The issue contains:
IFAC Council- and Related Meetings 1992
- Author: Gusztáv Hencsey
- What it covers: Details about the upcoming annual council and committee meetings in Malaga, Spain, including discussions on publications policy, Technical Board structure, and future Congress venues.
Cultural Aspects of Automation – CAA’91
- Date: 16–18 October 1991
- What it covers: A summary of the first IFAC workshop in Krems, Austria, covering topics such as technology design, man-machine systems, and cross-cultural impacts of automation.
Discrete Event System Theory and Application to Manufacturing and Social Phenomena
- Date: 25–27 June 1991
- What it covers: An overview of the workshop held in Shenyang, China, focusing on DEDS modeling, Petri Nets, system dynamics, and practical manufacturing applications.
Expert Systems in Mineral and Metal Processing
- Author: E. Saarelainen, A. Niemi
- Date: 26–28 August 1991
- What it covers: A report on the workshop held in Espoo, Finland, highlighting applications of expert systems, neural networks, and process modeling in the iron and steel industries.
TC on Components and Instruments
- What it covers: An overview of the Technical Committee’s structure, its four working groups, and upcoming sponsored events for 1992.
Newly Approved Events
- What it covers: A structured list of newly approved IFAC workshops and symposia, including dates, locations, deadlines, and contact information.
Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- Date: May 1992
- What it covers: A listing of upcoming papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the May 1992 issue of Automatica.
IFAC Congratulates
- What it covers: An announcement congratulating Prof. Dr. Ing. Dr. sc. h.c. Manfred Thoma on receiving an honorary degree from Ruhr-University Bochum.
Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: A biographical profile of Professor Pedro Albertos, Chairman of the IFAC Technical Committee on Components and Instruments.