Control Engineering Practice

Editor-in-Chief A. Kugi Inst. of Automation and Control, Technische Universität Wien, Gusshausstr. 27-29 376, 1040 Vienna, Austria, Deputy Editor-in-Chief B. Huang Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Chemical and Materials Engineering Building, Edmonton, T6G 2G6, Canada, Editors F. Camacho Depto. de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Automat., Escuela Superior Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, avenida Reina Mercedes, 41012 Sevilla, Spain, I.K. Craig Dept. of Electr., Electronic & Comp Engineering, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa, T. Hagglund Lund University, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden, D. Hrovat Scientific Research Lab., Ford Motor Company, PO Box 2053, Drop 3083, Dearborn, MI 48121, USA, D.G. Hulbert Mintek, Private Bag X3015, 2125 Randburg, South Africa, G.W. Irwin Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Queen's University of Belfast, Ashby Institute 125 Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AH, UK, T.H. Lee Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), 4 Engineering Drive, 117576 Singapore, Singapore, A. Sciarretta Institut Francais du Pétrole (IFP), 1-4 Av. de Bois-Préau, GIR 118, F-92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France, Y. Xi Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240 Shanghai, China, J. Zaytoon CReSTIC, University of Reims, Moulin de la housse, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France, Associate Editors P. Albertos Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, C. Aldrich University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, A. Alleyne University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, F. Assadian Jaguar Cars Ltd, Coventry, England, UK, G. Balas University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, C. Batlle Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain, M. Blanke Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark, B. Chaudhuri Imperial College London, London, UK, G. Chiu Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, M.H. Costin General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI, USA, S. Daley University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, F. Delli Priscoli Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy, A. Desbiens Université Laval, Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot, QC, Canada, L. Eriksson Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, P. Falcone Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, D. Feng University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, M. Gilson Bagrel Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN), Vandoeuvre, France, F. Giri Université de Caen Basse Normandie, Caen, France, A. Glumineau Inst. de Recherche en Communications et Cybernetique de Nantes (IRCCyN), Nantes, Cedex 3, France, D. Gu University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, J. Hahn Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, T. Hamel Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France, V. Havlena Prague 4, Czech Republic, K.A. Hoo Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA, A. Horch ABB Corporate Research, Ladenburg, Germany, T. Kawabe Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, E. Kerrigan Imperial College London, London, UK, R. King Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Berlin, Germany, M. Kinnaert Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, P. Korba ABB Switzerland Ltd, Daettwil, Switzerland, X. Li Fudan University, Shanghai, China, G. Lightbody University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, S. Liu Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, S. Longhi Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, J. Lu Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, USA, A. Lynch University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, G. Magnani Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, O.P. Malik University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, I. Mareels University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia, C. Melchiorri Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, L. Menini Universita` di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, T. Meurer Technische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria, T. Morton Senergy Econnect Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Z. Nagy Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, J. Normey-Rico Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil, A. Pashkevich Université de technologie de Troyes, Troyes, France, L.-F. Pau Ericsson SA, Mougins, France, C.E. Pereira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, M-N. Pons ENSICAEN, Nancy, France, C. Rabbath DRDC - Valcartier, Quebec, QC, Canada, N.L.