Meeting the challenge of computer science in the industrial applications of control: an introductory discussion to the special issue

The motivations, objectives, and results of the project tilted Facing the Challenge of Computer Science in the Industrial Applications of Control, which was launched by the IEEE Control Systems Society and the IFAC Committee on Theory, are presented. Potential alternatives for reducing costs in control industries at those points where they are most significant, control paradigms beyond traditional control science, and the ways in which control engineering should be taught are reviewed