Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. H-systems -- Chapter 3. Discrete Structure of H-systems and Background on Finite State Machines -- Chapter 4. Observability, Diagnosability and Predictability of Finite State Machines -- Chapter 5. Extending Diagnosability Properties for Finite State Machines -- Chapter 6. Observability of H-systems -- Chapter 7.Continuous Dynamics Distinguishability -- Chapter 8. Enriching Discrete Information in H-systems -- Chapter 9. Observability Characterization for H-systems -- Chapter 10. Relaxing the Observability Notion -- Chapter 11. Diagnosability and Predictability for H-systems -- Chapter 12. Observer Design for LH-systems -- Chapter 13. Some Applications to Automotive Control -- Index.