A control system for a dynamic system, said control system comprising: at least one measurement sensor coupled to the dynamic system; at least one regulation device configured to regulate operation of the dynamic system as a function of at least one dynamic system characteristic; and at least one computing device coupled to said at least one measurement sensor and said at least one regulation device, said at least one computing device configured to: receive at least one measurement signal from said at least one measurement sensor, wherein the at least one measurement signal includes measurement data; classify, using the measurement data, a profile of the dynamic system from which to infer the at least one dynamic system characteristic; infer the at least one dynamic system characteristic based, at least in part, on the profile; generate at least one regulation device command signal based, at least in part, on the inferred at least one dynamic system characteristic; and transmit the at least one regulation device command signal to said at least one regulation device to regulate operation of the dynamic system, wherein the dynamic system is a wind turbine, wherein the profile of the dynamic system is a wind shear profile, and wherein said control system is configured to classify the wind shear profile by determining whether the measurement data is consistent with a wind shear power law profile. at least one measurement sensor coupled to the dynamic system; at least one regulation device configured to regulate operation of the dynamic system as a function of at least one dynamic system characteristic; and at least one computing device coupled to said at least one measurement sensor and said at least one regulation device, said at least one computing device configured to: receive at least one measurement signal from said at least one measurement sensor, wherein the at least one measurement signal includes measurement data; classify, using the measurement data, a profile of the dynamic system from which to infer the at least one dynamic system characteristic; infer the at least one dynamic system characteristic based, at least in part, on the profile; generate at least one regulation device command signal based, at least in part, on the inferred at least one dynamic system characteristic; and transmit the at least one regulation device command signal to said at least one regulation device to regulate operation of the dynamic system, receive at least one measurement signal from said at least one measurement sensor, wherein the at least one measurement signal includes measurement data; classify, using the measurement data, a profile of the dynamic system from which to infer the at least one dynamic system characteristic; infer the at least one dynamic system characteristic based, at least in part, on the profile; generate at least one regulation device command signal based, at least in part, on the inferred at least one dynamic system characteristic; and transmit the at least one regulation device command signal to said at least one regulation device to regulate operation of the dynamic system, wherein the dynamic system is a wind turbine, wherein the profile of the dynamic system is a wind shear profile, and wherein said control system is configured to classify the wind shear profile by determining whether the measurement data is consistent with a wind shear power law profile.