Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the financial support of Supergen FutureNet (www.super

gennetworks.org.uk). Supergen is funded by the Research Councils’ Energy Programme, United
Kingdom. We would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Science and
Higher Education of Poland (grant number 3 T10B 010 29). Both grants have made possible the
cooperation between the Polish and British co-authors. Last but not least, we are grateful as ever
for the patience shown by our wives and families during the torturous writing of yet another book.