Acknowledgments

Most of the contributions, outcomes, and insight presented in this book were achieved through long-term teaching and research conducted by the authors and their research groups on intelligent control and power system automatic generation control over the years. It is pleasure to acknowledge the support and awards the authors received from various sources, including Kumamoto University (Japan), University of Kurdistan (Iran), Frontier Technology for Electrical Energy (Japan), Kyushu Electric Power Company (Japan), and West Regional Electric Company (Iran).

The authors thank their postgraduate students F. Daneshfar, P. R. Daneshmand, A. G. Tikdari, H. Golpira, Y. Yoshimuta, G. Okabe, and H. Esaki, and their office secretary Y. Uemura for their active role and continuous support. The authors appreciate the assistance provided by Professor Hussein Beurani from University of Tabriz. Finally, the authors offer their deepest personal gratitude to their families for their patience during preparation of this book.