I. General Aspects of Model Identification. - 1 System Identification - General Aspects and Structure. - 2 Singularity Issues Associated with Closed Loop Identification. - 3 Mapping Parametric Confidence Ellipsoids to Nyquist Plane for Linearly Parametrized Transfer Functions. - II. Interactions Between Model Identification and Intended Model Use. - 4 On the Use of Real Data for Controller Reduction. - 5 Making a Nonlinear Observer Adaptive. - 6 Sensor Adaptive Target Tracking over Variable Bandwidth Networks. - III. Illustrative Applications of Identification and Control. - 7 Adaptive Servo Control of Large Antenna Structures. - 8 Quantizer Optimization: Application of Passivity in Telecommunications. - 9 Connecting Steiglitz-McBride Identification Active Noise Control and Coefficient Filtering to a Common Framework. - IV. Fundamental Design Issues in Adaptive Control. - 10 Iterative Adaptive Control: Windsurfing with Confidence. - 11 Model Quality for the Windsurfer Scheme of Adaptive Control. - 12 Cheap Control Fundamental Limitations: The Linear Time-Varying Case. - V. Appendix. Language: English