Process Control and Monitoring
A section of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717).
Section Information
The Control and Monitoring section of Processes welcomes high-quality manuscripts concerning control and monitoring methodologies, including related topics such as simulation, modeling, identification, and optimization, for solving problems related to process systems engineering. This section encourages submissions focusing on novel methodologies and their analysis, including applications using novel and existing methodologies.
All submissions in this section should relate directly to process systems engineering within the aims and scope of the journal Processes (chemistry, biology, materials, and allied engineering fields). Contributions that are purely computational in nature without a clear relationship to the aims and scope of this section will not be accepted. To facilitate the rapid, open exchange of knowledge, all authors are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit any associated source code, models, simulations, software, and data either as supplementary material and/or to an open-access repository such as LAPSE (the Living Archive for Process Systems Engineering). Download Section Flyer
Simulation and Modeling Methods
- Numerical methods
- Equation-system solving algorithms and heuristics
- Initialization problems
- Solution strategies
- Multi-scale modeling approaches
- Problem formulation strategies
Process Data-Based Approaches
- Multivariate analysis
- Principal component analysis
- Big data methods
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Industry 4.0 related
Model Identification
- Model identification
- Model reduction
- State-space sampling techniques
- Design-of-experiments
- Model fitting
Process Control
- Advanced control algorithms
- Closed-loop performance monitoring
- Hierarchical control
- Non-centralized control
- Robustness in control
- Optimization-based control
Process Supervision
- Decision support systems
- Uncertainty and risk
- Process monitoring
- Fault diagnosis
- Fault-tolerant control
- Sensor placement
Process Optimization
- Mathematical programming
- Heuristic-based algorithms
- Stochastic algorithms
- Evolutionary algorithms
- Derivative-free optimization
- General optimization theory
- Computational complexity
- Related numerical methods
Process Intensification
- New technologies for process intensification
- Knowledge-based methods
- Optimization-based methods
- Hybrid methods
- Operability, controllability, and safety
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- New Trends in Fuzzy Control System Applications in Complex Industrial Processes and Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Model Based, Data Driven Identification and Control for Developing Intelligent and Smart Processes and Systems (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Fault Diagnosis, Fault Tolerant Control and Process Simulation of Nonlinear Systems (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Modelling, Optimization and Control of Nonlinear Processes (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Process Modelling and Optimization (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Security Intelligent Monitoring and Big Data Utilization in Coal Mining Process, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- AI / Machine Learning Techniques as a Tool for Process Modeling and Product Design (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Modeling, Simulation and Control of Industrial Processes (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- Motor Drive Systems: Control Technology, Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Challenges and Advances of Process Control Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Intelligent Well Technologies: Modeling, Design, Monitoring, and Control Optimization (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Risk Assessment and System Safety in the Process Industry (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems in Process Engineering Applications (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Process Optimization, Diagnosis, and Control for Complex Industrial Processes (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Industrial Applications of Modeling Tools (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Stability and Optimal Control of Linear Systems (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Advances in Process Systems Engineering: Selected Papers from China PSE Annual Meeting (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Condition Monitoring and the Safety of Industrial Processes (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Process Systems Engineering for Environmental Protection (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Multiscale Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Fuzzy Control System: Design and Applications (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Fault Detection Based on Deep Learning (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Numerical Simulation and Heat Transfer in Material Processing and Casting Engineering (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Machine Learning for Industrial Optimization and Predictive Control (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence in Process Innovation and Optimization (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Process Systems Engineering-Incubating Sustainability for Industrial Revolution 4.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Innovation and Optimization of Production Processes in Industry 4.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Modeling and Simulation of Complex Networks for Automation in Systems Engineering (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Control and Supervision Strategies on Desalination Processes: Focused on Key Process Variables (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Applications of Machine Learning and Data Modeling Techniques in Air Quality Monitoring and Control Mechanisms (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Machine Learning-Based Intelligent Industry 4.0 Control Systems for Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Drilling Techniques (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Process Control and Intensification in Chemical Engineering (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Control Process, Fault Detection and Classification in Power Systems and Industrial Machinery (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Process Control and Optimization in the Era of Industry 5.0 (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Innovative Approaches to Modeling, Optimization, Control, and Monitoring in Industrial Processes (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Industrial IoT-Enabled Modeling and Optimization for the Process Industry—2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 November 2025)
- Contribution of Artificial Intelligence/Big Data to Reservoir Engineering and Reservoir Modeling (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Numerical and Process Modelling in Computational Fluid Dynamics (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Data-Driven Analysis and Simulation of Coal Mining (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Contaminants in Water Systems: Intelligent Recognition, Detection and Analytical Methods (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Risk Monitoring and Control Theory for Chemical Processes and Energy Systems (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Process Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Multi-Mode Complex Industry (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Complex Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Simulation, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Monitoring, Process Control and Prevention Measures for Safety Problems in Coal Mining (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
- Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Industrial Systems Design (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: