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The following topics are dealt with: temporal quantization; spatial quantization; process models; data reduction; fault diagnosis; multiple root cause analysis risk based alarm design; control loop interaction; multivariate statistical monitoring; independent component regression; output error method; cyclohexanol reactive-distillation process; control system design; evolutionary algorithm; dead time compensator; adaptive steering controller; adaptive fault-tolerant control; hard disk drive control system; optimal alarm filter design; data-based continuous-time modelling; process control; flu dynamics forecasting; nonlinear internal model controller; adaptive predictive control; catalysts robust design; quantum-behaved PSO algorithm; energy consumption optimization; optimal boundary control; bender decomposition; power consumption; structure restricted controller performance assessment; structure restricted controller performance assessment; data reconciliation; leak detection; primary separation vessel interface control,feature extraction; KNN-RVM lazy learning approach; plant wide temperature drop monitoring and multiple model based soft sensor development.