This work comprises the proceedings of the Recent Developments in Control Theory and Applications Workshop, held in Toronto, Canada, in June 1998. The main themes are robust control, decentralized control, and applications but it also has features on fault diagnosis in discrete event systems.

With contributions from distinguished international authors, the material presented here focuses upon new findings in the field of control including interesting applications. As well as being informative, it is a useful tool for practitioners of systems and control to ascertain new developments in the field.