Machine Intelligence 14 contains material presented at the Anglo-Janpanese workshop of Novemver 1993 held at the Hitachi Research Laboratory. It marks the 70th birthday of Donald Michie, the founder of the series. The contents is divided into the following subjects: complex decision taking, inductive logic programming, applied machine learning, dynamic control, and computational learning theory. Applications include controlling a steel mill, discovery of protein structural constraints, and qualitative control for dynamic systems.