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xiv PREFACE
these routines handy and useful. Some of these routines give better results for
some problems than the built-in functions. Students are encouraged to develop
their own routines following the examples.
The knowledge in this book is derived from the work of many eminent sci-
entists, scholars, researchers, and MATLAB developers, all of whom we thank.
We thank our colleagues, students, relatives, and friends for their support and
encouragement. We thank the reviewers, whose comments were so helpful in
tuning this book. We especially thank Senior Researcher Yong-Suk Park for his
invaluable help in correction. We thank the editorial and production staff of John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. including Editor Val Moliere and Production Editor Lisa
VanHorn for their kind, efficient, and encouraging guide.

WON YOUNG YANG
WENWU CAO
TAE-SANG CHUNG
JOHN MORRIS
October 2004