Advanced Nonlinear and Learning-Based Control Techniques for Complex Dynamical Systems, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems & Control Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: unmanned aerial vehicles; aerial robots; autonomous systems; mechatronics; thermoacoustics; nonlinear systems; dynamics and control of space multibody systems; space robotics; mechanical and aerospace systems; geometric control theory; astrodynamics
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Dear Colleagues,
There has been a great deal of excitement during the recent past over the emergence of new mathematical techniques for the modeling and analysis of complex dynamical systems. For example, recent years have witnessed an explosion of work on the development of both learning-based and nonlinear control system models in a geometric form that are globally defined without singularities or ambiguities. These models are applied to the motion planning and feedback control of constrained robotic systems. These fascinating topics require the use of diverse parts of mathematics. Nonlinear and learning-based control system theory and various design techniques are used widely in the robotics arena, especially in developing nonlinear robust control algorithms. The design of these systems involves advanced techniques including nonlinear optimization, machine learning, adaptive estimation, and nonlinear observer and control design methodologies. In this context, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of papers from a wide range of researchers in applied mathematics and various engineering disciplines.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Nonlinear optimization techniques;
- Nonlinear observer design;
- Nonlinear adaptive estimation;
- Nonlinear robust control;
- Reduced-order modeling and control;
- Learning-based/intelligent control;
- Neuro-adaptive control;
- Gaussian-process-based control methods;
- Real-time learning-based control;
- Multi-agent systems control;
- Formation/flocking control;
- Geometric control theory and applications.
Prof. Dr. Mahmut Reyhanoglu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optimization
- observer design
- adaptive control
- learning control
- intelligent control
- robust control
- formation control
- geometric control
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