Passivity and associated stability conditions form one of the
cornerstones in control theory and have begun to be applied in process
control. In this book, passivity-based developments in all areas of
control theory are addressed systematically for the first time. The
emphasis is placed on real results that add insight. Case studies
illustrate applications in all the main chapters. MATLAB(R) routines and
a library of functions that implement the methods developed in the book
can be downloaded from springer.com.