Acknowledgments
The first author (Rashid) would like to show his deep thanks to Dr. Carl Adams (University of
Portsmouth, UK), who provided him the best support, experience, and knowledge. Rashid
would also like to thank Mr. Qamar Iftikhar and Dr. Tahir Iqbal (National University of
Sciences and Technology-NUST), Pakistan, for helping him with data analysis and interpretation. Hassan would like to thank Anam Qudrat for her timely review and edits of several
pre-final chapters of this book. We would also like to acknowledge the support from Rehaneh
Majidi (Springer).
Finally, the authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the
Deanship of Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for funding this
work through project No. BW192-MGTMKT-92.
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Rashid A. Khan
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
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The first author (Rashid) would like to show his deep thanks to Dr. Carl Adams (University of
Portsmouth, UK), who provided him the best support, experience, and knowledge. Rashid
would also like to thank Mr. Qamar Iftikhar and Dr. Tahir Iqbal (National University of
Sciences and Technology-NUST), Pakistan, for helping him with data analysis and interpretation. Hassan would like to thank Anam Qudrat for her timely review and edits of several
pre-final chapters of this book. We would also like to acknowledge the support from Rehaneh
Majidi (Springer).
Finally, the authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the
Deanship of Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for funding this
work through project No. BW192-MGTMKT-92.
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Rashid A. Khan
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
ix