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\begin{acknowledgement}

First and foremost, I would like to thank my thesis adviser, Dr. Raghuveer Mohan.
Without his assistance, curiosity, encouragement, and dedication, this
project and thesis would not have been possible. 
I would also like to thank Professor Chad Waters for his guidance and insight as my second reader.
Additionally, I would like to thank my partner, Kara Carmichael, for her continual support
throughout this process.

Lastly, I would like to extend my thanks to the open source community, their welcoming community and support have made this thesis possible.
This thesis was written entirely using open source software, and the following tools specifically were heavily utilized:
\begin{itemize}
\item The Kakoune text editor \cite{kakoune}.
\item The \LaTeX{} typesetting system \cite{latex}.
\item The simple \LaTeX{} editor, Gummi \cite{gummi}.
\end{itemize}

\end{acknowledgement}