Automation of linear systems is a fundamental and essential theory. This book deals with the theory of continuous-state automated systems. Part one covers complexity of signals and linear systems, analyzed from the viewpoint of their control. Input - output representations (whose frequency representations form the prototype) and state representations, are the first two axes of analysis. The study of discrete time systems (or those perceived as such through digital control systems) provides a detailed insight into their structural properties. After analysis of determinist and statistical...

Under certain scenarios on the subject of CO2 emissions, by the end of the century the atmospheric concentration could triple its pre-industrial level.

The very large numerical models intended to anticipate the corresponding climate evolutions are designed and quantified from the laws of physics. However, little is generally known about these: genesis of clouds, terms of the greenhouse effect, solar activity intervention, etc.

This book deals with the issue of climate modeling in a different way: using proven techniques for identifying black box-type models. Taking climate...