Implementations and Applications of Algorithms Based on Fractional Calculus to Engineering Problems

A special issue of Fractal and Fractional (ISSN 2504-3110). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 216

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Digital Systems Group, National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Puebla 72840, Mexico
Interests: FPGA; instrumentation; mechatronics; digital systems; fault detection; fractional order
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Department of Electronics, National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Puebla 72840, Mexico
Interests: fractional-order systems; Lyapunov stability theory; nonlinear observers and synchronization; chaos and non-conventional operators
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the scientific community has focused its attention on using fractional calculus and differential equations as tools to develop various algorithms for signal processing and their corresponding applications, such as the development and implementation of complex algorithms associated with chaotic systems in embedded systems, which allows for the use of diverse applications and practical solutions in engineering problems.

Various research works have proven that applying fractional calculus facilitates the development of novel and more robust solutions compared to solutions with integer calculus. This enables efficient algorithms to be implemented and applied to engineering problems such as automatic control, fault detection, encryption, monitoring, intelligent systems, and image processing.  

Therefore, developing efficient algorithms based on fractional calculus is a novel engineering challenge due to several considerations such as real-time processing, quantification error, memory resources, finite word length, parallel processing, power consumption, maximum operation frequency, and bitrate, to mention a few.

This Special Issue provides a forum for presenting new and improved algorithms or techniques based on fractional calculus for applications in current engineering problems. We invite authors to contribute original research articles exploring the latest developments of fractional-order systems. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Embedded systems;
  • Robot control;
  • Biomedical applications;
  • Autonomous vehicles;
  • Neural networks;
  • Chaotic systems;
  • Image processing;
  • Nonlinear observers;
  • Power systems;
  • Signal processing.

Dr. José de Jesús Rangel Magdaleno
Dr. Oscar Martínez-Fuentes
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • fractional calculus
  • fractional-order systems
  • algorithm implementation
  • algorithm development
  • signal processing
  • image processing
  • fault detection

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