The issue contains:
1. New President’s Closing Address
- Author: Brian D.O. Anderson
- What it covers: Remarks delivered at the closing ceremony of the Tallinn Congress addressing IFAC’s financial stability, publication success, and strategic directions.
2. Newly Approved Events
- What it covers: A comprehensive schedule of upcoming IFAC and co-sponsored workshops, symposia, and conferences with details on dates, locations, submission deadlines, and contacts.
3. New Publications
- What it covers: Summaries of newly published proceedings covering topics such as nonlinear control systems design, real-time distributed databases, computer safety, international conflict resolution, and chemical process control.
4. Chairmen of IFAC Technical Committees
- What it covers: A listed overview of the newly appointed chairmen for various IFAC Technical Committees following the General Assembly meeting at the Tallinn World Congress.
5. Evaluation of Adaptive Control Strategies in Industrial Applications
- Author: Y.Z. Tsypkin and V.A. Lototsky
- What it covers: A summary report on the IFAC Workshop in Tbilisi, USSR, highlighting discussions on comparing adaptive control algorithms and their practical applications in industry.
6. Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: A preview listing of survey papers, regular papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the January 1991 issue of Automatica.
7. Automatica – Special Issue on Robust Control, Call for Papers
- What it covers: An invitation for paper submissions for an upcoming special issue of Automatica focused on robustness analysis, design methods, and practical case studies.
8. Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: A profile honoring Petar Kokotovic, recipient of the 1990 Giorgio Quazza Medal, detailing his academic background, career accomplishments, and research contributions.
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