who knew it to be !orth"o#ing, i the reult o! the "ollaborative work o! year, not to ay de"ade, on the $art o! an international %"abal% o! author who give their &oint addre, at the end o! the $re!a"e, a %The Earth,% $erha$ anti"i$ating that u"h in!or#ation #ight not be redundant !or o#e !uture reader' The reader !irt need to know that the word %re$reentation% in the title i not ued in an ab( tra"t ene )a in, !or e*a#$le, %re$reentation o! grou$%+ but in the nonte"hni"al ene o! the word %reali,ation,% i'e', in addition to general theory the author are "on"erned with $e"i!i" re$reentation, i'e', #odel, o! the "ontrol yte# "lae under e*a#ination' In both thi and the theoreti"al ene thee volu#e will be wel"o#ed by thoe working in in!inite di#enional "ontrol theory and it #any #ani!etation in ter# o! ordinary, !un"tional, and $artial di!!erential e-uation, all o! whi"h are "onidered, in turn, in the te*t' The !irt volu#e i #ainly "on"erned with laying the groundwork !or the e"ond volu#e and that beg a -uetion' I it $oible to write a book on "ontrol o! in!inite di#enional yte# without giving, in e!!e"t, a graduate "oure in e#igrou$, $artial di!!erential e-uation, et"', in the !irt !ew "ha$ter. The reviewer ha an un!inihed #anu"ri$t on the ub&e"t )$ubliher/ I0ll "all you+' What are the !irt !ew "ha$ter about. Se#igrou$, $araboli", and hy$erboli" 12E, et"'3 It doe ee# a little bit late in the develo$#ent o! the ub&e"t !or that to be ne"eary, but ea"h $reentation o! in!inite di#enional "ontrol theory ee# to re-uire a $arti"ular ele"tion o! reult !ro# thee !unda#ental ub&e"t area not eaily ae#bled by #erely "iting re!eren"e, $arti"ularly in regard to the in"luion o! in$ut and out$ut #e"hani# o! variou kind, o!ten involving unbounded o$erator, ditribution, !ra"tional $ower o! o$erator, et"' In thi re$e"t it ee# likely that 4ha$ter 4, %2i!!erential Syte# with 2elay,% will be $arti"ularly valuable in the $reent work, re$reenting, a it doe, the "olle"ted e*$ertie o! everal o! the $rin"i$al #odern develo$er o! the theory who have worked with "ontrol a$$li"ation in #ind' In Volu#e II the author !irt review the tan( dard theory o! linear !inite di#enional yte#, in"luding o#e #aterial on the H' theory' Thi theory wa rather new at the outet o! their "ol( laboration, and thi ee# to be re!le"ted in the la"k o! e*tenive additional treat#ent o! that ub&e"t in the ret o! the book whi"h, in it treat#ent o! o$ti#al "ontrol, i $ri#arily "on"erned with -uadrati" o$ti#i,ation "riteria' The real a"tion tart with 4ha$ter 5, $arti"( ularly e"tion 6(7, where e*a"t "ontrollability o! yte# with a kew y##etri" generator are treated in detail' 8ere the author have given o#e u!!i"ient "ondition !or e*a"t "ontrollability, baed on the 8ilbert 9ni-uene :ethod o! ;'(<' <ion, and have indi"ated the a$$li"ability o! thee theore# to a wide "la o! $roble#, in"luding the wave e-uation and the :a*well e-uation' It a$$ear, however, that the real work in u"h "ontrollability tudie lie in veri!ying the e*tenive hy$othee o! their theore#, whi"h uually entail the ue o! #ulti$lier #ethod, "attering theory reult, et"'' The reviewer0 e*$erien"e i that by the ti#e one ha done that work there i uually a #ore dire"t route to "o#$letion o! the deired "ontrollability reult than by the 89: reult $reented here' 8owever, thee theore#, in their generality o! tate#ent, are new to thi reviewer and are al#ot "ertain to be the ub&e"t o! e*tenive review and %digetion,% $arti"ularly on the $art o! =orth >#eri"an reear"her who have been ued to a #ore %"ae by "ae% a$$roa"h' The e"ond and third $art o! Volu#e II, "on( iting o! i* "ha$ter altogether, are devoted to linear -uadrati" o$ti#al "ontrol theory and related to$i", u"h a tabili,ation, olution o! di!!erential, and algebrai" Ri""ati e-uation' Thee "ha$ter bring together #any i#$ortant reult hitherto rather "attered and will "one-uently be a valuable reear"h reour"e' One "an legiti#ately ak i! <?@ theory #erit u"h e*tenive "overage, $arti"ularly in view o! ra$id advan"e in the H" theory o! in!inite di#enional yte#, but it i $erha$ bet not to try to e"ond gue the author too #u"h at thi $oint' Overall, the two(volu#e work i an i#$ortant addition to the "ontrol theory o! in!inite di#enional yte#A it will be e*tenively read and even #ore e*tenively "ited' 2' <' R9SSE<< Blacksburg, Virginia Stochastic Orders and their Applications. By Moshe Shaked and J. George Shanthikumar. >"ade#i" 1re, San 2iego, 4>, BCC4' D4D $$', E7C'CD, "loth' ISB= F(B5(6G7B6F(7' 477 BOOK REVIEWS Sto"hati" order and ine-ualitie are "loely related to #athe#ati"al ine-ualitie and tra"e their develo$#ent !ro# the day o! @au, 4au"hy, and 4hebyhev' 2uring the $at three de"ade the tudie o! the theory and a$$li"ation o! to"hati" order have been growing at an in"reaing rate' In addition to the e*iten"e o! #any reear"h arti"le, everal #onogra$h have been $ublihedA o#e "onvenient re!eren"e are Karlin )BC67+, Barlow and 1ro"han )BC7D+, :arhall and Olkin )BC7C+, Tong )BC7F+, Eaton )BC77+, and 2har#adhikari and ;oag( 2ev )BC77+' Thi volu#e, written by two noted reear"her with the "ollaboration o! o#e o! their "olleague, re$reent the latet addition to thi area' Bai"ally, the volu#e "ontain two $art/ the general theory and it a$$li"ation' The "ha$ter on general theory )4ha$ter B(6+ were written by the author' The a$$li"ation $art in"lude !our "ha$ter on a$$li"ation in tatiti", one "ha$ter ea"h on a$$li"ation in biology and in e"ono#i", and two "ha$ter ea"h on a$$li"ation in o$eration reear"h and in reliability theory' The a$$li"ation "ha$ter were $re$ared by the "olleague o! the author and edited by the#' The whole book i -uite "onitent, and the to$i" treated in the two $art are interrelated' Hor e*a#$le, the notion o! "onve* order, #onotone "onve* order, and to"hati" "onve* order are treated "o#$rehenively in the !irt $art o! the book )Se"tion 5'>, 4ha$ter G, D, and Se"tion 6'>+, and thee notion are then ued in two ee#ingly unrelated a$$li"ation in the a$$li"ation $art )Se"tion 7'> on variability order in #ultivariate tatiti" and Se"tion BB'B and BB'F on to"hati" ordering o! e$ide#i"+' On the one hand, the reader "an !ind out about the i#$ortant notion and related ana( lyti"al reult in the area o! to"hati" order' >nd on the other hand, the a$$li"ation o! u"h notion in variou !ield are "learly de#ontrated by the "ha$ter in the a$$li"ation $art o! the book' Thi uni-ue !eature #ake the book very valuable, and it hould alo be a""eible to reader whoe $ri#ary reear"h interet are not to"hati" order' The "ontent o! the "ha$ter o! thi book "an be brie!ly de"ribed a !ollow/ )I+ @eneral Theory' 4ha$ter B' 9nivariate to"hati" order/ The uual to"hati" order, the ha,ard rate order, the likelihood ratio order, the #ean reidual li!e order, and their i#$li"ation' 4ha$ter 5' 9nivariate variability order/ the "onve* order, the univariate di$erive and $eakedne order' 4ha$ter G' 9nivariate #onotone "onve*, #onotone "on"ave, and tran!or# order )tar and u$eradditive order+' 4ha$ter 4, D' :ultivariate generali,ation o! the notion in 4ha$ter B and 5, their i#$li"ation, and related reult' 4ha$ter 6' Sto"hati" "onve*ity and to"hati" "on"avity' )II+ >$$li"ation 1art )the na#e o! the "ontributor !ollow the "ha$ter nu#ber+' 4ha$ter 7 )I' <' Tong+' >$$li"ation o! #ultivariate "onve* order and $eakedne order in #ultivariate tatiti"' 4ha$ter 7 )B' Bhatta"hary a and R' <' 2yktra+' >$$li"ation o! uual to"hati" order and ha,ard rate order in #a*i#u# likelihood eti#ation and hy$othei teting' 4ha$ter C )>' 4ohen and 8' B' Sa"krowit,+' >$$li"ation o! de$enden"e and ao"iation in #ultivariate unbiaed hy$othei teting $roble#' 4ha$ter BF )E' Torgeren+' > long "ha$ter on how to"hati" order "an be a$$lied in tatiti"al de"iion theory, in!or#ation ordering, and "o#$arion o! tatiti"al e*$eri#ent' 4ha$ter BB )4' <e!evre+' >$$li"ation to to"hati" ordering o! e$ide#i" when the "o##unity "onit o! heterogeneou grou$ o! "arrier and u"e$tible' 4ha$ter B5 ):' S"arini+' >$$li"ation to buine and e"ono#i", $arti"ularly on rik, rik averion, $laying lottery, buying inuran"e, and $ort!olio theory' 4ha$ter BG )R' Righter+' >$$li"ation o! the uual to"hati" order, likelihood ratio order, and #onotone "onve* order to the "heduling o! &ob on #a"hine' 4ha$ter B4 );' @' Shanthiku#ar and 2' 2' Iao+' > "lear de#ontration howing how and why "ertain to"hati" order are relevant and $arti"ularly e!!i"ient in tudying "loed ;a"kon network in -ueueing theory' 4ha$ter BD )8' W' Blo"k and T' 8' Savit+' >$$li"ation o! the uual to"hati" order to the "o#$arion o! #aintenan"e $oli"ie in yte# reliability theory' 4ha$ter B6 )1' ;' Boland and H' 1ro"han+' >$$li"ation o! the uual to"hati" order and the ha,ard rate order to tandby redundan"y i#$rove#ent and o$ti#al allo"ation o! reour"e in yte# reliability theory' In addition to a "o#$rehenive treat#ent o! thee to$i", the "ha$ter in both $art I and II alo "ontain #any reult that originally a$$eared BOOK REVIEWS 47C in re"ently $ublihed $a$er by the author, the "ontributor, and their "olleague' > noted in the $re!a"e o! the book, the author have in #ind a wide $e"tru# o! reader o! thi book' In addition to the reader who already have o#e !a#iliarity with the area o! to"hati" order, it hould be ue!ul to reear"her in the variou area who are $ri#arily %uer% o! to"hati" order' The book hould alo be a""eible to advan"ed graduate tudent in tatiti" and $robability, #athe#ati", reliability theory, o$eration reear"h, and "ertain other !ield' Hurther#ore, it "an be ued !or a graduate e#inar "oure on to"hati" order and their a$$li"ation' REHERE=4ES R. . B!R"#$ !%& '. (R#S)H!% *+,-./, Statistical 0heory o1 Reliability and "i1e 0esting, Holt, Rine2 hart and $inston, %e3 4ork. S. &H!RM!&H56!R5 !%& 6. J#!G2&V *+,77/, 8nimodality, )on9e:ity and !;;lications, !cademic (ress, %e3 4ork. M. ". !0#% *+,7-/, "ectures on 0o;ics in (robability 5ne<ualities, )entre 1or Mathematics and )om;uter Science, !msterdam, the %etherlands. S. 6!R"5% *+,=7/, 0otal (ositi9ity, Vol. +, Stan1ord 8ni9ersity (ress, Stan1ord, )!. !. $. M!RSH!"" !%& 5. #"65% *+,-,/, 5ne<ualities> 0heory o1 Ma ?ori@ation and 5ts !;;lications, !cademic (ress, %e3 4ork. 4. ". 0#%G *+,7A/, (robability 5ne<ualities in Mul2 ti9ariate &istributions, !cademic (ress, %e3 4ork. I' <' TO=@ Georgia 5nstitute o1 0echnology >lgorith#i" >lgebra' By B. Mishra. S$ringer( Verlag, =I, BCCG' 4B6 $$', EGC'CD, "loth' ISB= F(G77(C4FCF(B' The book tart out with an overview o! the hitori"al develo$#ent o! algorith#i" algebra !ro# the 8indu and >l(Khwari,#i to Krone"ker and the y#boli" "o#$utation o! today' >!ter the introdu"tion o! o#e bai" algebrai" "on"e$t, the !our #ain to$i" o! the book are develo$ed in ube-uent "ha$ter/ @robner bae, "hara"teriti" et, reultant and ubreultant, and de"iion in the ele#entary theory o! real "loed !ield' @robner bae are de!ined in a very general way !or $olyno#ial ideal over a "o##utative ring R. The author take 8ead)@+ J 8ead) K+ a the bai" de!inition o! a @robner bai G !or the ideal 5. <ater on, the Bu"hberger algorith# !or "ontru"ting @robner bae in $olyno#ial ring over a !ield i de"ribed and $roved in detail' So#e o! the "lai"al a$$li"ation o! @robner bae are di"ued, u"h a the ideal #e#berhi$ $roble#, the ideal e-uality $roble#, and arith( #eti" o$eration on ideal' 4hara"teriti" et, a introdu"ed by ;' H' Ritt and a$$lied to geo#etry theore# $roving by W'( R' Wu, hare #any "hara"teriti" o! @robner bae, u"h a the triangular tru"ture' 8owever, they do not $reerve the algebrai" $ro$erty o! being a bai o! the original ideal' The WuLRitt $ro"e !or "o#$uting a "hara"teriti" et i de"ribed and ulti#ately a$$lied to geo#etry theore# $roving in ele#entary geo#etry' The "o#$utation o! $olyno#ial re#ainder e-uen"e, u"h a in the Eu"lidean algorith#, yield a way o! "o#$uting reultant o! $olyno#ial' > very e!!i"ient verion o! u"h a $olyno#ial re#ainder e-uen"e i the ubreultant e-uen"e' 8abi"ht theory o! ubreultant i $reented in !ull detail' The lat #ain to$i" i the de"iion $roble# in the ele#entary theory o! real "loed !ield' The $roble# i to de"ide whether a !or#ula > )* i , , :B/ hold over the real, where the ato#i" !or#ula in > are o! the !or# (*:i , , :B/ '2 F, ; a $olyno#ial with integer "oe!!i"ient' In the BCGF0, >' Tarki howed that thi $roble# i indeed de"idable' :ore re"ently @'E' 4ollin de"ribed a de"iion $ro"edure baed on "ylindri"al algebrai" de"o#$oition' The book i well written and a reader with a #odet ba"kground in algebra and "o#$uta( tion will have no $roble# undertanding the te*t' =u#erou e*er"ie #ake the book valuable !or "oure work' 8owever, a reader with a ba"kground in "o#$uter "ien"e will #i "o#$le*ity analye o! the variou algorith#' HR>=M WI=K<ER Johannes 6e;ler 8ni9ersitat "in@ <inear :atri* Ine-ualitie in Syte# and 4ontrol Theory' By S. Boyd, ". . Ghaoui, . 'eron, and V Balakrishnan. So"iety !or In( dutrial and >$$lied :athe#ati", 1hiladel$hia, BCC4' BCG $$', EG6'DF, "loth' ISB= F(7C77BGG4(N'