This three-volume set brings together 202 accepted research papers from CIMCA '99. The goal of this conference was to exchange ideas between theoreticians and practitioners, and address the various issues in computational modelling, control and automation. Volume one is dedicated to the theory and applications of neural networks and advanced intelligent control systems for manufacturing, robotics and automation. Volume two covers the theory and applications of evolutionary computation and fuzzy logic for intelligent control, knowledge acquisition and information retrieval. Finally, volume three encompasses computational techniques for intelligent image processing, data analysis and information retrieval.