Stability and Optimal Control of Linear Systems
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Process Control and Monitoring".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 730
Special Issue Editors
Interests: control systems theory
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The linear dynamical systems theory is not only a cornerstone of scientific and technological advancement. The tools used to design and analyze systems and processes spanning more than a century of development and application. In particular, due to the superposition property of the solutions, the field of control systems benefits from the simplicity and unification of approaches and techniques that provide stable, robust, or even safe controllers to stabilize and deliver the closed-loop performance prescribed to the plant. From industrial applications to flight control and from cruise control to biomedical systems and artificial organs, linear system tools can be applied to these tasks, even when nonlinear behavior governs the system’s dynamics. Two main characteristics are paramount when the designer applies linear dynamical systems techniques: closed-loop system stability—at least on the local/regional level—and optimal performance—fast transient response and robustness, among others. This Special Issue aims to publish contributions covering topics related to the stability and optimal control of linear systems, including the following:
- LMI-based design techniques;
- Frequency-domain-based design techniques;
- Linearization approaches—such as feedback linearization and multi-model/switched controllers;
- Data-driven control and identification of linear systems;
- Control of linear systems with dead time/time delays;
- Model or controller order reduction;
- Model-based predictive control;
- Optimal control—such as LQR, LQG—and applications;
- The control of mechatronic/multibody/vibratory systems;
- The control of applications in industrial environments.
Contributions highlighting theoretical developments, case studies, and improvements on previously established results are welcome to be submitted to the editorial workflow and may be published after rigorous peer review.
Prof. Dr. José Mario Araújo
Prof. Dr. Carlos Eduardo Trabuco Dórea
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- linear systems
- stability
- optimization
- control
- filtering
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