Information Theory in Control Systems, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Theory, Probability and Statistics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 118
Special Issue Editor
Interests: control systems; optimal control; estimation and filtering; robust control; stochastic systems; fault detection and isolation; automatic flight control systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An important area of investigation in control science is that of networked multi-agent systems. Information between agents is exchanged through communication channels subject to various imperfections, including delayed transmissions, lost packets, data quantization, and decentralized architectures. Achieving the interaction between control systems and information theory has thus become a challenging task and has received extensive attention over recent years.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present new theoretical developments and potential applications bridging the domains of control, communications, and information theory.
Topics may include, but are not restricted to, the following:
- Networked control systems under communication constraints;
- Entropy estimation and filtering theory for multi sensor systems;
- Sampled-data control for networked control systems;
- Entropy minimization and optimal control;
- Stochastic optimal control with randomized control strategies;
- Feedback control, state estimation, and consensus problems for multi-agent systems;
- Fault-tolerant control design for networked control systems with communication constraints;
- Entropy optimization in aerospace engineering applications;
- Feedback control under fading communication channels;
- New algorithms and numerical procedures for entropy optimization.
Prof. Dr. Adrian-Mihail Stoica
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multi-agent systems
- optimal control
- optimal estimation and filtering
- communication channel constraints
- decentralized control
- fault detection
- isolation and recovery
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