The book has benefited from the extensive contribution and review of many subject matter experts and their proposals for improvements. The editors would like to thank in particular the following people for their extensive contribution and review that helped to complete this book:

Subramanya Chandrashekar, Betsy Covell, Sami Hakola, Volker Held, Hannu Hietalahti, Jürgen Hofmann, Günther Horn, Keeth Jayasinghe, Toni Levanen, Zexian Li, Andreas Maeder, Jarmo Makinen, Tuomas Niemela, Karri Ranta‐aho, Rapeepat Ratasuk, Rauno Ruismäki, Mikko Säily, Peter Schneider, Thomas Theimer, Laurent Thiebaut, Samuli Turtinen, Mikko Uusitalo, Fred Vook, Sung Hwan Won.

We would also like to thank Sandra Grayson, Louis Vasanth Manoharan, Rajitha Selvarajan and Mary Malin from Wiley for their continuous support during the editing process.

Finally, we thank our families for their patience and cooperation during the writing of the book.

The editors appreciate any comments and proposals for enhancements and corrections in future editions of the book. Feedback can be sent directly to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].