I Dimensions and Components.- General Introduction and Derivation of the DNLS Equation.- The One-Dimensional Case.- The Two-Dimensional Case.- The Three-Dimensional Case.- The Defocusing Case.- Extended Solutions and Modulational Instability.- MultiComponent DNLS Equations.- II Special Topics.- Experimental Results Related to DNLS Equations.- Numerical Methods for DNLS.- The Dynamics of Unstable Waves.- A Map Approach to Stationary Solutions of the...