Ifac World Congress 1999 : Proceedings of the 14th World Congress (International Federation of Automatic Control, Beijing, Prc

CD-ROM. As the last triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) of this century, the 14th IFAC Congress was recognized as a preeminent event for the worldwide community of control systems science and engineering.

Beijing, one of the oldest cities in the world, is fuelled by the rapid growth of the economy and the development of science and technology, including automation.

Beijing is famous for the development of automatic machines over many centuries, including the armillary sphere for stimulating the Universe and the seismograph for detecting earthquakes, making the city one of great world centres for automation.

The International Program Committee (IPC) received 2169 submitted papers, 53 invited session proposals and eight panel discussion proposals from 68 countries and regions.

The technical program for the Congress covers a broad range of topics, with sessions arranged into nine congress tracks a