Section headings and selected papers: Neural Networks. Neural networks for nonlinear adaptive control, G Lightbody & G Irwin. Combining adaptive and neural control, M Roele & K Warwick. Systolic Algorithms. Systolic architecture for predictive control, L Chisci & G Zappa. A novel broadcast architecture for the square root kalman filter, P C Miller et al. Robotics. Adaptive active control for robots and articulated machinery, J R Hewitt. Custom Processors. The application of pace within control, Y Xu et al. Fast ladder-lattice identification architecture with numerically robust tracking of parameters, J Kadlec. Real-Time Software and Scheduling. Parallel computation of a parameter estimator, P M Entwistle & D I Jones. Developing reconfigurable distributed hard real-time control systems in STER, J M Adan & M F Magalhaes. Novel Methods for Control. Fast, self-organizing control for industrial processes, D A Linkens & M F Abbod. Real-Time Control Applications. Computer control for steering and stabilisation, R Whalley & Z Zeng. Adaptive and Self-Tuning Control. On the choice of weights in parallel schemes for adaptive estimation, P Bolzern. Real-Time Software Implementation. A real-time language based on explicit timeouts, D A Harrison. Multiprocessor Systems. An architecture of dataflow LSP for programmable controllers, J Park et al. Performance studies of parallel real-time controllers, D F Garcia Nocetti & P J Fleming. Author index. Keyword index.