The issue contains:
- Architectures for Integrating Manufacturing Activities and Enterprises – IFAC/IFIP Task Force
- What it covers: Details the joint initiative between IFAC and IFIP to evaluate and develop enterprise reference architectures for computer-integrated manufacturing.
- Mathematical and Intelligent Models in System Simulation – MIM-S² ’93
- Author: Prof. R. Hanus
- What it covers: Reports on the IMACS/IFAC symposium held in Brussels, highlighting key survey papers and participation details.
- Editor’s Note
- What it covers: Notes that this issue was produced concurrently with the IFAC World Congress in Sydney and previews the upcoming October issue dedicated to IFAC news.
- New Publications
- What it covers: Summarizes proceedings and selected paper volumes from recent IFAC symposia and workshops covering nonlinear control, adaptive systems, and factory automation.
- Papers From the Next Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: Lists upcoming articles for the September 1993 special issue focused on computer science in industrial control applications.
- Control Applications of Optimization
- What it covers: Reviews the 9th IFAC Workshop held in Munich, highlighting invited lectures, key numerical methods, and software applications.
- Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing
- Author: Chen Zhen-Yu
- What it covers: Provides a summary of the 7th IFAC Symposium in Beijing, covering topics from blast furnace automation to artificial intelligence.
- Last Call – Newsletter Survey
- What it covers: Serves as a final reminder for readers to submit their membership confirmation and survey to remain on the newsletter distribution list.
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