System-Theoretical Description of Open Physical Processes.- Control of Bilinear Systems.- Bilinear Systems and Nonlinear Estimation Theory.- Control Of Dynamical Processes And Geometrical Structures.- Superconducting Levitation and Bilinear Systems.- Optimization And Control Of Quantum-Mechanical Processes.- Modeling And Global Optimization In Biomolecular Systems.- Modeling And Analysis Of Bilinear Systems.