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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my deep sense of gratitude to my research

supervisor Dr.S.Vijayan , Principal, Surya Engineering College, Erode for

his encouragement, insightful comments, innovative discussions, support and

guidance during the course of my doctoral work. His guidance and the help

rendered to formulate the framework of this thesis.I wish to express my

gratitude to Thiru C.Elango, Chairman and Thiru K.Kalaiselvan,

Correspondent of Surya Engineering College, who has given permission to do

my research work .

For the vital success of the research work, I record my sincere thanks

to my Doctoral Committee members. Dr.Aruldoss Albert Victorie and Dr.

V. Venkatachalam for their timely advice and constant support throughout

this research work.

I convey my regards to all the members of CSE Department, Surya

Engineering College for their support. I would like to thank Mr.V Suresh

Babu and Dr. G.Muruganand for their motivation and support in shaping

this work. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to all my family members

and friends who stood behind me at different stages of this research work.

R. KAVITHA