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Preface XXI

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the following individuals who have
assisted us with the development of this twelfth edition, as well as all previous edi-
tions: Mahmoud A. Abdallah, Central Sate University (OH); John N. Chiasson, Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh; Samy El-Sawah, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona; Peter J. Gorder, Kansas State University; Duane Hanselman, University of
Maine; Ashok Iyer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Leslie R. Koval, University of
Missouri-Rolla; L. G. Kraft, University of New Hampshire; Thomas Kurfess, Geor-
gia Institute of Technology; Julio C Mandojana, Mankato State University; Luigi
Mariani, University of Padova; Jure Medanic, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign; Eduardo A. Misawa, Oklahoma State University; Medhat M. Morcos,
Kansas State University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University; D. Subbaram
Naidu, Idaho State University; Ron Perez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
Carla Schwartz, The MathWorks, Inc.; Murat Tanyel, Dordt College; Hal Tharp,
University of Arizona; John Valasek, Texas A & M University; Paul P. Wang, Duke
University; and Ravi Warrier, GMI Engineering and Management Institute.

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Modern Control Systems. We encourage all readers to send comments and sugges-
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