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Acknowledgement
I express my sincere gratitude to my PhD supervisor, Prof. Dr. Danilo Roccatano for
his expert and continuous guidance. Especially, I thank him for his patience and the time he
spent to explain the concepts and ideas that really helped me to accomplish my work. His
constant support, understanding, motivation and valuable discussions provided me a
wonderful learning experience during my PhD.
I am thankful to Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwaneberg for his constructive comments, fruitful
discussions and his support during this endeavor. It has been a great honor and pleasure to
work with him. I am deeply grateful for his trust on me. I express my respectful gratitude to
Dr. Steven Hayward for being a member of my PhD committee. I am thankful to Dr. Achim
Gelessus for his technical support to utilize efficiently CLAMV facility for scientific
computation throughout this work at Jacobs University Bremen.
I express my whole-hearted thanks to the member of Prof. Roccatano Group, Samira
Hezaveh, Khadga Karki, Susruta Samanta and Edita Sarukhanyan for their wonderful
company and support. I also convey my thanks to the member of Prof. Schwaneberg group
at RWTH Aachen for their cooperation. I express my special thanks to my friends, Kavita,
Amit, Amol, Sagar, Hemanshu, Susruta, Usha and Steffi for providing such a friendly
environment. Especially, I express my whole-souled gratitude to Amol for his continuous
support, encouragement, motivation, patience and care throughout my PhD.
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