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ISA TRANSACTIONS * ELSEVIER ISA Transactions 38 (1999) 401-403 www.elsevier.com/locate/isatrans Cumulative contents of Volume 38 Volume 38, Number 1, 1999 1 Editorial viewpoint 3 Robust estimation of process frequency response from relay feedback Q.-G. Wang, H.-W. Fung, Y. Zhang 11. Predictive PID R.M. Miller, S.L. Shah, R.K. Wood, E.K. Kwok 25 Auto-tuning of output predictive PI controller W.L. Lo, A.B. Rad, K.M. Tsang 37 Simplifying controller for process control of systems with large dead time R. Gorecki, J. Jekielek 43 Comparative studies of three adaptive controllers H.L. Ho, A.B. Rad, C.C. Chan, Y.K. Wong 55 Variable structure control applied to chemical processes with inverse response O. Camacho, R. Rojas, W. Garcia 73 Control and design of crystal growth furnace C. Batur, W.M.B. Duval, R.J. Bennett 87 Automation of a steam generation plant using hybrid systems A. Alvarez, W. Garcia, O. Camacho, E. Chacon 101 The VLSI route for highly reliable ESDs G. Dragffy Volume 38, Number 2, 1999 121 Editorial viewpoint 123 Flow induced vibration of thermowells D.S. Bartran, J.M. Kinsey, R. Schappelle, R. Yee 133. An error in measuring the liquid volume inside variously shaped reservoirs Y. Ermolin, V. Ermolin Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. 402 Cumulative contents of Volume 38 /I SA Transactions 38 (1999) 401-403 139 On-line crystallinity measurement using laser Raman spectrometer and neural network C. Batur, M.H. Vhora, M. Cakmak, T. Serhatkulu 149 Experimental investigations upon the pressure effects on two Coriolis mass flowmeters of different generation F. Cascetta 157 Controller tuning S.R. Wilton 171 Comparison of dead time compensation schemes for discrete implementation of the Q-PID algorithm E. Brey, P.A.S. Ralston 185 Experimental implementation of an on-line optimization scheme to batch PMMA synthesis M. Krothapally, B. Bennett, W. Finney, S. Palanki 199 Corrigendum Volume 38, Number 3, 1999 201 Editorial viewpoint 203 integrated imaging linear polarimeter Z.K. Kalayjian, A.G. Andreou 211 Chemometric characterization of batch reactions P.J. Gemperline, M. Zhu, E. Cash, D.S. Walker 217 Digital filtering in the control of a batch distillation column R.M. Oisiovici, S.L. Cruz, J.A.F.R. Pereira 225 A fast algorithm for reduced-order modelling Q.-G. Wang, Y. Zhang 231 Nonlinear control of an activated sludge aeration process: use of fuzzy techniques for tuning PID controllers M.A. Rodrigo, A. Seco, J. Ferrer, J.M. Penya-roja, J.L. Valverde 243 PID tuning with exact gain and phase margins Q.-G. Wang, H.-W. Fung,Y . Zhang 251 Application of neural network control to distillation and an experimental comparison with other advanced controllers P. Dutta, R.R. Rhinehart 279 Accurate semi-empirical predictive modeling of an underdamped process D.K. Rollins, M.M cNaughton, C.M. Schulze-Hewett 291 Common cause and common sense, designing failure out of your safety instrumented systems (SIS) Volume 38, Number 4, 1999 301 Editorial viewpoint 303 Density and viscosity monitoring systems using Coriolis flow meters P. Kalotay Cumulative contents of Volume 38 /I SA Transactions 38 (1999) 401-403 403 311 Measurement of a large impulse torque including measurand reconstruction L.K. Lauderbaugh Saunders, N. Vahdati 323 An H., deconvolution filter and its application to ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of materials T.C. Hanshaw, M.J. Anderson, C.S. Hsu 337 Development of a NMLFPE (non-monochromatic lightwave Fabry-Perot etalon) for smart structure sensor applications M.T.E. Kahn 347 Correlation between gas molecular weight, heating value and sonic speed under variable compositions of natural gas L. Burstein, D. Ingman,Y . Michlin 361 Adaptive GPC control of melt temperature in injection moulding S.N. Huang, K.K. Tan, T.H. Lee 375 Control of chemical processes using neural networks: implementation in a plant for xylose production E. Alvarez, C. Riverol, J.M. Navaza 383 A neural network strategy for end-point optimization of batch processes M. Krothapally, S. Palanki 397 Author index of Volume 38 401 Cumulative contents of Volume 38