Techniques of Model-Based Control

Acknowledgements

We want to thank the pioneers in the field of model-based control, who are listed in the references, and from whom we have borrowed extensively. We also want to thank the numerous anonymous reviewers who read this manuscript and gave very valuable suggestions. Also not to be overlooked are our many students who also made suggestions for improving the readability and clarity of the text. In particular we would like to thank our former graduate students Drs. Jiawen Dong, Frieda Wang-Hanratty, Peter Hanratty, Shi-Shang Jang, Tannakorn Kumsaen, Mario Laiseca, Srinivas Palavajjhala, Sairam Potaraju, Deepak Srinivasagupta, Karel Stryczek, Matthew Thomas, Srikanth Voorakaranam, and Chao-Ming Ying, who helped us develop the material in ...