Soft Computing

Acknowledgements

This book is a result of the collective efforts of many individuals. We thank Pearson Education for their positive response to the initial book proposal and eventual publication of the book on time. In particular, we are grateful to Neha Goomer (Assistant Editor, Acquisitions), Anita Sharma (Senior Executive, Rights and Contracts), and V. Pavithra (Associate Editor, Production) for their efforts to expedite the execution of the project. We also thank the editorial board and Deepti Goel (Assistant Designer, Production) for the impressive cover design they created for this book. Our individual acknowledgements are given below:

At the outset, I want to express my sense of gratitude to my students whose interactions have kept me ...