...Computing Science Department of Stirling University for their helpful comments. Last, but not least, I would like to thank my wife and children for their patience while the book was being written. Robert G Clark Stirling, December 1984 1 Problem solving with computers...

...history when many funding agencies found it difficult to see past traditional disciplinary boundaries. Finally, I would like to thank my wife and children for their forbearance during the long struggle to write this book, but I don't have a wife or any children. My...

...the review and production processes, I would like to thank Amanda Moran of Stanford University Press. Finally, I would like to thank my wife and children for their support and sacrifices during the course of the project. I dedicate this book to them. Identifying...

...acknowledged here as well, as that book was used as the base for this one. Jazakallahu Khairan . Once again I would like to thank my wife and children for their patience and understanding, as this book again took many hours of precious time that could have been spent with...

...failures or omissions are mine and not due to a lack of vigilance or effort on the part of others. Finally, I would like to thank my wife and children for their patience as I worked on this project. They have endured not only my mental absences during family events, but...

...how to bring this emerging interdisciplinary view into the academic, professional, and public worlds. Finally, I would like to thank my wife and children for their never-ending support of my whacky ways and my passion for this work. I feel deeply grateful to watch...