part Section I: New Concepts and Modernization of Rolling Mills -- chapter 1 Chapter A History of Minimills Producing Flat-Rolled Steel -- chapter 2 Chapter Review of Casting and Rolling Lines with Thin- and Medium-Slab Casters -- chapter 3 Chapter Methodology and Results of Major Hot Strip Mill Modernization Projects -- chapter 4 Chapter Plate Mill Upgrades for High-Strength Products -- chapter 5 Chapter Roughing Mill Work Rolls for Hot Strip Production -- chapter 6 Chapter High-Speed Steel Rolls: The Last Frontier in Hot Steel Rolling -- chapter 7 Chapter Tunnel Furnace Roll Options and Energy Considerations -- chapter 8 Chapter Descaling of Hot-Rolled Strip -- part Section II: Modeling of Flat Rolling Processes -- chapter 9 Chapter Modeling for Reheat Furnace Practices -- chapter 10 Chapter Improvement of Schedules for Hot Rolling of Thin Wide Strips -- chapter 11 Chapter Width Variation Behavior during Hot Rolling -- chapter 12 Chapter Parameter Optimization and Uncertainty Quanti cation in Rolling -- chapter 13 Chapter Simulation for the Dynamic Behavior of Strips Running on Hot Run-Out Tables -- chapter 14 Chapter Laminar Flow-Cooling of Wide Heavy-Thickness Strip in a Hot Rolling Mill -- chapter 15 Chapter Consideration of Microstructure Evolution in Hot Strip Mill Automation -- chapter 16 Chapter Novel Mathematical Models for Cold-Rolling Process -- chapter 17 Chapter Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Cold-Rolling Lubricants and Its Mechanism in Nonconformal Rolling Contacts -- part Section III: Measurement, Automation, and Process Control -- chapter 18 Chapter Multivariable Hot Strip Mill Control -- chapter 19 Chapter Finishing Mill Predictive Temperature Control -- chapter 20 Chapter Digital Visual Inspection of Coils -- chapter 21 Chapter Yield Improvement through Better Crop Optimization -- chapter 22 Chapter State-of-the-Art, Noncontact Infrared, Laser, and Microwave Intelligent Sensors and Systems for Steel Mills -- chapter 23 Chapter Cold-Rolling Mill Vibration and Its Impact on Productivity and Product Quality -- chapter 24 Chapter IMPOC©: An Online Material Properties Measurement System -- chapter 25 Chapter Technologies for the Prediction and Control of Microstructural Changes and Mechanical Properties -- chapter 26 Chapter Metallurgical, Modeling, and Software Engineering Issues in the Further Development of the Steel Mill Level 2 Models -- part Section IV: Strip Profile and Flatness Control -- chapter 27 Chapter Methods of Describing, Assessing, and In uencing Shape Deviations in Strips -- chapter 28 Chapter Local Shape Defects in Cold Rolling: Simulation, Causes Identi cation, and Reduction -- chapter 29 Chapter Fundamentals of Online Flatness Measuring Devices -- chapter 30 Chapter Recent Developments in Strip-Pro le Calculation -- chapter 31 Chapter Hot Band Pro le Irregularities Related to Thermal Contour of Work Rolls -- chapter 32 Chapter Analysis of the Transverse Temperature Distribution in the Hot Strip Mill of a Compact Strip Production Plant -- chapter 33 Chapter Innovations in Shape Measurement and Control for Cold-Rolled Flat Strip Products.