Automation: 5th Anniversary Feature Papers
A special issue of Automation (ISSN 2673-4052).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 2631
Special Issue Editor
Interests: system and control theory; electric power system dynamics and control; systems engineering; the analysis and design of complex networks; communication networks; social networks; aerospace control systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Automation was founded in 2020. During the past 5 years, Automation has published over 5 Special Issues and 100 papers and welcomed breakthrough and innovative papers in automation, control, and allied topics.
Automation covers a broad range of areas, such as studies related to the following topics: control theory, optimization algorithms, networked systems, condition monitoring, manufacturing systems, energy management systems, aerospace control systems, learning systems, intelligent control systems, artificial neural networks, motion control and sensing, supervisory control and data acquisition, process automation and monitoring, fault detection and diagnosis, robotics and applications, human–machine systems and interfaces, and automation-related devices and sensors.
The year 2024 marks the journal’s 5th anniversary as well as its acceptance for coverage in the Emerging Sources Citations Index (ESCI) in Web of Science. We are thus excited to celebrate Automation’s 5th anniversary with a Special Issue.
This Special Issue welcomes both research and review papers presenting innovative developments and insightful reviews on automation, control, and allied topics.
Prof. Dr. Eyad H. Abed
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- automation
- control theory
- optimization algorithms
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