· The Office of Naval Research

· The Defense Logistics Agency

· The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology

· The New Jersey Department of Transportation

· The New Jersey Department of Highway Traffic Safety

· The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority

· The Center for Advanced Food Technology

We thank the following companies for sponsoring our research in automation sciences:

· Allied-Signal/Honeywell Corporation

· Merck

· Colgate-Parmolive