Prof. Dr. Steven X. Ding
Inst. Automatisierungstechnik und Komplexe
Systeme (AKS)
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Duisburg, Germany
ISSN 1430-9491 ISSN 2193-1577 (electronic)
Advances in Industrial Control
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