Adaptive Approximation Based Control: Unifying Neural, Fuzzy and Traditional Adaptive Approximation Approaches

JAY A. FARRELL, PhD, is Professor and former chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Riverside. He was also principal investigator on projects involving intelligent and learning control systems for autonomous vehiclesat the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, where he was awarded the Engineering Vice President's Best Technical Publication Award. He is the author of one other book and over 130 articles for technical publications.

MARIOS M. POLYCARPOU, PhD, is Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cyprus. Dr. Polycarpou is the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. He is an IEEE Fellow and has published more than 150 articles for journals, books, and conference proceedings. Dr. Polycarpou was also the recipient of the William H. Middendorf Research Excellence Award at the University of Cincinnati.