Process modelling and identification. Parameter estimation, validation of models. Empirical models, step-response and frequency-response identification. Multivariable process models. Single-loop control. Feedback control systems, feedback controller design, design of complex control structures. Multivariable process control. Transfer functions, interaction analysis and multiple single-loop design. Dynamic and steady-state decoupling. Computer process control. Sampled-data systems, theoretical modelling of discrete-time systems digital controllers.