The purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader with the developments
in bilinear systems theory and its applications. Bilinear systems can be
used to represent a wide range of physical, chemical, biological, and
social systems, as well as manufacturing processes, which cannot be
effectively modeled under the assumption of linearity. This book
provides a unified approach for the identification and control of
nonlinear complex objects that can be transformed into bilinear systems,
with a focus on the control of open physical processes functioning in a
non-equilibrium mode. The material will be of interest to graduate
students, researchers, and specialists engaged in the fields of quantum
and molecular computing, control of physical processes, biophysics,
superconducting magnetism, and physical information science.