The issue contains:
Program for Munich in the Making
- What it covers: Reports on the second International Program Committee (IPC) meeting in Zürich for the IFAC ’87 10th World Congress. It details paper submissions, the technical program concept, survey papers, and plenary lectures.
Control in Transportation Systems
- Author: R. Genser
- Date: July 8–11, 1986
- What it covers: Summary of the 5th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Conference held in Vienna, Austria. It discusses national transportation planning, multi-modal logistics, standardization, and applications of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology
- Author: Andrey A. Petrov
- Date: April 22–25, 1986
- What it covers: Highlights of the 5th IFAC/IFIP/IMACS/IFORS Symposium in Suzdal, USSR. It outlines paper topics and discussions covering robotics, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), and software.
Software for Computer Control – SOCOCO ’86
- Author: V. H. Haase
- Date: May 20–23, 1986
- What it covers: Review of the 4th IFAC/IFIP Symposium held in Graz, Austria. It covers key discussions on managing large-scale software projects, artificial intelligence in control, and system reliability.
Experience with the Management of Software Projects
- Author: P. F. Elzer
- Date: May 14–16, 1986
- What it covers: Summary of an IFAC Workshop in Heidelberg, FRG, focused on practical experiences in managing real-time software projects, human factors, and software reuse.
Stochastic Control
- Author: L. Sakalauskas
- Date: May 19–23, 1986
- What it covers: Report on the 2nd IFAC Symposium in Vilnius, USSR. It covers theoretical advances and practical applications in nonlinear stochastic systems and optimal control.
Reliability of Instrumentation Systems for Safeguarding and Control
- Author: L. Boullart
- Date: May 12–14, 1986
- What it covers: Review of an IFAC Workshop in The Hague, Netherlands, addressing the practical aspects and assessment of system reliability, human factors, and hardware design.
Control of Distributed Parameter Systems
- Author: Herbert E. Rauch
- Date: June 30–July 2, 1986
- What it covers: Overview of the 4th IFAC Symposium at UCLA in Los Angeles, USA. It highlights control opportunities in aerospace systems, flexible structures, and optimal control.
Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- Date: January 1987
- What it covers: A listing of upcoming survey papers, technical articles, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the journal Automatica.
Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: Profiles of key IFAC figures, including Prof. Manfred Thoma (IFAC President) and Prof. Brian D. O. Anderson (IPC Chairman).
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