also grateful to his parents, Linsen Tan, Wanhua Mao, for constant encouragement, and inspiration over the years.

Many people contributed to this book. The authors would like thank some of their students, Boyuan Yan, Pu Liu, and Duo Li from University of California at Riverside for their dedicated work and the implementation of some of algorithms discussed in this book. Boyuan Yan also made significant contributions...