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    In the Asian Journal of Control, the Chinese Automatic Control Society publishes high-quality papers on the theory, design, and application of control systems. The journal is published bimonthly. Three types of contributions are regularly considered:

1. Review Papers¡XExtensive reviews of established or emerging research topics or application areas.
2. Papers¡XPresentations of significant research, development, or application of control concepts.
3. Brief Paper--Brief presentations of new technical concepts and developments.

    Submission of a manuscript signifies that it has been neither copyrighted, published, nor submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere. Submitted manuscripts must be typewritten in English. All submitted manuscripts should be as concise as possible. Average number of words per page if there were no figures/equations: 940 (470 + 470 approximately). Average number of equations lines per page (if it was just equations): 48 (24 + 24 approximately). The Editor reserves the right to refuse to consider such papers.

Process for Submission of Manuscript

On-line submission through journal website http://www.ajc.org.tw however will be strongly encouraged.
These will be subject to a review procedure, and a decision on whether or not to accept the paper will be made by members of the Editorial Board.
2. Original illustrations should not be sent until requested, but authors should be ready to submit these immediately upon acceptance for publication.
3. Authors of accepted full length Papers are requested to supply their biographies (100 words or less) and photographs. For style, see biographies in this issue.
4. On the transmittal letter, give the authors preferred address for correspondence. Inform the Editor-in-Chief of any change of address.
5. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be required to e-mail the final version of their manucript on PDF format plus WORD, ASCII, or Latex format file to ajc@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw.

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Copyright

    It is the policy of the Chinese Automatic Control Society to own the copyright to the technical contributions it published. To comply with Chinese Automatic Control Society copyright policy, authors are required to sign a Copyright Transfer From and send it to an Editor-in-Chief after they received the acknowledgement letter. Paper acceptance is not possible without the form signed.

Style for Manuscript

1. First page must contain: a)Title of paper, b) Author(s) and affiliation(s), c) Abstract (not exceeding 300 words), d) Keywords (not exceeding five), e) Complete mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, electronic mail (email) address and facsimile (fax) number of each author, f) Preferred address for correspondence and return of proofs, and g) Footnotes (if desired) containing acknowledgement of financial or other support.
2. Provide an Introduction that includes a statement of the purpose and contribution of the paper.
3. Reference should be numbered and appear in a separate bibliography at the end of the paper. Examples are given below.

[1] Etkin, B., Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY (1970).
[2] Morris, J. G. and K. K. Howard, "Thermomechanical treatments of alloys," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 42, No. 1, pp.320-325 (1971).
[3] Pfaltz, J. L., A. K. Weber and A. Rosenfeld, "Fault detection, isolation and reconstruction for descriptor systems," Proc. 1st Int. Joint Conf. Artif. Intell., Washington, DC , pp. 231-236 (1969).

Style for Illustrations

    Illustrations should be kept to a minimum. Figures and photos should be original proofs and not Xeroxes. Photos must be glossy prints with no screens. Laser prints are not acceptable in place of photos or where gray-scale graphics are involved. All line drawings and photos should be in black and white unless specifically requested. Letters should be large enough to be readily legible when the drawing is reduced to a one0column width as much as 4:1reduction from the original. Materials should be no larger than 22¡Ñ28 cm (8 1/2¡Ñ11¡¨). Do not incorporate electronic graphics into the paper. List captions on a separate sheet of paper, not on the illustrations.

Mandatory Overlength Page Charges

    A mandatory page charge is imposed on all regular papers exceeding ten printed journal pages (about 32 double-space, typed pages) and brief papers exceeding 4 printed journal pages (about 14 double-space, typed pages) in length, including illustrations. The charge is US$100 per page for each page and is a prerequisite for publication. Details are provided at the time of acceptance; authors are, however, urged to keep this in mind when submitting and revising their papers.

Page Charges

    After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the corresponding author will receive 50 free reprints. Detailed instructions will accompany the proofs.

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