Data Mining

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my family, Baijun and Alice, for their love, understanding, and unconditional support. I appreciate them for always being there for me and making me happy.

I am grateful to Dr. Gavriel Salvendy, who has been my mentor and friend, for guiding me in my academic career. I am also thankful to Dr. Gary Hogg, who supported me in many ways as the department chair at Arizona State University.

I would like to thank Cindy Carelli, senior editor at CRC Press. This book would not have been possible without her responsive, helpful, understanding, and supportive nature. It has been a great pleasure working with her. Thanks also go to Kari Budyk, senior project coordinator at CRC Press, and the staff at CRC Press ...