Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their heartfelt thanks to Professor Khalid Saeed, AGH University of Science & Technology, for his valuable help throughout the writing of this book. He has been kind enough to spend his time in the sincere pursuit and patient follow-up that remain the key factors in its preparation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that without Professor Saeed’s help, the English version of the book may not have seen the light of the day.

The authors also express their sincere thanks to M.Sc. Jakub Tutaj for his long-time coordination of readers and online program users. Professor Tadeusiewicz, the first author of this book, published several books and articles in the Polish language. Many of those materials were useful during the writing of this book. We thank all those who helped translate the original Polish text into English. The table below lists the translators and their participation in building various chapters.

We are especially thankful to Tomasz Gąciarz, Barbara Borowik, and Bartosz Leper for their contributions by writing the programs used in the book.

This book would not have been possible without the untiring efforts, encouragement, and support of Rich O’Hanley of Taylor & Francis from the development of the proposal to its implementation. Stephanie Morkert and Iris Fahrer were instrumental in maintaining the production schedule in spite of delays and lapses from our end. Last, but not least, we thank our families and friends for being so understanding and for allowing us to spend our spare time writing this book.