Abstract
This thesis contains a collection of papers written between 2002 and 2008 as well as a short introduction into my field of work. The version available here is the revised version which includes reprints of the published version of papers which were still under review at the time of thesis submission
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | University of Stuttgart |
| Publisher | University of Stuttgart |
| Number of pages | 355 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |