Joe K. Ballenger
Stephen F. Austin State TJniversity
Dong Jin Lee
State University of New York (SUNY), Bingha;nton
Amit Bhatnagar
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Thomas L. Ainscough
College of William and Mary
Jeffrey B. Schmidt
University of Illinois at 'Jrbana-Champaign
James V. Spiers
Arizona State University
I would also like to thank the Wiley team including my editor, Jeff Marshall, marketing
manager, Charity Robey, production editor, Norine Pigliucci, Cindy Rhoads, Dawn Stan-
ley, Mike Brennan, and Elyse Rieder for their hard work and support of this project. A great
deal of thanks also goes to my friend and colleague, Pallab Paul, for his outstanding con-
to the web site.
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