Dr Kumar Pakki Bharani Chandra has worked extensively in nonlinear state estimation and control, and has been involved in sponsored projects from UKIERI, EU-FP7 and ISRO (India). Specifically, his current research deals with the development and applications of various Jacobian free filters. The vast experience gained during the last decade in the field of nonlinear state estimation constitutes a major part of this book. The main intention is to attract the readers from both industry and academia, and motivate them to adapt and explore the methods given in the book.Professor Da-Wei Gu has been involved with many industrial projects in aerospace and manufacturing, funded by EPSRC (UK), EU and industry. He has been actively engaged in the area of coordinated control of uninhabited air vehicles, with emphasis in autonomy. His theoretical achievements and practical work in robust and optimal control for linear and nonlinear systems are important in writinga book that will give valuable theoretical and practical knowledge to the readers in the subject area of nonlinear control systems state estimation.
