Foreword -- Preface. - Control engineering from classical to intelligent control theory — An overview (Blondin, Sáez, Pardalos) -- Main metaheuristics used for the optimization of the control of the complex systems (Borne, Gharbi) -- Optimal controller parameter tuning from multi/many objective optimization algorithms (Altinoz) -- Fuzzy and neuro-fuzzy control for smart structures (Tairidis, Stavroulakis) -- Computational intelligence in the desalination industry (Cabrera, Carta) -- Control of complex biological systems utilizing the neural network predictor (Bamgbose, Li, Qian) -- A real-time big-data control-theoretical framework for cyber-physical-human systems (Gusrialdi, Xi, Qu, Simaan) -- Distributed optimization based control on the example of microgrids (Braun, Sauerteig, Worthmann) -- Coherency estimation in power systems: A Koopman operator approach (Chamorro, Ordonez, Peng, Gonzalez-Longatt, Sood) -- Appliance identification through non-intrusive load monitoring in residences (Gogos, Georgiou) -- Management suggestions for process control of semiconductor manufacturing: An operations research and data science perspective (Khakifirooz, Fathi, Chien, Pardalos) -- Feedback control algorithms for the dissipation of traffic waves with autonomous vehicles (Monache, Liard, Rat, Stern, Bhadani, Seibold, Sprinkle, Work, Piccoli) -- Disturbance rejection run-to-run controller for semiconductor manufacturing (Khakifirooz, Fathi, Pardalos) -- Energy management improvement based on fleet learning for hybrid electric buses (López-Ibarra, Herrera, Milo, Gaztañaga, Camblong). .