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e are grateful to Markus Höchstötter for his assistance in the prepara
tion of several chapters and Appendices A, B, and C. His contribution
was of such significance that he is identified on the cover and title pages of
this book.
Chapter 15 is coauthored with Dr. K. C. Ma of KCM Asset Manage
ment, and Professor of Finance and Director of the George Investments
Institute and Roland George Investments Program at Stetson University.
We also thank a number of doctoral students in the Department of
Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University, SUNY, for
taking time from their studies to review and provide feedback for various
chapters and appendices in this book. Below we have listed each student and
the chapters/appendices reviewed:
Fangfei (Sophia) Dong Chapters 2, 3, and 12
Tetsuo Kurosaki Chapters 8, 9, 11, and 12
Tiantian Li Chapter 13
Barret Shao Chapters 7 and 12
Naoshi Tsuchida Chapters 8, 9, and 12
Yuzhong (Marco) Zhang Chapters 2, 3, and 12