The issue contains:
1. Simulation of Control Systems – IFAC/IMACS Symposium
- Author: Inge Troch
- What it covers: A summary of the IFAC/IMACS Symposium held in Vienna, focusing on current problems, solutions, tools, and software in control system simulation.
2. FIACC – The Roof over Intelligent Products
- Author: Heiner Müller-Merbach
- What it covers: Excerpts discussing the role of FIACC in coordinating overlapping fields like automatic control, information processing, and measurement for intelligent products.
3. Tutorial Workshops Before and After the Munich Congress
- What it covers: Details on three continuing education tutorial workshops offered in Oberpfaffenhofen surrounding the Munich IFAC congress.
4. Economics and Artificial Intelligence – IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IASC Conference
- What it covers: Highlights from the first international conference exploring the cross-fertilisation between social sciences and artificial intelligence in Aix-en-Provence.
5. Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing – 2nd IFAC Workshop
- Author: Karl Johan Åström, Gustaf Olsson
- What it covers: Overview of the workshop held in Lund, covering presented papers, poster sessions, and the decision to expand future meetings into a symposium.
6. Distributed Computer Control Systems – DCCS-86 – IFAC Workshop
- Author: V. H. Haase
- What it covers: Summary of the workshop in Mayschoss/Bad Neuenahr addressing topics such as MAP communication, real-time databases, fault tolerance, and accelerator control.
7. Control and Real-Time Programming – IFAC Course
- Author: W. Schaufelberger
- What it covers: Report on an educational course held in Shanghai for Chinese professors and graduate students, covering programming languages, control theory, and real-time systems.
8. Components, Instruments and Techniques for Low Cost Automation and Applications, LCA ’86 – IFAC Symposium
- Author: P. Albertos, J. A. de la Puente
- What it covers: Highlights from the LCA ’86 symposium in Valencia, which evaluated low-cost automation components, techniques, and practical applications.
9. Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: A listing of upcoming papers, brief papers, technical communiques, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the May 1987 issue of Automatica.
10. Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: A biographical profile of Dipl.-Ing. Dr. sc. techn. h.c. Dietrich Ernst, highlighting his career, achievements, and role in IFAC.
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