x PREFACE
application-oriented technologies and revolutionary new technology develop-
ment.
We thank our editor, Bob Stern, project coordinator, Jamie B. Sigal, and
project editor Marsha Hecht for their assistance and encouragement. And we
give a very personal thank you to Ai Khuyen Prasad for her utmost patience
and good will.
Hung T. Nguyen
Nadipuram R. Prasad
CarolL.Walker
Elbert A. Walker
Las Cruces, New Mexico
July 2002