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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,185 Views
31 Pages

28 March 2021

The current article presents the design, implementation, validation, and use of a Computer-Aided Control System Design (CACSD) toolbox for nonlinear and hybrid system uncertainty modeling, simulation, and control using μ synthesis. Remarkable feature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,735 Views
27 Pages

15 August 2024

In recent years, quadcopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles have been preferred in many engineering applications. Because of its nonlinear dynamic model that makes it hard to create optimal control, quadcopter control is one of the main focuses of cont...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,413 Views
8 Pages

The article presents an approach based on machine learning with symbolic regression for the synthesis of a stabilization system for a mobile robot. This approach is universal and allows you to numerically solve the synthesis problem in a general sett...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,865 Views
31 Pages

Valorizing Steelworks Gases by Coupling Novel Methane and Methanol Synthesis Reactors with an Economic Hybrid Model Predictive Controller

  • Alexander Hauser,
  • Philipp Wolf-Zoellner,
  • Stéphane Haag,
  • Stefano Dettori,
  • Xiaoliang Tang,
  • Moein Mighani,
  • Ismael Matino,
  • Claudio Mocci,
  • Valentina Colla and
  • Juergen Karl
  • + 5 authors

16 June 2022

To achieve the greenhouse gas reduction targets formulated in the European Green Deal, energy- and resource-intensive industries such as the steel industry will have to adapt or convert their production. In the long term, new technologies are promisi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,581 Views
24 Pages

6 September 2021

This paper presents an end-to-end method to design passivity-based controllers (PBC) for a class of input-affine nonlinear systems, named quasi-linear affine. The approach is developed using Krasovskii’s method to design a Lyapunov function for study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,107 Views
15 Pages

17 May 2024

We introduce a modeling framework aimed at incorporating symbolic discrete controller synthesis (DCS) into a virtual robot experimental platform. This framework involves symbolically representing the behaviors of robotic systems along with their cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,921 Views
22 Pages

23 September 2022

To maintain reliable and sustainable power supply, the frequency should be kept constant under varying load conditions. The two degrees of freedom internal model control (2DoF-IMC) scheme is a robust control technique and is efficient for load-distur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,000 Views
21 Pages

Reconfigurable Logic Controller—Direct FPGA Synthesis Approach

  • Adam Milik,
  • Marcin Kubica and
  • Dariusz Kania

14 September 2021

Programmable logic controllers are commonly used in automation systems. Continuously growing demands result in the growth of control program complexity. The classic approach, based on programmatic serial-cyclic execution, results in an unacceptable e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,550 Views
21 Pages

μ-Synthesis for Fractional-Order Robust Controllers

  • Vlad Mihaly,
  • Mircea Şuşcă,
  • Dora Morar,
  • Mihai Stănese and
  • Petru Dobra

20 April 2021

The current article presents a design procedure for obtaining robust multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) fractional-order controllers using a μ-synthesis design procedure with DK iteration. μ-synthesis uses the generalized Robust Control frame...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,444 Views
15 Pages

12 June 2021

The problem of control synthesis is considered as machine learning control. The paper proposes a mathematical formulation of machine learning control, discusses approaches of supervised and unsupervised learning by symbolic regression methods. The pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,468 Views
17 Pages

17 November 2024

This paper considers the control synthesis problem and its solution using symbolic regression. Symbolic regression methods, which were previously called genetic programming methods, allow one to use a computer to find not only the parameters of a giv...

  • Review
  • Open Access
244 Citations
32,725 Views
30 Pages

Nanoparticle and Nanostructure Synthesis and Controlled Growth Methods

  • Vancha Harish,
  • Md Mustafiz Ansari,
  • Devesh Tewari,
  • Manish Gaur,
  • Awadh Bihari Yadav,
  • María-Luisa García-Betancourt,
  • Fatehy M. Abdel-Haleem,
  • Mikhael Bechelany and
  • Ahmed Barhoum

16 September 2022

Nanomaterials are materials with one or more nanoscale dimensions (internal or external) (i.e., 1 to 100 nm). The nanomaterial shape, size, porosity, surface chemistry, and composition are controlled at the nanoscale, and this offers interesting prop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,092 Views
17 Pages

11 February 2022

This paper presents a design synthesis method for robust controllers of active vehicle suspensions (AVSs). Various control techniques have been applied to the design of AVSs for enhancing ride comfort and handling performance of ground vehicles. Howe...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,594 Views
17 Pages

Performance Comparison of Quantized Control Synthesis Methods of Antenna Arrays

  • David Pánek,
  • Tamás Orosz,
  • Pavel Karban,
  • Deubauh Cedrick D. Gnawa and
  • Hamid Keshmiri Neghab

There is a great potential in small satellite technology for testing new sensors, processes, and technologies for space applications. Antennas need careful design when developing a small satellite to establish stable communication between the ground...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,004 Views
20 Pages

Dual-Loop μ-Synthesis Direct Thrust Control for Turbofan Engines

  • Yifu Long,
  • Xi Wang,
  • Wenshuai Zhao and
  • Jiashuai Liu

24 July 2024

As the power unit of an aircraft, the engine’s primary task is to provide the demanded thrust, making research on direct thrust control crucial. However, being a complicated multivariable system, effective multivariable direct thrust control me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,489 Views
23 Pages

Synergetic Synthesis of Nonlinear Laws of Throttle Control of a Pneumatic Drive

  • Elena Obukhova,
  • Gennady E. Veselov,
  • Pavel Obukhov,
  • Alexey Beskopylny,
  • Sergey A. Stel’makh and
  • Evgenii M. Shcherban’

9 February 2022

Currently, a significant trend in control in robotic systems is developing and improving linear and nonlinear control algorithms to improve the overall quality of production with high accuracy and adaptability. The present study considers a synergist...

  • Project Report
  • Open Access
833 Views
34 Pages

14 July 2025

This paper presents some of the most significant findings in the design of a hydraulic servomechanism for flight controls, which were primarily achieved by the first author during his activity in an aviation institute. These results are grouped into...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,687 Views
18 Pages

Improved Gain Scheduling Control and Its Application to Aero-Engine LPV Synthesis

  • Jinfu Liu,
  • Yujia Ma,
  • Linhai Zhu,
  • Hui Zhao,
  • Huanpeng Liu and
  • Daren Yu

16 November 2020

Issues of gain scheduling control for aero-engines are addressed in this paper. An aero-engine is a system with high nonlinearity, and the requirement on controlling performance is high. Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) synthesis is commonly used to sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
600 Views
17 Pages

27 September 2025

To address the challenges of slow synthesis speed, unstable quality, limited emotional expressiveness, and the lack of controllable speaking rate in Mongolian emotional speech synthesis, this paper proposes a speech Rate-Controllable Mongolian emotio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,472 Views
18 Pages

Size Control of Cobalt-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Obtained in Microwave Solvothermal Synthesis

  • Jacek Wojnarowicz,
  • Tadeusz Chudoba,
  • Stanisław Gierlotka,
  • Kamil Sobczak and
  • Witold Lojkowski

19 April 2018

This article presents the method of size control of cobalt-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles (Zn1−xCoxO NPs) obtained by means of the microwave solvothermal synthesis. Zinc acetate dihydrate and cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate dissolved in ethylen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,161 Views
26 Pages

Comparative Study Between Active AMD and ABS Devices by Using μ-Synthesis Robust Control

  • Karima Chaker,
  • Badreddine Sbartai and
  • Shehata E. Abdel Raheem

14 November 2024

The field of civil engineering has witnessed significant development since the emergence of innovative control strategies that enhanced the construction of structures, imparting valuable resistance against dynamic loads like wind or earthquakes. Desp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,477 Views
16 Pages

20 August 2024

The problem of optimal synthesis of a nonlinear system’s control law parameters of satellite attitude control under constraints is considered. The maximum stability degree of a system is considered as an optimality criterion. The reaction wheel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,432 Views
9 Pages

Controlled Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Nanomaterials Regulated by Different Phosphorus Sources

  • Mei-li Qi,
  • Sijia Qin,
  • Yin-chuan Wang,
  • Shengkun Yao,
  • Liang Qi,
  • Yanling Wu,
  • Yu-peng Lu and
  • Fengkun Cui

6 August 2020

The morphology, nanostructures, and crystallinity of hydroxyapatite (HA) materials have significant effects on their physicochemical properties and biomedical applications. However, the controllable synthesis of HA nanomaterials with various size and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,880 Views
21 Pages

Controlled Nickel Nanoparticles: A Review on How Parameters of Synthesis Can Modulate Their Features and Properties

  • Felipe Anchieta e Silva,
  • Vera Maria Martins Salim and
  • Thenner Silva Rodrigues

Nickel nanoparticles have wide-ranging applications in diverse fields, including electronics, catalysis, and biomedicine. The unique properties of these nanoparticles depend on their physical and chemical attributes. Consequently, there is a growing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,427 Views
22 Pages

Synthesis of Self-Checking Circuits for Train Route Traffic Control at Intermediate Stations with Control of Calculations Based on Weight-Based Sum Codes

  • Dmitry V. Efanov,
  • Artyom V. Pashukov,
  • Evgenii M. Mikhailiuta,
  • Valery V. Khóroshev,
  • Ruslan B. Abdullaev,
  • Dmitry G. Plotnikov,
  • Aushra V. Banite,
  • Alexander V. Leksashov,
  • Dmitry N. Khomutov and
  • Davron Kh. Ruziev
  • + 1 author

When synthesizing systems for railway interlocking, it is recommended to use automated models to implement the logic of railway automation and remote control units. Finite-state machines (FSMs) can be implemented on any hardware component. When using...

  • Review
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,286 Views
37 Pages

Bimetallic Nanocrystals: Structure, Controllable Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis, Energy and Sensing

  • Gaojie Li,
  • Wenshuang Zhang,
  • Na Luo,
  • Zhenggang Xue,
  • Qingmin Hu,
  • Wen Zeng and
  • Jiaqiang Xu

26 July 2021

In recent years, bimetallic nanocrystals have attracted great interest from many researchers. Bimetallic nanocrystals are expected to exhibit improved physical and chemical properties due to the synergistic effect between the two metals, not just a c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,663 Views
20 Pages

μ-Analysis and μ-Synthesis Control Methods in Smart Structure Disturbance Suppression with Reduced Order Control

  • Amalia Moutsopoulou,
  • Markos Petousis,
  • Georgios E. Stavroulakis,
  • Anastasios Pouliezos and
  • Nectarios Vidakis

6 February 2024

In this study, we created an accurate model for a homogenous smart structure. After modeling multiplicative uncertainty, an ideal robust controller was designed using μ-synthesis and a reduced-order H-infinity Feedback Optimal Output (Hifoo) contr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,329 Views
14 Pages

14 March 2024

In engineering, cost minimization, especially in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining like pocket milling, is crucial. Existing tool path definition software often lacks optimization, particularly at critical starting and ending points. This st...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,097 Views
52 Pages

5 May 2025

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) have undergone rapid development over recent years, but have also became vulnerable to security attacks and the volatile external environment. Ensuring that the performance of UASs is safe and secure no matter how the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,644 Views
18 Pages

Recent Advances in Substrate-Controlled Asymmetric Cyclization for Natural Product Synthesis

  • Jeyun Jo,
  • Seok-Ho Kim,
  • Young Taek Han,
  • Jae-Hwan Kwak and
  • Hwayoung Yun

Asymmetric synthesis of naturally occurring diverse ring systems is an ongoing and challenging research topic. A large variety of remarkable reactions utilizing chiral substrates, auxiliaries, reagents, and catalysts have been intensively investigate...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,090 Views
10 Pages

Size-Controllable Synthesis of Cu Nanoparticles via Hydrogen Reduction at Low Temperatures

  • Songya Feng,
  • Anxin Gao,
  • Zihang Ma,
  • Hongjie Xu and
  • Zhiyong Xue

15 May 2025

The general polyol methods used for synthesizing copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) usually require high temperatures to ignite the reduction reaction, which leads to the difficulty of controlling the particle size. Herein, a new polyol method for the size...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,851 Views
56 Pages

15 August 2020

Supported nanoparticles are commonly applied in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalytic performance of these solid catalysts is, for a given support, dependent on the nanoparticle size, shape, and composition, thus necessitating synthesis techniques t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,036 Views
19 Pages

31 August 2022

Dual three–phase synchronous reluctance motors (DTP–SynRM) have the advantages of simple structure, high power density, fast dynamic response, and small torque ripple, and have broad application prospects in flywheel batteries. However, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,459 Views
15 Pages

In-Liquid Plasma Process for Size- and Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Controlling Gas Bubbles in Water

  • Hyun-Jin Kim,
  • Jun-Goo Shin,
  • Choon-Sang Park,
  • Dae Sub Kum,
  • Bhum Jae Shin,
  • Jae Young Kim,
  • Hyung-Dal Park,
  • Muhan Choi and
  • Heung-Sik Tae

25 May 2018

Most methods controlling size and shape of metal nanoparticles are chemical methods, and little work has been done using only plasma methods. Size- and shape-controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) is proposed based on adjusting the gas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,124 Views
17 Pages

Fractional-Order Approximation and Synthesis of a PID Controller for a Buck Converter

  • Allan G. Soriano-Sánchez,
  • Martín A. Rodríguez-Licea,
  • Francisco J. Pérez-Pinal and
  • José A. Vázquez-López

3 February 2020

In this paper, the approximation of a fractional-order PIDcontroller is proposed to control a DC–DC converter. The synthesis and tuning process of the non-integer PID controller is described step by step. A biquadratic approximation is used to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
326 Views
16 Pages

Controlled One-Step Synthesis of Monodisperse CeO2 Octahedra in a Binary Solvent System with Waste Liquid Recycling

  • Yaohui Xu,
  • Yu Hu,
  • Nengwei Zeng,
  • Haimei Wang,
  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Zongjie Liu,
  • Xinrui Chen and
  • Zhao Ding

30 December 2025

To overcome the limitations of template-dependent and anion-assisted methods, this work presents a solvent-controlled strategy for the one-step solvothermal synthesis of octahedral CeO2. Using only Ce(NO3)3·6H2O in methanol/water (MeOH/H2O) mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,420 Views
12 Pages

Phase-Controllable Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Atomically Thin MoTe2

  • Tao Xu,
  • Aolin Li,
  • Shanshan Wang,
  • Yinlong Tan and
  • Xiang’ai Cheng

23 November 2022

Two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum telluride (MoTe2) is attracting increasing attention for its potential applications in electronic, optoelectronic, photonic and catalytic fields, owing to the unique band structures of both stable 2H phase and 1T&prime...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,833 Views
18 Pages

Highly Efficient and Controllable Methodology of the Cd0.25Zn0.75Se/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots Synthesis

  • Liudmila Loghina,
  • Maksym Chylii,
  • Anastasia Kaderavkova,
  • Stanislav Slang,
  • Petr Svec,
  • Jhonatan Rodriguez Pereira,
  • Bozena Frumarova,
  • Miroslav Cieslar and
  • Miroslav Vlcek

5 October 2021

The surface of any binary or multi-component nanocrystal has imperfections and defects. The number of surface defects depends both on the nature of the nanomaterial and on the method of its preparation. One of the possibilities to confine the number...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,202 Views
13 Pages

10 April 2024

Herein, a general and practical temperature-controlled approach for the divergent synthesis of pyrazoles and 1-tosyl-1H-pyrazoles via electrophilic cyclization in the absence of transition-metal catalysts and oxidants was developed. The desired produ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,662 Views
10 Pages

3 August 2018

Perovskites have recently attracted intense interests for optoelectronic devices application due to their excellent photovoltaic and photoelectric properties. The performance of perovskite-based devices highly depends on the perovskite material prope...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,041 Views
13 Pages

3D Multi-Beam and Null Synthesis by Phase-Only Control for 5G Antenna Arrays

  • Massimiliano Comisso,
  • Gabriele Palese,
  • Fulvio Babich,
  • Francesca Vatta and
  • Giulia Buttazzoni

This paper presents an iterative algorithm for the synthesis of the three-dimensional (3D) radiation pattern generated by an antenna array of arbitrary geometry. The algorithm is conceived to operate in fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave scenarios...

  • Article
  • Open Access
701 Views
21 Pages

Semi-Automatic System for ZnO Nanoflakes Synthesis via Electrodeposition Using Bioinspired Neuro-Fuzzy Control

  • Yazmín Mariela Hernández-Rodríguez,
  • Yunia Veronica Garcia-Tejeda,
  • Esperanza Baños-López and
  • Oscar Eduardo Cigarroa-Mayorga

21 October 2025

This research presents the development and characterization of a semi-automatic electrophoretic deposition (EPD) system designed for the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) microstructures, utilizing a bioinspired neuro-fuzzy control strategy (ANFIS). The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,025 Views
19 Pages

Synthesis of the Current Controller of the Vector Control System for Asynchronous Traction Drive of Electric Locomotives

  • Sergey Goolak,
  • Viktor Tkachenko,
  • Svitlana Sapronova,
  • Vaidas Lukoševičius,
  • Robertas Keršys,
  • Rolandas Makaras,
  • Artūras Keršys and
  • Borys Liubarskyi

24 March 2022

This paper deals with the analysis of the operating conditions of traction drives of the electric locomotives with asynchronous traction motors. The process of change of the catenary system voltage was found to have a stochastic character. The method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,318 Views
28 Pages

28 May 2025

This paper proposes a robust impedance controller to address the performance limitations of mechanical impedance rendering in robotic joints, enabling stable interaction with passive environments. Considering structured uncertainties, such as dynamic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,567 Views
13 Pages

12 September 2019

A facile in situ synthesis approach and a size control strategy were established to obtain Ag2S nanoparticles in polyimide (PI) composite coatings. Such Ag2S nanoparticles in the composite coatings were characterized, and the effects of the as-obtain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,525 Views
13 Pages

26 January 2021

Fine control of morphology and exposed crystal facets of porous γ-Al2O3 is of significant importance in many application areas such as functional nanomaterials and heterogeneous catalysts. Herein, a morphology controlled in situ synthesis of Al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,661 Views
21 Pages

Repurposing Insecticides for Mosquito Control: Evaluating Spiromesifen, a Lipid Synthesis Inhibitor against Aedes aegypti (L.)

  • Daniela Cerda-Apresa,
  • Selene M. Gutierrez-Rodriguez,
  • Jesus A. Davila-Barboza,
  • Beatriz Lopez-Monroy,
  • Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez,
  • Karla L. Saavedra-Rodriguez and
  • Adriana E. Flores

The growing resistance of Aedes aegypti (L.) to conventional insecticides presents a major challenge in arbovirus control, necessitating the exploration of alternative insecticidal chemistries. Spiromesifen, derived from spirocyclic tetronic acids, i...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,519 Views
16 Pages

In this paper, a loop shaping controller design methodology for single input and a single output (SISO) system is proposed. The theoretical background for this approach is based on complex elliptic functions which allow a flexible design of a SISO co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,399 Views
23 Pages

13 October 2022

There is a strong trend in the development of control systems for multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where minimization of a control signal effort is conducted to extend the flight time. The aim of this article is to shed light on the probl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,374 Views
16 Pages

7 February 2019

Benefiting from their ultra-small diameters and highly structural anisotropies, ultrathin semiconductor nanowires (USNWs) are well-known for their fascinating physical/chemical properties, as well as their promising applications in various fields. Ho...

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