From the reviews: "A distributed parameter system (DPS) is usually an engineering equivalent of a partial differential equation (PDE) or a system of PDEs. ... this book is the extension of this idea to the nonlinear setting. ... The book addresses an engineering audience, and people not very familiar with the subject will find the list of abbreviations especially useful. The chapters are inter-connected and each chapter looks like an independent entity; it starts and ends with a summary and has its own list of references ... ." (Sergey V. Lototsky, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 a)