(partial) Section Headings and Selected Papers: Tutorial. Model predictive control: theory and practice, M Morari et al. Invited Industrial Case Studies. Case studies of model-predictive control in pulp and paper production, N L Ricker et al. Design and considerations for a hydrocracker preflash column multivariable constraint controller, C R Cutler & S G Finlayson. The IDOCOM-M controller, P Grosdidier et al. SMOC, a bridge between state space and model predictive controllers: application to the automation of a hydrotreating unit, P Marquis & J P Broustail. State space model predictive control of a multistage electrometallurgical process, J G Balchen et al. Model-based dual composition control of an industrial propylene splitter, S Atiq Malik. Contributed Papers. Disturbance feedback in model predictive control systems, J P Navratil et al. Development of a multivariable forward modelling controller, K T Erickson & R E Otto. Predictive control: a review and some new stability results, D G Byun & W H Kwon. Robustness and tuning of on-line optimizing control algorithms, E Zafiriou. Application of singular value methods for identification and model based control of distributed parameter systems, D H Gay & W H Ray. Model-based control for systems in operator description, H Itakura et al. Generic model control - theory and applications, P L Lee & G R Sullivan. Integrated model based control of multivariable nonlinear systems, B Joseph et al. Concentration profile estimation and control in binary distillation, W Marquardt. Author index.