Contributors: B D O Anderson, M Bertaja, O J Boxma, O Burdakov, A Cantoni, D J Clements, B D Craven, J B Cruz, Jr., P Diamond, S V Drakunov, Y G Evtushenko, N M Filatov, I Galligani, J C Geromel, F Giannessi, M J Grimble, G O Guardabassi, D-W Gu, C H Houpis, D G Hull, C Itiki, X Jian, M A Johnson, R E Kalaba, J C Kalkkuhl, M R Katebi, T J Kim, P Kloeden, T Kobylarz, A J Laub, C S Lee, G Leitmann, B-G Liu, J Liu, Z-Q Luo, K A Lurie, P Maponi, J B Matson, A Mess, G Pacelli, M Pachter, I Postlethwaite, T Rapcsak, M C Recchioni, Y Sakawa, S V Savastyuk, K Schittkowski, Y Shi, M A Sikora, D D Siljak, K L Teo, C Tovey, P Tseng, F E Udwadia, H Unbehauen, A Vladimirov, B Vo, J F Whidborne, R Xu, P L Yu, V G Zhadan, F Zirilli.

Contents:

• Dual Cones in Spaces of Convex Sets and Fuzzy Sets (P Diamond et al.)
• Dual Barrier-Projection Methods in Linear Programming (Y G Evtushenko & V G Zhadan)
• Solving Parameter Identification Problems on a Parallel-Vector Computer (I Galligani & M Bertaja)
• Appell's Equations of Motion and the Generalized Inverse Form (C Itiki et al.)
• Dynamic Nonlinear Optimisation Using the Gate Function Approach (M R Katebi et al.)
• Control Strategies for an Endemic Disease in the Presence of Uncertainty (C S Lee & G Leitmann)
• On Global Convergence of an Algorithm for Optimal Control of Discrete-Time Systems (Y Sakawa)
• Parameter Estimation in Differential Equations (K Schittkowski)
• A Sliding Mode Based Leader-Follower Strategy for Multi-Level Hierarchies (M A Sikora et al.)
• Synthesis of Adaptive Controllers Using Bicriterial Optimization and Lyapunov Functions (H Unbehauen & N M Filatov)
• and other papers