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The authors sincerely like to thank Prof. Surnajan Das, the vice‐chancellor of Jadavpur University (JU), and Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee and Dr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh, the pro‐vice‐chancellors of JU, Kolkata, for creating a beautiful and lively academic environment to carry out the necessary scientific work and experiments for the present book. They also would like to acknowledge the technical and moral support they received from Prof. Sheli Sinha Chaudhuri, the HoD of the Department of Electronics and Tele‐Communication Engineering (ETCE), Jadavpur University, where the background research work for the present book is carried out. Special thanks go to the reviewers of the previous publications by the authors on the selected subject. Their suggestions helped a lot to develop the present book in its current shape.

The authors like to thank their family members for their support in many ways for the successful completion of the book. The first author wishes to mention the everlasting support and words of optimism he received from his parents, Mrs. Purnima Sadhu and Mr. Prabhat Kumar Sadhu, without whose active support, love, and affection, it would not have been possible to complete the book in the current form. He likes to acknowledge the strong gratitude he has for his elder sisters, Dr. Sucheta Sadhu and Mrs. Mithu Sadhu, who have nurtured him since his childhood and always remained as a source of inspiration in his life. The second author acknowledges the support he received from his family members for sparing him from many family responsibilities while writing this book.

The authors like to thank their students, colleagues, and coresearchers of the AI Lab, Jadavpur University, for their support in many ways during the phase of writing the book. Finally, the authors thank all their well‐wishers, who have contributed directly and indirectly toward the completion of the book.

Arup Kumar Sadhu

Amit Konar

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

12 April 2020