chapter Introduction -- chapter Formulation of the Parameter Estimation Problem -- chapter Computation of Parameters in Linear Models - Linear Regression -- chapter Gauss-Newton Method for Algebraic Models -- chapter Other Nonlinear Regression Methods for Algebraic Models -- chapter Gauss-Newton Method for Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) Models' -- chapter Shortcut Estimation Methods for Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) Models -- chapter Practical Guidelines for Algorithm Implementation -- chapter Constrained Parameter Estimation -- chapter Gauss-Newton Method for Partial Differential Equation (PDE) Models -- chapter Statistical Inferences -- chapter Design of Experiments -- chapter Recursive Parameter Estimation -- chapter Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Thermodynamic Models: Cubic Equations of State -- chapter Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Thermodynamic Models: Activity Coefficients -- chapter Parameter Estimation in Chemical Engineering Kinetic Models -- chapter Parameter Estimation in Biochemical Engineering Models -- chapter Parameter Estimation in Petroleum Engineering.