Examples and case studies are introduced in the first part of the text and developed throughout the book. They include: The book is composed of short essays each within eight pages, including suggestions and references for further research and reading. By reading the essays collected in the book , graduate students and post-docs will be introduced to the research frontiers in control of decentralized and of distributed systems. Control theorists and practitioners with backgrounds in electrical, mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering will find in the book information and inspiration to transfer to their fields of interest the state-of-art in coordination control.