Acknowledgments  This article is based upon experiences and projectsinvolving many people. However, I would particularly liketo acknowledge the opportunities provided by the directorsof Lucas Automotive, in particular, Mike Norman,Phil Extance, and David Hughes. Regarding the features inthis special section, I acknowledge the effort by the variousauthors in preparing their articles and talking freelyabout their work, and to Tariq Samad, Dennis Bernstein,and the editorial staff of IEEE Control Systems Magazine,for their guidance, assistance, and personal input to thisspecial section. My work on this special section was supportedby the Science Foundation Ireland and the HamiltonInstitute.

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鸣谢本篇文章建立在多人参与的实验和项目的基础之上,但我要特别地感谢卢卡斯汽车公司的各位董事,尤其是麦克.诺曼,菲尔.爱克斯坦和大卫.休斯,是他们给了我机会。关于本特殊章节的特色, 我要感谢众多作者所付出的努力,他们精心撰写文章,对工作畅所欲言。还要对特理克.赛默德,丹尼斯.伯恩斯坦和IEEE系统控制杂志全体编辑的指导,帮助和亲自参与表示感谢。我本人编撰本特殊章节的工作得到了爱尔兰科学基金会和汉弥尔顿研究所的大力支持。