EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONTROL

The European Control Association (EUCA) has among its objectives to promote the development of the discipline. Apart from the European Control Conferences, the European Journal of Control is the Association's main channel for the dissemination of important contributions in the field.The aim of the Journal is to publish high quality papers on the theory and practice of control and systems engineering.The scope of the Journal will be wide and cover all aspects of the discipline including methodologies, techniques and applications.Research in control and systems engineering is necessary to develop new concepts and tools which enhance our understanding and improve our ability to design and implement high performance control systems. Submitted papers should stress the practical motivations and relevance of their results.The design and implementation of a successful control system requires the use of a range of techniques:ModellingRobustness AnalysisIdentificationOptimizationControl Law DesignNumerical analysisFault Detection, and so on.Papers dealing with the interplay between such techniques will be particularly welcome.Applications papers which emphasize methodology used, implementation and commissioning issues are strongly encouraged.The Journal will also publish tutorial expositions and state-of-the-art reviews. Interested authors for this type of paper should first contact the Editor in Chief and submit an extended summary of approximately 2000 words.The European Journal of Control wishes to encourage (when appropriate) reviewers, editors and authors to participate in discussion sections at the end of published papers. There is no standard format for a discussion section, but its contents should serve to help the readership. For example, views could be expressed on the contribution of the paper in a particular area, its likely impact on industrial practice could be described, or directions for further work suggested. Whatever format the discussion takes, it will be concluded by the author(s). Invitations to participate in the discussion will only be sent out after the paper has been accepted, and all contributors will appear in the issues Table of Contents.

欧洲控制协会（EUCA）的目标之一是促进该学科的发展。除欧洲控制会议外，《欧洲控制杂志》是该协会在该领域传播重要贡献的主要渠道。这本杂志的目的是发表关于控制和系统工程的理论和实践的高质量论文。该期刊的范围很广，涵盖了该学科的所有方面，包括方法、技术和应用。控制和系统工程的研究对于开发新的概念和工具是必要的，这些概念和工具可以增强我们对高性能控制系统的理解，提高我们设计和实施高性能控制系统的能力。提交的论文应强调其结果的实际动机和相关性。成功控制系统的设计和实现需要使用一系列技术：建模稳健性分析识别优化控制律设计数值分析故障检测等。关于这些技术之间相互作用的论文将特别受欢迎。强烈鼓励使用强调方法、实施和调试问题的应用文件。该杂志还将出版教程说明和最新评论。对于这类论文感兴趣的作者应首先与主编联系，并提交大约2000字的扩展摘要。《欧洲控制杂志》希望鼓励（适当时）审稿人、编辑和作者在发表论文的最后参与讨论部分。讨论部分没有标准格式，但其内容应该有助于读者。例如，可以就论文在某一特定领域的贡献发表意见，描述其对工业实践的可能影响，或建议进一步工作的方向。无论讨论采用何种形式，作者都会得出结论。参加讨论的邀请只有在论文被接受后才发出，所有的参与者都将出现在问题目录中。