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The writing of this book was a challenging task and needed many months of concerted efforts, which involved long working hours for which our families sacrificed tremendously over this long period of time. We thank them for their patience and understanding.

We first recognize Elisha Benjamin, the project editor; Kathleen Santoloci, associate editor; and Mindy Okura‐Marszyck, senior editor, at Wiley, for providing many invaluable advice and help during the writing of this book. They have always been very kind and prompt with their replies for our queries. We like to sincerely thank both of them from the bottom of our hearts.

Professor Muhammad Aslam would like to thank Professor Munir Ahmad (Late) of NCBAE, Lahore, Pakistan, who is his a professor, mentor, coauthor, and a friend who had introduced him to this line of research. He would also like to thank Professor Chi‐Hyuck Jun of Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, who is his coauthor, mentor, and friend. He thank the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University for providing excellent research facilities and his colleagues in the university Dr. Saeed A. Dobbah, Professor Ali Hussein AL‐Marshadi, Professor Mohammed Albassam, Professor Kushnoor Khan, and his colleagues from UVAS, Lahore, Pakistan, Professor Muhammad Azam, Professor Liaquat Ahmad, and Dr. Nasrullah Khan for their constant encouragement.

The authors gratefully thank all the publishers from which some tables and figures were reproduced in the book.

Finally, the authors are grateful to their parents and their families and their respective wives.