This Book Covers New Aspects And Frameworks Of Control, Design, And Optimization Based On The Tp Model Transformation And Its Various Extensions.the Author Outlines Thethree Main Steps Of Polytopic And Lmi Based Control Design: 1) Development Of The Qlpv State-space Model, 2) Generation Of The Polytopic Model; And 3) Application Of Lmi To Derive Controller And Observer. He Goes On To Describe Whyliterature Has Extensively Studied Lmi Design, But Has Not Focused Much On The Second Step, In Part Because The Generation And Manipulation Of The Polytopic Form Was Not Tractable In Many Cases. The Author Then Shows How The Tp Model Transformation Facilitates This Second Step And Hence Reveals New Directions, Leading To Powerful Design Procedures And The Formulation Of New Questions.