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 A Journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control
Editor-in-Chief:
I.K. Craig
See editorial board for all editors information
Description
Control Engineering Practice strives to meet the needs of industrial practitioners and industrially related academics and researchers.
It publishes papers which illustrate the direct application of control theory and its supporting tools in all possible areas of automation.
As a result, the journal only contains papers which can be considered to have made significant contributions to the application of control
techniques. It is normally expected that practical results should be included, but where simulation only studies are available, it is
necessary to demonstrate that the simulation model is representative of a genuine industrial application. Strictly theoretical papers
will find a more appropriate home in Control Engineering Practice's sister publication, Automatica. Control Engineering
Practice papers will tend to be shorter, and relevant to industrial readers.
In addition to purely technical applications papers
the journal carries papers on topics linked to the application of automation, including social effects, cultural aspects, project planning
and system design, and economic and management issues.
The scope of Control Engineering Practice matches the activities
of IFAC:
• Aerospace • Marine systems • Communication systems • Biomedical engineering • Pulp and paper
processing • Environmental engineering • Scientific instrumentation • Transportation and vehicles • Power generation
and other utilities • Mining, mineral and metal processing • Chemical and biotechnical process control • Manufacturing
technology and production engineering
The journal covers all applicable technologies:
• Robotics • Identification • Signal processing • Project management • Autonomous vehicles • Powertrains • Computer networking • Modelling
and simulation • Human-computer systems • Components and instruments • Adaptive and robust control • Electromechanical
components • Model-based control techniques • Fault detection and diagnostics • Software engineering techniques •
Hydraulic and pneumatic components • Real-time and distributed computing • Intelligent components and instruments • Architectures
and algorithms for control • Computer-aided systems analysis and design • Software design, verification, safety, etc. •
Artificial intelligence techniques, including fuzzy control neural networks and genetic algorithms
Another feature of the journal
is the publication of a record of all papers presented at IFAC events, thereby providing readers with direct access to papers not otherwise
published in either Control Engineering Practice or Automatica. These papers are available in other IFAC publications
published by Elsevier. Further details are available from Elsevier Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK.
In addition, Control Engineering Practice contains a regular column of book reviews.
For more details on the International
Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), visit their home page at  http://www.ifac-control.org
Bibliographic & ordering information
ISSN: 0967-0661
Imprint: PERGAMON
Commenced publication 1993
Subscriptions for the year 2008,
Volume 16,
12 issues
Institutional online access: ScienceDirect eSelect
For purchase of online access to this journal on ScienceDirect.
Institutional price: Order form
USD 1,829 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran
EUR 1,635 for European countries and Iran
JPY 217,000 for Japan
Associated personal price: Order form
JPY 11,300 for Japan
EUR 86 for European countries and Iran
USD 95 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran
Conditions of sale & ordering procedures, and links to our regional sales offices.
For an overview of recently-dispatched issues, see the Journal issue
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Combined subscriptions
Automatica with Control Engineering Practice (Combined Subscription)
Audience
Automation and Control Engineers, Electronic and Electrical Engineers.
Impact factor of this journal
2007: 1.263
© Journal Citation Reports 2008, published by Thomson Reuters
607/585
Last update: 24 Jul 2008
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