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  • Open Access
15 Citations
9,878 Views
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28 May 2024

This study aims to highlight the importance of a systematic approach to process capability assessment and the importance of following a sequence of steps. Statistical process control provides several different ways of assessing process capability. Th...

(This article belongs to the Section D1: Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,647 Views
19 Pages

Distributed Model Predictive Formation Control for UAVs and Cooperative Capability Evaluation of Swarm

  • Ming Yang,
  • Xiaoyi Guan,
  • Mingming Shi,
  • Bin Li and ,
  • Chen Wei and
  • Ka-Fai Cedric Yiu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 May 2025

This paper utilizes the distributed model predictive control (DMPC) method to investigate the formation control problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the obstacle environment and establishes cooperative capability evaluation metrics of the sw...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biological UAV Swarm Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,933 Views
30 Pages

11 December 2024

The shared control system has been a key technology framework and trend, with its advantages in overcoming the performance shortage of safety and comfort in automated vehicles. Understanding human drivers’ driving capabilities and styles is the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integration of Sensor Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,413 Views
23 Pages

4 June 2020

Polymer-based additive manufacturing (AM) gathers a great deal of interest with regard to standardization and implementation in mass production. A new methodology for the system and process capabilities analysis in additive manufacturing, using stati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process–Structure–Properties in Polymer Additive Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
9,009 Views
20 Pages

Exploiting Smart Contracts for Capability-Based Access Control in the Internet of Things

  • Yuta Nakamura,
  • Yuanyu Zhang,
  • Masahiro Sasabe and
  • Shoji Kasahara

24 March 2020

Due to the rapid penetration of the Internet of Things (IoT) into human life, illegal access to IoT resources (e.g., data and actuators) has greatly threatened our safety. Access control, which specifies who (i.e., subjects) can access what resources...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain Security and Privacy for the Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,506 Views
17 Pages

13 July 2022

Identifying genes significantly related to diseases is a focus in the study of disease mechanisms. In this paper, from the perspective of integrated analysis and dynamic control, a method for identifying genes significantly related to diseases based...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
172 Citations
15,213 Views
27 Pages

While Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been widely recognized as an essential part of Smart Cities, it also brings new challenges in terms of privacy and security. Access control (AC) is among the top security concerns, which is critical in re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,047 Views
15 Pages

Control Charts for Monitoring Process Capability Index Using Median Absolute Deviation for Some Popular Distributions

  • Muhammad Aslam,
  • G. Srinivasa Rao,
  • Ali Hussein AL-Marshadi,
  • Liaquat Ahmad and
  • Chi-Hyuck Jun

15 May 2019

A control chart monitoring the process capability index (PCI) using median absolute deviation (MAD) is proposed to analyze the industrial process performance. Extensive simulation studies were carried out to evaluate the performance of MAD-based PCI...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Performance Measurement and Optimization for Sustainable Production Processes Improvement)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,478 Views
14 Pages

At the beginning of 2020, the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 posed a huge challenge to the governance capabilities of public health in various countries. In this paper, the SEIR model is used to fit the number of confirmed cases in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
563 Views
23 Pages

29 May 2026

This paper presents a capability-aware frequency control strategy for microgrids comprising a ramp-rate-limited synchronous generator (SG) and a bounded inverter-based resource (IBR). In contrast to conventional droop and virtual inertia methods, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control and Operation of Distributed Energy Resources in Modern Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,979 Views
15 Pages

30 September 2022

Statistical Quality Control is a valuable strategy that applies to the statistical technique for monitoring a manufacturing system under particular situations. On the other hand, the fuzzy set theory is an ideal instrument to cope with an unclear sit...

(This article belongs to the Section D1: Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
487 Views
32 Pages

2 July 2026

The large-scale integration of converter-interfaced renewable energy sources has significantly reduced power system inertia, posing challenges to frequency stability. Although virtual inertia and primary frequency control can enhance the frequency su...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
147 Views
27 Pages

Integrating Measurement-System Analysis and Statistical Process Control to Assess Capability Improvement of Thread Pitch Diameter in a CNC-Turned Stainless-Steel Fitting

  • Pedro Yáñez-Contreras,
  • María Fernanda Contreras-Rojas,
  • Francisco Javier Santander-Bastida,
  • Roberto Martin del Campo-Vázquez and
  • Norma Leticia Flores-Martínez

3 November 2026

Process-capability claims are only as reliable as the measurement system behind them, yet small machining enterprises rarely evaluate their gauges before reporting capability indices. This case study integrates statistical process control (SPC), capa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Industrial Metrology: Methods, Uncertainties, and Challenges: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,445 Views
18 Pages

4 July 2018

The development of a preventive control methodology to increase the capacity of voltage sag recovery (Fault Ride Through Capability (FRTC)) of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) connected in an electrical network is presented. This methodology,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Control in Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
246 Views
16 Pages

Beyond Account Ownership: Digital Capability, Secure Device Control, and Merchant-Payment Use Across 74 Economies

  • Carlos Alberto Echeverría Mayorga,
  • Celso Rodríguez Echenique,
  • Carlos Roberto Monroy Alfaro and
  • Isidro Cipriano Andaluz Lobo

Financial-account access and digital merchant-payment use are distinct dimensions of inclusion. Combining Global Findex historical subgroup series with the 2024 cross-section, we prioritize a common-sample analysis of 62,480 phone-owning adults acros...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mobile Payments and Financial Services in the Digital Economy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
365 Views
20 Pages

5 October 2026

As the digital economy expands rapidly, intelligent-green synergy among construction enterprises has become an inevitable path toward industrial sustainable development, with green innovation acting as its core anchor. Based on the resource-based vie...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,830 Views
16 Pages

19 January 2021

IT solutions have a significant role in supporting controlling processes, as well as in shaping the performance of organization as a whole. The aim of this article is to examine the impact of controlling dynamic capabilities on organizational perform...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,975 Views
18 Pages

3 September 2019

Quantifiable differences among fingers in force control capability have both important practical and theoretical values in characterizing force control of accurate finger-tapping tasks. Following the classical Fitts’ law paradigm, we quantified...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,290 Views
20 Pages

8 March 2023

This paper investigates how sustainability control systems (SCSs) drive employees’ green creativity (EGC) with the purpose of assisting organisations in the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector to improve their environmental sustainability performan...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,318 Views
18 Pages

4 September 2023

Process capability index (PCI) is a convenient and useful tool of process quality evaluation that allows a company to have a complete picture of its manufacturing process in order to prevent defective products while ensuring the product quality is at...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Methods and Applications of Advanced Statistical Analysis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,167 Views
20 Pages

An Overview of Flexible Current Control Strategies Applied to LVRT Capability for Grid-Connected Inverters

  • David J. Rincon,
  • Maria A. Mantilla,
  • Juan M. Rey,
  • Miguel Garnica and
  • Damien Guilbert

18 January 2023

Distributed power generation plays a critical role in the stability and reliability of modern power systems. Due to the rapid growth of renewable energy generation, the requirements of the transmission and distribution system operators are becoming m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Power System Analysis and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,374 Views
23 Pages

This study primarily analyzes the frequency regulation capability and fatigue loads of wind turbines based on over-speed control. Initially, a small-signal model of the wind turbine is established, which describes the output characteristics of the wi...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,403 Views
27 Pages

18 March 2021

This paper proposes an isolated buck-boost topology and control strategy for the photovoltaic (PV) medium-voltage DC (MVDC) converter with low-voltage ride through (LVRT) capability. The proposed isolated buck-boost topology operates on either boost...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Converters: Modeling, Control, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,174 Views
20 Pages

13 August 2019

The grid-connected micro gas turbine (MGT) generation system is playing an important role in power systems because of its demand response capability and application in combined heat and power (CHP) systems. When applied to promote demand response, th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operation and Control of Power Distribution Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,372 Views
14 Pages

23 September 2021

Due to the increasing integration of renewable energy sources (RES) and a corresponding reduction of conventional generating units, there is nowadays a demand from the power-electronic converters to provide grid-forming properties through proper cont...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Converters Design, Control and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
14,483 Views
27 Pages

DC-Link Voltage Control of a Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic System for Fault Ride-Through Capability Enhancement

  • S. Raja Mohamed,
  • P. Aruna Jeyanthy,
  • D. Devaraj,
  • M. H. Shwehdi and
  • Adel Aldalbahi

6 March 2019

The high penetration level of solar photovoltaic (SPV) generation systems imposes a major challenge to the secure operation of power systems. SPV generation systems are connected to the power grid via power converters. During a fault on the grid side...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control and Protection Issues of Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,888 Views
23 Pages

25 January 2016

An innovative control strategy is proposed for enhancing the low voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability of a doubly fed induction generator based on wind energy conversion systems (DFIG-WECS). Within the proposed control method, the current control l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,030 Views
27 Pages

9 September 2024

Real-time (re-)planning is crucial for autonomous quadrotors to navigate in uncertain environments where obstacles may be detected and trajectory plans must be adjusted on-the-fly to avoid collision. In this paper, we present a control system design...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decision-Making and Control under Uncertainties for Robotic and Autonomous Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,118 Views
18 Pages

18 November 2023

The series-winding permanent-magnet synchronous motor (SW-PMSM) has the merits of high output power and excellent control performance, as does the open-winding permanent-magnet synchronous motor (OW-PMSM). Meanwhile, it can greatly reduce the number...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM))
  • Article
  • Open Access
206 Views
24 Pages

AdaptiveCap: Adaptive Capability Control for Secure and Flexible LLM Agent Workflows

  • Ke Li,
  • Jun Zheng,
  • Dianxin Wang,
  • Zijie Hao and ,
  • Hongyu Zhang and
  • Jiamin Zheng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 October 2026

LLM agents composing file-system operations, database queries, and network requests introduce permission laundering, where individually authorized tool calls are chained to exfiltrate sensitive data. ChainCaps counters this via monotonic capability a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence/Big Data Scenarios, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,049 Views
31 Pages

4 August 2026

Multi-agent large language model (LLM) systems built on LangGraph-style frameworks share an unencrypted state store with no field-level read access control, so one agent can read another’s private fields. The 2026 OWASP Agentic Top 10 and CVE-2...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Techniques for Security and Privacy in Information Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,846 Views
22 Pages

13 October 2015

This paper presents a hybrid intelligent control method that enables frequency support control for permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) wind turbines. The proposed method for a wind energy conversion system (WECS) is designed to have PMSG...

(This article belongs to the Collection Wind Turbines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,067 Views
22 Pages

Control Strategy for Enhancing Frequency Support Capability of Renewable Energy Plants Under Asymmetric Grid Voltage Dips

  • Penghan Li,
  • Xiaowei Ma,
  • Zhuojun Jiang,
  • Meng Wang and ,
  • Chao Huo,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Guankun Zhao,
  • Keqiang Tai,
  • Dan Sun and
  • Heng Nian
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

3 November 2025

With the increasing penetration of renewable energy generation, large-scale voltage dips may cause significant active power deficits and threaten system frequency stability. To address the issue, this article proposes a two-stage control strategy to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Hydrogen Energy Systems Integration, Modeling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,833 Views
21 Pages

Innovation, Network Capabilities, and Sustainable Development of Regional Economies in China

  • Dandan Li,
  • Yehua Dennis Wei,
  • Changhong Miao,
  • Yangyi Wu and
  • Weiye Xiao

1 September 2019

This paper studies the relationships between network capabilities and innovation development in the context of two types of innovation networks: scientific knowledge networks (SKN) and technological knowledge networks (TKN). Focusing on two types of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,326 Views
13 Pages

13 August 2024

Since the stator of DFIG-based wind turbines is directly connected to the grid, it is dramatically affected by transient situations that may occur on the grid side. In order to meet grid code requirements, reactive power support must be provided to k...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,135 Views
20 Pages

16 August 2024

Leveraging machine learning applications for predictive process control signifies a decisive advancement in manufacturing quality management, transitioning from traditional descriptive to predictive capability indices. This review highlights the grow...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Smart Industrial Engineering Techniques for Optimizing and Controlling Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,438 Views
21 Pages

Spatial-Temporal Sensitivity Analysis of Flood Control Capability in China Based on MADM-GIS Model

  • Weihan Zhang,
  • Xianghe Liu,
  • Weihua Yu,
  • Chenfeng Cui and
  • Ailei Zheng

30 May 2022

To facilitate better implementation of flood control and risk mitigation strategies, a model for evaluating the flood defense capability of China is proposed in this study. First, nine indicators such as slope and precipitation intensity are extracte...

(This article belongs to the Topic Ecosystem Monitoring: Collective Species and Environmental Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,322 Views
18 Pages

25 March 2020

Although sales control has been identified by previous literature as an effective tool to promote salesperson commitment, unclear categorization of the focal variables makes existing findings confounding. This paper aims to provide more nuanced under...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,123 Views
27 Pages

22 April 2016

In recent years, the increasing penetration level of wind energy into power systems has brought new issues and challenges. One of the main concerns is the issue of dynamic response capability during outer disturbance conditions, especially the fault-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
461 Views
49 Pages

Capability-Aware Hierarchical Control with Priority-Based Lateral Recovery for Deadline-Guided Fixed-Wing UAV Formation Tracking

  • Xiuyuan Feng,
  • Hao Cheng,
  • Hua Wang,
  • Xudong Xie and ,
  • Wei Wei,
  • Tao Han and
  • Siyuan Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 July 2026

This paper studies deadline-guided formation tracking for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles subject to nonholonomic coupling, input saturation, and time-varying uncertainties. The central difficulty is that the mission layer prescribes a nominal de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,456 Views
18 Pages

Power Control and Fault Ride-Through Capability Analysis of Cascaded Star-Connected SVG under Asymmetrical Voltage Conditions

  • Muxuan Xiao,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Zhixing He,
  • Honglin Ouyang and ,
  • Renyifan Hao and
  • Qianming Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 June 2019

The cascaded H-bridge static var generator (SVG) has been employed to provide reactive power and regulate grid voltages for many years because of its good modularity, easy scalability, and improved harmonic performance. A novel cluster-balancing powe...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,989 Views
23 Pages

8 December 2022

The fertilization rate is adjusted through the regulation of opening length and the rotational speed for bivariate fertilizer applicators. It is essential to optimally determine the control combination according to the target fertilization rate and f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Innovations in Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,080 Views
22 Pages

28 December 2018

Voltage source converter-based high-voltage direct current transmission system (VSC-HVDC) technology has been widely used. However, traditional half-bridge sub module (HBSM)-based module multilevel converter (MMC) cannot block a DC fault current. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multilevel Converters: Analysis, Modulation, Topologies, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,930 Views
22 Pages

Fault Ride-Through Capability Enhancement of Type-4 WECS in Offshore Wind Farm via Nonlinear Adaptive Control of VSC-HVDC

  • Yiyan Sang,
  • Bo Yang,
  • Hongchun Shu,
  • Na An and ,
  • Fang Zeng and
  • Tao Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 August 2019

This paper proposes a perturbation estimation-based nonlinear adaptive control (NAC) for a voltage-source converter-based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) system which is applied to interconnect offshore large-scale wind farms to the onshore ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Control of Sustainable Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,475 Views
13 Pages

Fixed speed wind turbine-squirrel cage induction generator (FSWT-SCIG)-based wind farms (WFs) are increasing significantly. However, FSWT-SCIGs have no low voltage ride-through (LVRT) and frequency control capabilities, which creates a significant pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Sources)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,375 Views
17 Pages

15 October 2021

Customized small batch orders and sustainable development requirements pose challenges for product quality control and manufacturing process optimization for steel production. Building a multi-quality objective process parameter optimization method t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,329 Views
39 Pages

19 December 2025

Among various statistical process-control (SPC) methods, control charts are widely employed as essential instruments for monitoring and improving process quality. This study focuses on a new modified exponentially weighted moving-average (New Modifie...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,047 Views
17 Pages

Research and Engineering Practice of Var-Voltage Control in Primary and Distribution Networks Considering the Reactive Power Regulation Capability of Distributed PV Systems

  • Haiyun Wang,
  • Qian Chen,
  • Linyu Zhang,
  • Xiyu Yin and ,
  • Zhijian Zhang,
  • Huayue Wei and
  • Xiaoyue Chen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 April 2025

To fully utilize the reactive power resources of distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems, this study proposes a coordinated var-voltage control strategy for the main distribution network, incorporating the reactive power regulation capability of distri...

(This article belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,999 Views
22 Pages

21 June 2022

Sustainable development is a significant issue facing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Drawing on the literature of corporate sustainable development and the resource-based view, this study aims to examine how corporate flexibility and con...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation in SMEs and Sustainable Development: The Current Situation and the Way Forward)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,106 Views
18 Pages

Direct-Lyapunov-Based Control Scheme for Voltage Regulation in a Three-Phase Islanded Microgrid with Renewable Energy Sources

  • Hadi Hosseini Kordkheili,
  • Mahdi Banejad,
  • Ali Akbarzadeh Kalat,
  • Edris Pouresmaeil and
  • João P. S. Catalão

6 May 2018

In this paper, the local control structure of a microgrid is partially modified by a Lyapunov-based controller. This controller is derived based on direct Lyapunov stability theory (DLST) in order to calculate proper switching functions for the stabl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Distributed Renewable Generation 2018)

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