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AcknowledgementsI would like to express gratitude to many people who, in a variety of ways, have helpedwith the completion of this thesis. Firstly <strong>and</strong> foremost, I would like to thank my parents<strong>and</strong> my family, Trung <strong>and</strong> Dung, for their continued supports <strong>and</strong> love during my time atHull University <strong>and</strong> for helping me to maintain the will to succeed. Secondly, I would liketo thank Vietnamese Government in particular to Education <strong>and</strong> Training Ministry (322project) for providing the financial supports during my period of study.I would like to express the special thanks to Darryl N. Davis for his helps in the role of asupervisor from the first day of my research. Darryl encouraged me to achieve to the best ofmy ability, <strong>and</strong> he also had to work hard with my poor English writing. Without Darryl, Icould not reach to this stage.I would like to thank my other supervisors: Dr Ch<strong>and</strong>ra Kambhampati <strong>and</strong> Dr Len Bottaciin the role of supervisory panel in the way of my research.I would like to end by saying thank you to a h<strong>and</strong>ful people. Thanks to The VietnameseCommercial University in particular to Informatics department for their supports in myadministration procedures, <strong>and</strong> their friendship. Thanks to the members of ComputerScience for their assistance, suggestions, <strong>and</strong> criticisms. Finally, thanks also to my friends,who are beside me during the up <strong>and</strong> down period.xiv

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