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Ewing, R.E., George, J.H. (1985). Identification and control for distributed parameters in porous media flow. In: Kappel, F., Kunisch, K., Schappacher, W. (eds) Distributed Parameter Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 75. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0005650

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