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1. Acknowledgments<br />

An undertaking such as a dissertation is not completed without the support of many people.<br />

My first debt of gratitude must go to my advisor, Prof. Dr. Dirk van den Poel. He patiently<br />

provided the vision, encouragement and advice necessary for me to precede through the<br />

doctorial program and complete my dissertation.<br />

I'd also like to give special thanks to Prof. Dr. Anita Prinzie for her support, guidance and<br />

good ideas.<br />

Special thanks to my doctoral committee, Prof. Dr. Aimé Heene, Prof. Dr. Mario Vanhoucke,<br />

Prof. Dr. Marc De Clercq, Prof. Dr. Patrick Van Kenhove, Prof. Dr. Bart Baesens, and Prof.<br />

Dr. Horst Geschka for their helpful suggestions. I appreciate the members of the doctoral<br />

committee who took time from their busy schedules to complete this survey. Without their<br />

help, this dissertation would not have been possible.<br />

This undertaking is realized beside my (full-time) job at the Fraunhofer research institute INT.<br />

I'd like to give a special thanks to my department chief and deputy director Dr. Joachim<br />

Schulze for his helpful suggestions and his support. Further, thanks to the institute director<br />

Prof. Dr. Uwe Wiemken. Additionally, I thank all my colleagues especially Dr. Wilfried Gericke<br />

and Jörg Fenner for their support and good advise.<br />

Finally, I give special thanks to family and friends for their supporting during this workintensive<br />

time.<br />

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