Under the assumption that in-cylinder intake air quantities which are
imbibed into a combustion chamber are constant, and on the basis of the
relationship that the product between a command final fuel injection
quantity Fi (Fi(k-M)) and a detection air/fuel ratio abyfs(k) becomes
equal to the product between a target command basic fuel injection
quantity Fbaset for making the actual air/fuel ratio of an engine a
target air/fuel ratio abyfr(k) and a target air/fuel ratio abyfr(k), this
air/fuel ratio control apparatus evaluates the quantity Fbaset
(=(abyfs(k)/abyfr(k))Fi(k-M)), and it divides the quantity Fbaset by an
uncorrected command basic fuel injection quantity Fbaseb(k), thereby to
evaluate a basic-fuel-injection-quantity correction coefficient KF
(=Fbaset/Fbaseb(k)). The uncorrected command basic fuel injection
quantity Fbaseb at the next time is multiplied by coefficient KF, thereby
to successively correct the next uncorrected command basic fuel injection
quantity Fbaseb.