Preface Finally,as described previously,Chapter 12,Case Studies,is available on the web site. Acknowledgments Each of us has numerous people who should be acknowledged;we mention only a few. Russ Eberhart:First,I want to acknowledge my wife Francie and son Sean who put up with a higher than usual absence rate of their spouse and father,respectively. I also want to acknowledge my son Mark,a three-time cancer survivor,who has taught me what courage is.Special thanks go to my students in ECE 536,Intro- duction to Computational Intelligence.They were the guinea pigs.Sometimes,just from their eyes glazing over,I knew that a section needed to be rewritten(or deleted). Their patience is appreciated,and their input has been invaluable. Yuhui Shi:I would like to thank my parents and parents-in-law for taking good care of my daughter Melissa Xueyin Shi and my son Nicholas Yuge Shi so that I had plenty of quality time to work on this book.My thanks also go to profes- sors Zhenya He of Southeast University,M.N.S.Swamy and M.Omair Ahmad of Concordia University,Xin Yao ofthe University of Birmingham,Jinhyung Kim ofthe Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,and to Russell C.Eberhart, who are my mentors and have paved the way for me in my career development. Both of us acknowledge the contributions of our technical reviewers.Their insights resulted in improvements in both the organization and content of this book. Finally,we are grateful to the team at Morgan Kaufmann Publishers who worked dili- gently with us throughout the process of writing,editing,and production.Working with Denise Penrose,Diane Cerra,Emilia Thiuri,Marilyn Rash,and Mary James has been a pleasure and a learning experience.Preface Finally, as described previously, Chapter 12, Case Studies, is available on the web site. Acknowledgments Each of us has numerous people who should be acknowledged; we mention only a few. Russ Eberhart:. First, I want to acknowledge my wife Francie and son Sean who put up with a higher than usual absence rate of their spouse and father, respectively. I also want to acknowledge my son Mark, a three-time cancer survivor, who has taught me what courage is. Special thanks go to my students in ECE 536, Intro￾duction to Computational Intelligence. They were the guinea pigs. Sometimes, just from their eyes glazing over, I knew that a section needed to be rewritten (or deleted). Their patience is appreciated, and their input has been invaluable. Yuhui Shi: I would like to thank my parents and parents-in-law for taking good care of my daughter Melissa Xueyin Shi and my son Nicholas Yuge Shi so that I had plenty of quality time to work on this book. My thanks also go to profes￾sors Zhenya He of Southeast University, M. N. S. Swamy and M. Omair Ahmad of Concordia University, Xin Yao of the University of Birmingham, Jinhyung Kim ofthe Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and to Russell C. Eberhart, who are my mentors and have paved the way for me in my career development. Both of us acknowledge the contributions of our technical reviewers. Their insights resulted in improvements in both the organization and content of this book. Finally, we are grateful to the team at Morgan Kaufmann Publishers who worked dili￾gently with us throughout the process of writing, editing, and production. Working with Denise Penrose, Diane Cerra, Emilia Thiuri, Marilyn Rash, and Mary James has been a pleasure and a learning experience