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Pao C. Chau, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 328 pp., $100 Hardcover, $38 paperback, 2002

This volume is intended as a text for an introductory course in process control. The emphasis is on grasping the basic concepts and integrating knowledge rather than on a broad coverage of the subject. It is written directly to and for the student in what the author describes as a style that is "purposely unorthodox and conversational."

The teaching style relies heavily on...