Michel Verhaegen is professor and co-director of the Delft Center for Systems and Control at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. His current research involves applying new identification and controller design methodologies to industry, with particular focus on areas such as mechatronics and microsystems, physical imaging, and smart transportation systems. Vincent Verdult was an assistant professor in systems and control at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, from 2001 to 2005, where his research focused on system identification for nonlinear state-space systems. He is currently working in the field of information theory.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Linear algebra; 3. Discrete-time signals and systems; 4. Random variables and signals; 5. Kalman filtering; 6. Estimation of spectra and frequency response functions; 7. Output-error parametric model estimation; 8. Prediction-error parametric model estimation; 9. Subspace model identification; 10. The system identification cycle; Notation and symbols; List of abbreviations; References; Index.