1 “... of this monograph are three-fold. It: ·         reviews past methods and results from a contemporary perspective...”

2 “... that, it exploits every possibility to incorporate past control informa­ tion, such as tracking errors and control...”

3 “..., posing a problem for their implementation. Over the past two decades or so, sophisticated methods have...”

4 “... not only on their current state but also on their past history; it is an introduction to the mathematical...”

5 “..., communication bandwidth constraints, parametric uncertainty, and time delays. Past methods and results...”

6 “... to systems science over the past 4 decades. . The chapters in the book have been written by colleagues...”

7 “... and diagnosis has been the subject of ongoing research for the past few decades. While the theoretical aspects...”

8 “... of ongoing research during past years, presents new promising applications such as the bond graph modeling...”

9 Table of Contents: “...1 Preliminaries -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Past Work -- 1.3 Outline of Chapters -- 1.4 References...”

10 “... by leading researchers who, in the past, have had association with Professor Kaynak as either his students...”

11 “... for large-scale networks or when the communication graph changes. In the past few years, the authors...”

12 “...Across the globe, the past several years have seen a tremendous increase in the role of cooperative...”

13 “... in systems and control, and over the past 45 years he has influenced many developments in this field...”

14 “... of the authors on control engineering applications over the past ten years aims to overcome this drawback...”