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The Science and Engineering of Measurement and Automation Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2010 Editor-in-Chief: Dr. R. Russell Rhinehart Professor and Amoco Chair, School of Chemical Engineering, 423 Engineering North, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-5021, USA E-mail:
[email protected] Phone: (405) 744-5280 Fax: (405) 744-6338 (Computer Perception; Virtual Managers; System Safety, Reliability, and Management; Measurement and Instrumentation; Enterprise Automation; Nonlinear MPC) Associate Editor: Dr. Karlene A. Hoo Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3131, USA E-mail:
[email protected] Phone: (806) 742-3905 Fax: (806) 742-3947 (MPC; Controller Synthesis; Process and Plant-wide Modeling, Control, and Design; Multivariate Statistical Analysis; Performance Monitoring and Data Interpretation) Associate Editor: Dr. Ahmad B. Rad Professor, Simon Fraser University, School of Engineering Science, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada E-mail:
[email protected] (Control; Intelligent; Fuzzy; Evolutionary Computation; Adaptive; System Identification and Modeling; Robotics; Discrete) Associate Editor: Dr. Qing-Guo Wang Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore E-mail:
[email protected] Phone: 65-6-874-2282 Fax: 65-6-779-1103 (System Theory, Modeling and Identification; Control; Optimization; Adaptive; Nonlinear; Multivariable; Mechatronics; Automation technology) Associate Editor: Zhiqiang Gao Associate Professor and Director, Center for Advanced Control Technologies, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cleveland State University, Stilwell Hall Rm316, 1960 E. 24th St., Cleveland, OH 44115, USA E-mail:
[email protected] Phone: (216) 687-3528 Fax: (216) 687-5405 (Motion Control; Disturbance Rejection; Robust Control; Multivariable Systems; Uncertain Systems; Nonlinear Systems; Intelligent Control; Observers; Vibration; Numerical Implementation) Editorial Advisory Board Celal Batur, Akron, OH, USA Elio A. Comelio, Calmachie, ON, Canada Sri Kolla, Bowling Green, OH, USA In Soo Koo Qing Li Julian Morris Himal Munsif, Houston, TX, USA Angela E. Summers, Houston, TX, USA Kok Kiong Tan, Singapore, Republic of Singapore Willy Wojsznis, Austin, TX, USA Reg K. Wood, Edmonton, AB, Canada Brent Young