Fractional-Order Systems: Control, Modeling and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this journal is to promote the development of fractional calculus theory and its applications and to better display fractional calculus theory and cutting-edge achievements to researchers. Compared with integer order calculus, fractional calculus is more accurate for solving complex problems. With the development of science and technology and the deep exploration of fractional calculus, the applications of fractional calculus have drawn much attention and shown the increasingly important role of fractional calculus in various scientific fields. For example, considering the perspective of fractal theory and the combination with fractional order control theory, fractional order systems have been introduced into the scope of fractal elements. Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on the topics on numerical methods of fractional calculus, modeling of fractional viscoelastic material, fractional order dynamical systems, fractional order control, fractional order system identification, fractional order robots, and so on.

The topics of this Special Issue can cover nonlinear system theory, research of control methods using new analytical tools, and modeling and application of nonlinear dynamics problems with new methods. This Special Issue will show the important theoretical significance and practical values of fractional calculus.

Prof. Dr. Yiming Chen
Prof. Dr. Aimin Yang
Dr. Jiaquan Xie
Dr. Yanqiao Wei
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Mathematics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.