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This paper is concerned with the control and stabilisation of large-scale interconnected systems. The focus is on decentralised methods for stabilisation. The first problem considered uses local state feedback, where feedback gains are temporarily chosen so that the eigenvalues of each isolated sub-system are placed at desired locations in the complex plane. These locations are then adjusted so that the overall, interconnected, system is stable. A sufficient condition for stability is provided. Lyapunov analysis plays a central role in the development. The second problem considered is the case where only local input and output variables are available. This gives rise to a decentralised observer-based scheme for reconstruction of the unmeasurable state variables and interacting state variables of the system. Conditions for reconstructability and stabilisability of such systems are given. A design scheme for decentralised control is described which uses for feedback the estimated states and interacting states. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0743.93010].