Networked Control System and Its Latest Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Networked control systems (NCSs) are systems in which the control and communication components are integrated over a network. Recent developments in NCSs have focused on improving their performance, robustness, and scalability, while also addressing issues related to security and privacy. One major development in NCSs has been the use of wireless communication technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee, to enable communication between control components. This has led to the development of wireless NCSs, which have the advantage of being more flexible and cost-effective than traditional wired systems. Another important development in NCSs is the use of distributed control strategies, in which multiple controllers work together to control a single system. This approach can improve system performance and robustness, as well as reduce the impact of individual controller failures. Moreover, advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence have enabled the development of intelligent NCSs, which can adapt to changing operating conditions and optimize their performance over time. Recently, there has been a growing focus on ensuring the security and privacy of NCSs, particularly in critical applications such as industrial control systems and transportation systems. This has led to the development of new security protocols and techniques, such as encryption and authentication, to protect against cyber-attacks and unauthorized access.

 This Special Issue aims to provide a research venue for exchanging and discussing the technical trends and challenges of networked control systems and applications. Both theory-and application-driven studies are invited for participation. Potential topics to be covered in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Resilient control of networked control systems subject to cyber-attacks
• Distributed control with event-triggered sampling
• Complex networked control
• State estimation or filtering of networked control systems
• Intelligent networked control systems and applications
• Multi-agent systems and applications

Dr. Xian-Ming Zhang
Prof. Dr. Chen Peng
Guest Editors

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• networked control systems
• event-triggered control
• cyber-attacks
• multi-agent systems
• filtering
• performance analysis
• synchronization control
• fault detection of networked control systems