ABSTRACT
Aerodynamic fluid flows, flexible structures, plasmas in electromagnetic fields, acoustic and optical waves, thermal dynamics, and chemical processes-distributed parameter systems-are so ubiquitous in control applications that they are the norm, rather than an exception. Although finite-dimensional techniques often suffice in solving such control problems, there are significant advantages in considering such systems
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in their full partial differential equation (PDE) format, which has driven the development of the field of control of distributed parameter systems since the 1960s.
