“…This kind of multiple model, initially proposed by Filev (1991), is reported in the literature under several designations, such as the local-state local model network (Gawthrop, 1995), the multiple local models (Gatzke and Doyle III, 1999;Venkat et al, 2003;Vinsonneau et al, 2005), local model networks by blending the outputs (Gregorčič and Lightbody, 2000;, multiple model for models with a non-common state (Kanev and Verhaegen, 2006), the neuro-fuzzy decoupling multiple model scheme (Uppal et al, 2006) and the recently decoupled multiple model (Orjuela et al, 2006;2009). Despite their different names, these approaches share a similar multiple model structure.…”