The issue contains:
- Endspurt for Our Munich Hosts
- What it covers: Highlights preparations and organizers behind the upcoming Tenth IFAC World Congress in Munich.
- Modelling, Decision and Games with Applications to Social Phenomena
- What it covers: Reports on an IFAC workshop in Beijing focusing on dynamic games, social system applications, and socio-economic planning.
- Working Groups of IFAC Technical Committees
- What it covers: Lists active IFAC Working Groups across various Technical Committees along with their respective Chairmen.
- IFAC Congratulates
- What it covers: Notes an honorary degree conferred upon Past President of IFAC, Tibor Vámos, by Tallinn Technical University.
- News from NMOs – Nigeria
- What it covers: Details the approval of the IEEE Nigeria Section as a National Member Organization of IFAC and lists its board officers.
- Control Applications of Nonlinear Programming
- Author: K. H. Well
- What it covers: Summarizes the 6th IFAC Workshop held in London covering optimal aircraft controls, numerical methods, and industrial applications.
- Nigeria and Singapore Welcome to IFAC
- What it covers: Announces the official joining of the IEEE Nigeria Section and the Instrumentation and Control Society of Singapore as IFAC National Member Organizations.
- Dynamic Modelling and Control of National Economies
- Author: B. Martos, L. F. Pau
- What it covers: Reviews the 5th IFAC/IFORS Conference in Budapest covering economic system modeling, plenary lectures, and policy discussions.
- Skill Based Automated Manufacturing
- Author: P. Brödner
- What it covers: Outlines key discussions from the Karlsruhe workshop on flexible manufacturing, human skill integration, and work organization.
- IFAC Control Engineering Textbook Prize
- What it covers: Announces the establishment of a prize for outstanding control engineering textbooks and details submission criteria for the 1987 award.
- Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: Lists upcoming papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the March 1987 issue of Automatica.
- News from Sister Federations
- What it covers: Provides details and call for papers for the 12th IMACS World Congress on Scientific Computation in Paris.
- Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: Presents a biographical profile of Prof. Jens G. Balchen, highlighting his academic career, research contributions, and leadership roles in IFAC.
- Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: Schedules upcoming conferences, symposia, and workshops organized or co-sponsored by IFAC for 1987 and 1988.
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