The International Journal of Control Automation and Systems (IJCAS) is a joint publication of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS) and The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE), which is published as bimonthly periodical as of 2003. The two institutes have been discussing the launch of a joint publication, since 2001; by discontinuing the former English journals of their respective institutes, they aim to establish a high-quality archival journal. In addition to introducing a new journal name, the IJCAS, the joint steering committee has set a new publication direction. To broaden the scope of the journal, the committee has invited distinguished scholars from abroad as well as from Korea to serve on the editorial board. I am honored to work with them to make this a truly international journal.Our desire is to provide a forum for original research results on theory, design, experiments, and applications in all technical areas of control, automation, and systems. The journal covers three strongly related research areas including control, automation, and systems. This type of coverage is unique and it is the only journal covering these three areas combined in the world. To become a premier journal, however, we warmly welcome your active participation and contribution, not only by submitting your precious works but also by making constructive suggestions for improving of the journal.

《國(guó)際控制、自動(dòng)化和系統(tǒng)雜志》(IJCAS)是控制、機(jī)器人和系統(tǒng)研究所(ICROS)和韓國(guó)電氣工程師學(xué)會(huì)(KIEE)的聯(lián)合出版物，自2003年起以雙月刊的形式出版。自2001年以來(lái)，兩家研究所一直在討論聯(lián)合出版一份刊物；通過(guò)停止各自學(xué)院原有的英文期刊，建立高質(zhì)量的檔案期刊。除了引入一個(gè)新的期刊名稱(chēng)IJCAS外，聯(lián)合指導(dǎo)委員會(huì)還確定了一個(gè)新的出版方向。為了擴(kuò)大期刊的范圍，委員會(huì)邀請(qǐng)了來(lái)自國(guó)外和韓國(guó)的杰出學(xué)者加入編輯委員會(huì)。我很榮幸能與他們合作，使這本雜志成為真正的國(guó)際期刊。我們的愿望是為理論、設(shè)計(jì)、實(shí)驗(yàn)和在控制、自動(dòng)化和系統(tǒng)的所有技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的應(yīng)用方面的原始研究成果提供一個(gè)論壇。該雜志涵蓋了三個(gè)緊密相關(guān)的研究領(lǐng)域，包括控制、自動(dòng)化和系統(tǒng)。這種類(lèi)型的報(bào)道是獨(dú)特的，它是世界上唯一涵蓋這三個(gè)領(lǐng)域的雜志。為了成為一份一流的期刊，我們熱忱歡迎您的積極參與和貢獻(xiàn)，不僅提交您寶貴的作品，而且為期刊的改進(jìn)提出建設(shè)性的建議。