Nonlinear and Adaptive Control of Complex SystemsT his book presents a t. hooretical framewerk and control methodology for a class of complcx dyna. mical systenis characterized by high state space dimension, multiple inpu t. s anrl out puts. significant nonlinearity, parametric uncertainty and unmodellod dyuarni cs. The book start. s wit. h an inl. rod uct. orv Chapter 1 where the peculiari ties of control problcrns Ior complex systems are discussed and motivating examples from different fiolds of