From the reviews: "The book treats a class of nonlinear discrete-time models for dynamical systems and presents further developments of the author's research on nonlinear system identification and fault detection ... . It is intended for researchers, engineers and advanced postgraduate students in control, computer science and related engineering fields." (Alexander V. Nazin, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 d)

• I. Principles of Fault Diagnosis.- Analytical Techniques-Based FDI.- Soft Computing-Based FDI.- II. State and Parameter Estimation Strategies.- State Estimation Techniques for FDI.- Parameter Estimation-Based FDI.- III. Soft Computing Strategies.- Evolutionary Algorithms.- Neural Networks.- Conclusions and Future Research Directions.

From the reviews: "The book treats a class of nonlinear discrete-time models for dynamical systems and presents further developments of the author's research on nonlinear system identification and fault detection ... . It is intended for researchers, engineers and advanced postgraduate students in control, computer science and related engineering fields." (Alexander V. Nazin, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 d)

• I. Principles of Fault Diagnosis.- Analytical Techniques-Based FDI.- Soft Computing-Based FDI.- II. State and Parameter Estimation Strategies.- State Estimation Techniques for FDI.- Parameter Estimation-Based FDI.- III. Soft Computing Strategies.- Evolutionary Algorithms.- Neural Networks.- Conclusions and Future Research Directions.