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Time delays are ubiquitous in physical systems and engineering applications. A limited list of control applications in which delays arise includes chemical process control, combustion engines, rolling mills, control over communication networks/Internet and MPEG video transmission, telesurgery, machine tool “chatter”, road traffic systems.
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Krstic, M. (2009). Introduction. In: Delay Compensation for Nonlinear, Adaptive, and PDE Systems. Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4877-0_1
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