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Acknowledgments

n preparing this book, we have drawn on many models that are related to the Lee
model. We should apologize for not including all the models in our book because of
Ipage limitations. We are thankful for the kind advice of many scholars-Prof. Bingli
Jiao of Beijing University , China; Prof. Lajos Hanzo of the University of Southampton,
UK; Prof. Ping-Zhi Fan of Southwest Jiaotong University, China; Prof. Yi-Bing Lin of
National Chiao Tung University, ROC; Dr. Joseph Shapira of Netvision Inc., Israel; and
Prof. J. R. Cruz of the University of Oklahoma-during the preparation of this book.
We also should thank Mr. Sherman Yang for his assistance in proofreading the
manuscript. Mr. Steve Chapman, Senior Publisher, and Mr. Michael McCabe, Senior
Editor, at McGraw-Hill, and Ms. Raghavi Khullar and Ms. Kritika Kaushik, Project
Managers at Cenveo Publisher Services, have helped us publish this book. Without
their encouragement and patience, this book would not have been published.
Finally, we would like to thank our wives for giving us the time to write and finish
this book. Also, this book may inspire our children and grandchildren

Bill's two grandchildren, Alex and Sophia
David's son, Richard

to follow our steps in their future careers.

William C. Y. Lee, Ph.D.
David J. Y. Lee, MBA, Ph.D.

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