Most systems arising in engineering fields are spatiotemporal processes in nature so that their behavior must depend on time as well as spatial position.These spatiotemporal processes are in general modeled by partial differential equations.Substantial literature on the research of distributed parameter systems(DPSs)has been reported over the past decades.Amount of results on analysis and control of DPSs have been developed in these research articles,which include not only extensions of finite-dimensional techniques to infinite-dimensional systems but also innovative infinite-dimensional analysis and control design approaches.Hence,a comprehensive survey of all the developments of DPSs is perhaps a very difficult task.This paper,however,attempts to present a brief yet reasonable overview of research on the analysis and control of distributed parameter systems for applications.To help readers,some simple mathematical descriptions and necessary figures are involved in this article.Finally,some open areas of research and possible directions have also been outlined. Most systems arising in engineering fields are spatiotemporal processes in nature so that their behavior must depend on time as well as spatial position. These spatiotemporal processes are in general modeled by partial differential equations. Substantial literature on the research of distributed parameter systems (DPSs) has been reported over the past decades. Amount of results on analysis and control of DPSs have been developed in these research articles, which include not only extensions of finite-dimensional techniques to infinite-dimensional systems but also innovative infinite-dimensional analysis and control design approaches .ence, a comprehensive survey of all the developments of DPSs is perhaps a very difficult task.This paper, however, attempts to present a brief yet a reasonable overview of research on the analysis and control of distributed parameter systems for applications. To help readers, some simple mathematical descriptions and necessary figures are involved in this article. Finall y, some open areas of research and possible directions have also been outlined.