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Electronics | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2024 in the “Systems & Control Engineering” Section

Electronics | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2024 in the “Systems & Control Engineering” Section

22 September 2025


The “Systems & Control Engineering” Section of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) comprehensively covers topics pertaining to control systems. It serves as a key platform for researchers, engineers, and students from both academic and industrial backgrounds to share innovative ideas and robust research on theoretical and practical aspects of systems and control engineering.

This Section focuses on the analysis, design, and implementation of control systems, with emphasis on both theoretical advances and practical applications in areas such as embedded control, mechatronics, smart systems, power systems, electrical circuits, and computer science. Initially rooted in electrical engineering, it now supports a wide range of sectors including energy, transportation, manufacturing, biology, defense, and robotics.

Our readers can enjoy free and unlimited access to the full texts of all of the open access articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2024, which are listed below:

1. “FI-NPI: Exploring Optimal Control in Parallel Platform Systems”
by Ruiyang Wang, Qiuxiang Gu, Siyu Lu, Jiawei Tian, Zhengtong Yin, Lirong Yin and Wenfeng Zheng
Electronics 2024, 13(7), 1168; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13071168
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/7/1168

2. “Research on Path Planning with the Integration of Adaptive A-Star Algorithm and Improved Dynamic Window Approach”
by Tianjian Liao, Fan Chen, Yuting Wu, Huiquan Zeng, Sujian Ouyang and Jiansheng
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 455; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020455
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/455

3. “Machine Fault Diagnosis through Vibration Analysis: Continuous Wavelet Transform with Complex Morlet Wavelet and Time–Frequency RGB Image Recognition via Convolutional Neural Network”
by Dominik Łuczak
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 452; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020452
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/452

4. “A Hybrid Group Multi-Criteria Approach Based on SAW, TOPSIS, VIKOR, and COPRAS Methods for Complex IoT Selection Problems”
by Constanta Zoie Radulescu and Marius Radulescu
Electronics 2024, 13(4), 789; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13040789
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/4/789

5. “Event-Triggered Adaptive Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Dead-Zone Input”
by Congli Mei, Dong Guo, Gang Chen, Jianping Cai and Jianning Li
Electronics 2024, 13(1), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13010210
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/1/210

6. “A Real-Time Spoofing Detection Method Using Three Low-Cost Antennas in Satellite Navigation”
by Jiajia Chen, Xueying Wang, Zhibo Fang, Cheng Jiang, Ming Gao and Ying Xu
Electronics 2024, 13(6), 1134; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13061134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/6/1134

7. “Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Predictive Maintenance of Ball Bearing Systems”
by Umer Farooq, Moses Ademola and Abdu Shaalan
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 438; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020438
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/438

8. “Comprehensive Diagnosis of Localized Rolling Bearing Faults during Rotating Machine Start-Up via Vibration Envelope Analysis”
by Jose E. Ruiz-Sarrio, Jose A. Antonino-Daviu and Claudia Martis
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 375; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020375
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/375

9. “Optimizing Mobile Robot Navigation Based on A-Star Algorithm for Obstacle Avoidance in Smart Agriculture”
by Antonios Chatzisavvas, Michael Dossis and Minas Dasygenis
Electronics 2024, 13(11), 2057; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13112057
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/11/2057

10. “Adaptive Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Varying Payload and Full Parametric Uncertainties”
by Imil Hamda Imran, Kieran Wood and Allahyar Montazeri
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 347; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020347
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/347