Nong Ye is a Professor at the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, a M.S. degree in Computer Science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, and a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China. Her book publications include this book, Data Mining: Theories, Algorithms and Examples, The Handbook of Data Mining, and Secure Computer and Network Systems: Modeling, Analysis and Design. Her publications also include over eighty journal papers in the fields of data mining, statistical data analysis and modeling, computer and network security, quality of service optimization, quality control, human-computer interaction, and human factors. Teresa Wu is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, US
