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titled “Information Modeling for Interoperable Dimensional Metrology”
has been published by Springer. The link to this book is listed as following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I have written this book together with Dr.
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and Professor Xun Xu (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Auckland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>). This is my
first book. Any comments and suggestions are welcome! I also welcome any ideas
or collaborations in the area of information modeling, quality control, and
dimensional metrology. Thanks for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
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