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Acknowledgment

The editors wish to acknowledge the support of everyone involved in creating this book. We would like to sincerely thank the researchers for their wonderful help and support in reviewing all the chapters with total dedication. Our sincere thanks go out to the authors of the chapters who contributed their time and expertise to this book. Some of the authors also served as referees; we greatly appreciate their double task.

The editors are grateful to Professor Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber for the excellent foreword to this book and his precious assistance. The editors are confident that this book will certainly be useful to a wide circle of readers, from students to specialists in the field.

Our sincere thanks also goes out to the entire staff of Scrivener Publishing for their invaluable support in completing this book. In particular, special thanks to Mr. Martin Scrivener, Scrivener Publishing, and Dr. Prasenjit Chatterjee, series editor, for their guidance and cooperation.

Moreover, we would also like to thank our organizations for providing us with the facilities required to accomplish this project.

Finally, we express our heartfelt gratitude and reverence to our family members for their boundless love, support and motivation during the entire journey of this project.

Mukhdeep Singh Manshahia Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India Valeriy Kharchenko Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center, VIM, Moscow, Russia Elias Munapo Department of Statistics & Operations Research, NWU, Mafikeng Campus, South Africa J. Joshua Thomas UOW Malaysia, KDU Penang University College, Malaysia Pandian Vasant Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia