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This book offers an interdisciplinary theoretical approach based on non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics and control theory for mathematically modeling shock-induced out-of-equilibrium processes in condensed matter. The book comprises two parts. The first half of the book establishes the theoretical approach, reviewing fundamentals of non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics and control theory of adaptive systems. The latter half applies the presented approach to a problem on shock-induced plane wave propagation in condensed matter. The result successfully reproduces the observed feature of waveform propagation in experiments, which conventional continuous mechanics cannot access. Further, the consequent stress�strain relationships derived with relaxation and inertia effect in elastic�plastic transition determines material properties in transient regimes.Typham this is the title: Mathematical Modeling of Shock-Wave Processes in Condensed Matter From Statistical Thermodynamics to Control Theory