Applications of Fractional-Order Tools in Engineering Technology and Physical Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Fractional calculus has emerged as a viable tool for modeling and understanding a larger class of physical systems and engineering processes. On the one hand, fractional-order operators allow memory properties to be accounted for when studying a broader class of phenomena on a deeper level. On the other hand, these inherent properties of fractional-order systems result of interest for the design of advanced control methodologies, with greater flexibility and precision.

Fractional-order techniques can also be regarded as extensions of conventional integer-order tools, with local memory properties. For that reason, additional generalizations are currently under active research, as their implementations in the control loops are necessary to improve the controlled system response. Among these techniques, one can consider distributed- and variable-order derivatives and integrals, although additional generalizations are available in the literature, and further studies are underway.

This Special Issue aims to present outstanding and recent studies on the applications of fractional-order tools in modeling and control of physical processes and engineering systems. Manuscripts related, but not limited, to the robot control, autonomous vehicles, neural networks, fuzzy logics, advanced materials, and energy management, which use fractional-order tools, are welcome. Researchers in these mentioned fields are invited to contribute original unpublished manuscripts. Both research and review papers are welcome.

Dr. Aldo Jonathan Muñoz–Vázquez
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Fernández-Anaya
Prof. Dr. Salah Mahmoud Boulaaras
Dr. Moussa Labbadi
Guest Editors

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• fractional calculus
• robotic systems
• fractional neural networks
• fractional fuzzy logics
• synchronization of fractional systems
• fractional PID
• fractional sliding mode control