This international journal covers the application of control theory, operations research, computer science and engineering principles to the solution of process control problems. In addition to the traditional chemical processing and manufacturing applications, the scope of process control problems involves a wide range of applications that includes energy processes, nano-technology, systems biology, bio-medical engineering, pharmaceutical processing technology, energy storage and conversion, smart grid, and data analytics among others.Papers on the theory in these areas will also be accepted provided the theoretical contribution is aimed at the application and the development of process control techniques.Topics covered include:? Control applications? Process monitoring? Plant-wide control? Process control systems? Control techniques and algorithms? Process modelling and simulation? Design methodsAdvanced design methods exclude well established and widely studied traditional design techniques such as PID tuning and its many variants. Applications in fields such as control of automotive engines, machinery and robotics are not deemed suitable unless a clear motivation for the relevance to process control is provided.For more details on the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), access their home page.

本國(guó)際期刊涵蓋了控制理論、運(yùn)籌學(xué)、計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)和工程原理在過程控制問題解決中的應(yīng)用。除了傳統(tǒng)的化學(xué)加工和制造應(yīng)用，過程控制問題的范圍涉及廣泛的應(yīng)用，包括能源過程、納米技術(shù)、系統(tǒng)生物學(xué)、生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程、制藥加工技術(shù)、能源儲(chǔ)存和轉(zhuǎn)換、智能電網(wǎng)和數(shù)據(jù)分析等。如果理論貢獻(xiàn)是針對(duì)過程控制技術(shù)的應(yīng)用和發(fā)展，這些領(lǐng)域的理論論文也將被接受。所涉及的主題包括：?控制應(yīng)用?過程監(jiān)控?全廠范圍的控制?過程控制系統(tǒng)?控制技術(shù)和算法?過程建模和仿真?設(shè)計(jì)方法先進(jìn)的設(shè)計(jì)方法排除了傳統(tǒng)設(shè)計(jì)技術(shù)，如PID整定及其許多變種，并得到了廣泛的研究。除非提供了與過程控制相關(guān)的明確動(dòng)機(jī)，否則不認(rèn)為在汽車發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)、機(jī)械和機(jī)器人控制等領(lǐng)域的應(yīng)用是合適的。有關(guān)國(guó)際自動(dòng)控制聯(lián)合會(huì)（IFAC）的更多詳細(xì)信息，請(qǐng)?jiān)L問其主頁。