Belief Augmented Frames
Colin Keng-Yan Tan · 2003
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to A/P Lua Kim Teng, who patiently guided me through not only my PhD degree, but earlier on through my Honors and Master degrees. Without his help, guidance and counseling this thesis would definitely not have become a reality. My sincere gratitude as well to good friends like “Tat”, Hong I, Michelle and the “girls next door”, who not only kept me sane and centered through the ordeal of putting this thesis together, but also kept me well fed with cookies, “liang teh " and instant cereal through all those long hours of work. To them I owe all the weight that I’ve put on. To my students, who thoughtfully organized themselves when seeking help from me, to minimize the amount of time that I need to spend with them. To my family, who put up with my terrible tantrums, acid tongue and general crabbiness. Most of all to my beloved wife Catherine, who slaved for hours over stove and oven to bake me the cakes and cookies that kept me going through the night, and who was always willing to go to an empty bed as I spent night after night working on this