Advances in Control Systems and Symmetry/Asymmetry
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 1902
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A nonlinear system with symmetry can be decomposed into interconnected lower-dimensional subsystems, where the subsystem architecture is determined by the symmetry group's structure. For general nonlinear control systems, the concept of symmetry can be used to analyze stability, design controllers, and construct observers. Furthermore, kinetic symmetry can be used to address the control issue of high-order nonlinear mechanical systems with complex underactuated characteristics and input coupling through reduction. Cascade nonlinear systems can be obtained through the kinetic symmetry-based decoupling framework, e.g., strict feedback form, strict feedforward form, and nontriangular quadratic form. The applications are broad in advanced robot-related research, e.g., unmanned vehicles, manipulators, spacecrafts, bionic robots, humanoid robots, etc. Additionally, many robotic systems simultaneously exhibit symmetric and asymmetric constraints. Hence, addressing the control problem in the presence of time-varying asymmetric input/output constraints is also an important issue.
The focus of this Special Issue is to continue to advance research on topics relating to advances in control systems and symmetry/asymmetry. Topics that are invited for submission include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Symmetric/Asymmetric control constraints;
- Intelligent optimal control;
- Neural-network-based control;
- Event-triggered control;
- Adaptive iterative learning control;
- Nonlinear tracking control;
- Robust control;
- Stochastic system control.
Dr. Yiming Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- symmetric/asymmetric control constraints
- intelligent optimal control
- neural-network-based control
- event-triggered control
- adaptive iterative learning control
- nonlinear tracking control
- robust control
- stochastic system control
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