From the reviews: This well-written book does an excellent job of presenting the efforts of several workers ina thorough and unified manner. Many references to previous work are given. Perhaps the major new contributions presented are in the extension of single-loop techniques to the multivariable case. The authors are not afraid to consider a "typical" plant as having "hundreds and even thousands of control loops". ...if your interest lies in research or teaching in this area, this book should be on your shelf. Measurement and Control 33 (2000) 283 (Reviewer: Ken Dutton)