The issue contains:
Identification and System Parameter Estimation
- Author: P. Eykhoff
- Date: 27 – 31 August 1988
- What it covers: Highlights of the 8th IFAC/IFORS Symposium held in Beijing, PRC, including program details, plenary topics, and session themes covering system parameter estimation and adaptive control.
Advances in Automation for Hard Rock and Underground Mining
- Author: J. O’Shea
- Date: 12 – 14 September 1988
- What it covers: A summary of the IFAC Workshop in Ste. Adèle, Canada, focusing on research and technological transfer for underground mining automation, vehicle guidance, and continuous mining equipment.
Trends in Control and Measurement Education
- Author: D.P. Atherton
- Date: 11 – 13 July 1988
- What it covers: A report on the TRICMED 88 symposium in Clyne Castle, UK, detailing plenary presentations, real-time control experiments, and discussion topics in control and measurement education.
Power Systems: Modelling and Control Applications
- Author: J. Debelle
- Date: 5 – 8 September 1988
- What it covers: An overview of the symposium held in Brussels, Belgium, which focused on coordinating power plant and power system control, security analysis, and economic optimization.
News from IEEE
- What it covers: Brief notes on IEEE Region 8’s 25th anniversary celebration in Munich and an announcement soliciting papers for the 1989 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) in Tampa, Florida.
Applied Measurements in Mineral and Metal Processing
- Author: G. Sommer
- Date: 11 – 14 October 1988
- What it covers: A summary of the IFAC Workshop at Sabi Sabi Game Park, South Africa, highlighting measurement problems and solutions in the mineral, gold, diamond, and steel industries.
New Publication
- What it covers: Announcement and details of the newly published proceedings from the IFAC/IFIP SAFECOMP ’88 symposium on the safety of industrial computer control systems.
Robust Adaptive Control
- Author: G.C. Goodwin
- Date: 22 – 24 August 1988
- What it covers: Highlights from the IFAC Workshop held in Newcastle, Australia, focusing on practical guidelines, non-linear algorithms, and industrial expectations for adaptive controllers.
19th FIACC Meeting
- Date: 16 July 1988
- What it covers: An account of the Five International Associations Coordinating Committee meeting in Paris, detailing the history, background, and collaborative efforts of the five member associations.
Computer Aided Design in Control and Engineering Systems
- Author: Chen Zhen-Yu
- Date: 23 – 25 August 1988
- What it covers: A report on the 4th IFAC CADCS Symposium in Beijing, PRC, summarizing plenary sessions, CAD software demonstrations, and technical visits to Chinese research institutions.
Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: A list of upcoming papers scheduled for publication in Vol. 25, No. 2 (March 1989) of Automatica, categorized by papers, brief papers, and book reviews.
News from Sister Federations: Triennial IFORS Conference
- What it covers: Preliminary notice and call for national contributions for the 12th IFORS Triennial Conference on Operational Research scheduled for June 1990 in Athens, Greece.
Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: Biographical profiles and professional backgrounds of Prof. Dr. tech. Heinz Unbehauen (Chairman of the IFAC Education Committee) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Isermann (Chairman of the IFAC Technical Committee on Applications).
Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: A comprehensive schedule and table listing upcoming IFAC symposia, workshops, and conferences with dates, locations, and contact information.
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