Focusing on continuous, multivariate processes, this book introduces statistical methods and modeling techniques for process monitoring, process and controller performance evaluation, and fault diagnosis. It covers empirical modeling development techniques, modeling process signals for trend analysis, and sensor failure detection and diagnosis. "Most texts that attempt to combine SPC or SPM (statistical process monitoring) with automated control methods fail to incorporate multivariate methods as well. This text does an excellent job of covering all the bases in that regard . . . I highly recommend this text for chemical engineers and statisticians interested in learning how statistical methods can be integrated with process control methods." - Dean V. Neubauer, Corning Inc., in Technometrics, February 2008, Vol. 50, No. 1