Journals in Systems and control
Journals in Systems and control
The Systems and Control collection addresses theory and applications in automation, feedback control, robotics, and dynamic system modeling. It provides researchers and engineers with advanced methodologies to design, analyze, and optimize complex engineered systems. Highlighting integration with AI, IoT, and smart technologies, this portfolio supports innovation in industrial, aerospace, and robotic control systems.
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
A journal of IFAC, The International Federation of Automatic Control. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing a major role in the fourth industrial revolution, and we are seeing a lot of evolution in various machine learning methodologies. AI techniques are widely used by the practicing engineer to solve a whole range of hitherto intractable problems. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence provides an international forum for rapid publication of work describing the practical application of AI methods in all branches of engineering. Submitted papers should report novel aspects of AI used for a real-world engineering application and also validated using public data sets for easy replicability of the research results.Focal points of the journal include, but are not limited to, innovative applications of:Internet–of–thing... and cyber-physical systemsIntelligent transportation systems & smart vehiclesBig data analytics, understanding complex networksNeural networks, fuzzy systems, neuro-fuzzy systemsDeep learning and real-world applicationsSelf-org... emerging or bio-inspired systemGlobal optimization, Meta-heuristics and their applications: Evolutionary Algorithms, swarm intelligence, nature and biologically inspired meta-heuristics, etc.Architectures, algorithms and techniques for distributed AI systems, including multi-agent based control and holonic controlDecision-supp... systemsAspects of reasoning: abductive, case-based, model-based, non-monotonic, incomplete, progressive and approximate reasoningApplication... of chaos theory and fractalsReal-time intelligent automation, and their associated supporting methodologies and techniques, including control theory and industrial informaticsKnowledge processing, knowledge elicitation and acquisition, knowledge representation, knowledge compaction, knowledge bases, expert systemsPerception, e.g. image processing, pattern recognition, vision systems, tactile systems, speech recognition and synthesisAspects of software engineering, e.g. intelligent programming environments, verification and validation of AI-based software, software and hardware architectures for the real-time use of AI techniques, safety and reliabilityIntellige... fault detection, fault analysis, diagnostics and monitoringIndustrial experiences in the application of the above techniques, e.g. case studies or benchmarking exercisesRoboticsPap... which do not respect the four following conditions will be desk-rejected without being sent for peer review:Papers on new metaphor-based metaheuristics are very rarely accepted by Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (please see further details in the ‘Article types’ section of the Guide for Authors)The abstract should clearly specify which is the contribution in AI, and which is the application in engineeringThe use of undefined acronyms in the title and in the abstract is forbiddenThe papers must be formatted in single-column formatFor more details on the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), visit their home page.- ISSN: 0952-1976
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
The focus of Transportation Research: Part C (TR_C) is high-quality, scholarly research that addresses development, applications, and implications, in the field of transportation systems and emerging technologies . The interest is not in the individual technologies per se, but in their ultimate implications for the planning, design, operation, control, maintenance and rehabilitation of transportation systems, services and components. In other words, the intellectual core of the journal is on the transportation side, not on the technology side. The integration of quantitative methods from fields such as operations research, control systems, complex networks, computer science, artificial intelligence are encouraged.Of particular interest are the impacts of emerging technologies on transportation system performance, in terms of monitoring, efficiency, safety, reliability, resource consumption and the environment. Submissions in the following areas of transportation are welcome: multimodal and intermodal transportation; on-demand transport; intelligent transportation systems; traffic and demand management; real-time operations; connected and autonomous vehicles; logistics; railways; resource and infrastructure management; aviation; pedestrians and soft modes.Special emphasis is given in open science initiatives and promoting the opening of large-scale datasets for papers published in TR_C that can support transferability and benchmarking of different approaches. The realization of data opportunities that arise from emerging technologies and new sensors in transportation can revolutionize how this data reshape our understanding of congestion mechanisms and can contribute in efficient and sustainable mobility management.- ISSN: 0968-090X
Design Studies
Design Studies The Interdisciplinary Journal of Design ResearchMission Our mission at Design Studies is to foster contemporary discourse and discoveries in the field of design. We commit to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries and champion inclusivity in academic contributions. We welcome submissions from a diverse spectrum of individuals and perspectives globally. We invite an engaged community of authors to advance design through research, scholarship and creative practice.Aims Design Studies is a leading international academic journal dedicated to the comprehensive examination and discourse of design.The editorial aim is to publish work that is relevant to a broad audience of researchers, educators, and practitioners. We welcome original scholarly research papers concerned with the process, perspectives and outcomes of designing in all its application areas. Insights into the process of design from experimental or empirical research, the design of objects, environments, and systems and their impacts on society and the environment, and critical theory and analysis should galvanize thought leadership and community.Design Studies fills a unique niche among design publications of its type by publishing articles that strike a balance between theoretical and practical modes of inquiry, to produce critical understandings of design practice and its effects in society through the following distinctive aims.Foster Interdisciplinary Design Discussions: Create a space for interdisciplinary discussions on fundamental design elements, including process, cognition, and philosophy, while emphasising research, theory, and innovative outcomes.Explore Design's Theoretical Evolution: Assess the history and future of design by examining its development and contributing to future practices, focusing on rigorous research approachesCritically Analyse Design Practices: Encourage critical evaluations of design methodologies and outcomes, including ethical, social, and environmental considerations.Embra... Diverse Design Contexts: Examine design within various cultural, socio-economic, organisational and political settings, highlighting its impact on social change, sustainability, and community empowerment.Expand the Design Conversation: Welcome a wide range of contributions, including practical case studies, theoretical explorations, and methodological critiques, to engage in a comprehensive design discourse.Scope Design Studies seeks to expand the boundaries of design knowledge and practice. We invite authors to submit papers that not only challenge traditional norms and methodologies but also promote a forward-thinking and inclusive dialogue within the design community. Our scope encompasses a wide range of design domains, including but not limited to engineering design, industrial design, product design, systems design, innovation, and current design thinking paradigms within the overarching research context.Design Studies welcomes articles on a wide range of topic areas across design's core facets centred on the main aims of the journal.Design Theory • Design Process • Philosophy of Design • Design Conceptualisations and Perspectives • Design ThinkingDesign Research and Methodology • Design Research Methods • Interdisciplinary Design Research • Co-DesignDesign Practice • Practice-led Design Research • Design Innovation • Design JusticeDesign Education • Design Pedagogy • Design Teaching and Learning • Design DialogueDesign Impact • Human Factors in Design • Design Manufacturing and Materials • Product Engineering • Design Sustainability- ISSN: 0142-694X
Systems & Control Letters
Founded in 1981 by two of the pre-eminent control theorists, Roger Brockett and Jan Willems, Systems & Control Letters is one of the leading journals in the field of control theory. The aim of the journal is to allow dissemination of relatively concise but highly original contributions whose high initial quality enables a relatively rapid review process. All aspects of the fields of systems and control are covered, especially mathematically-orien... and theoretical papers that have a clear relevance to engineering, physical and biological sciences, and even economics. Application-oriented papers with sophisticated and rigorous mathematical elements are also welcome. Expressly excluded from SCL's scope are the following topics: fractional-order systems, designs employing fuzzy-neural network approximations, all but the most mathematically sophisticated embodiments of sliding-mode control, "dynamic surface control", adaptive control under unknown sign of high-frequency gain (Nussbaum gain algorithms), the so-called "multi-dimensional" systems (discrete-time/discr... systems inspired by image processing), all applications not entailing significant theoretical advances, and all papers with analytical developments not resulting in rigorous "theorem-proof" formulations of the results.Articles published in SCL rarely exceed 8-10 pages in Elsevier's two-column format. However, submission on topics of a technically demanding nature (for example, stochastic control, PDE control, etc.), where even concisely crafted proofs cannot fit into the said page limit, are also welcome, as long as their initial quality is high and permits editorial processing that typically takes no more than two rounds of review. (Initial quality refers to originality, relevance, correctness, clarity of exposition, and comprehensive awareness of literature in the paper's first draft.)Following the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, signed by Elsevier and over 2,000 organizations and 16,000 researchers, authors of submissions to SCL should cite primary literature, in which observations are first reported, rather than limiting themselves to citing surveys and predominantly recent contributions. Additionally, geographically limited perspectives on the literature are not appropriate for submissions to a global journal like SCL. This policy aims for a proper attribution of credit, authors' adequate assessment of their own contributions, and those undertaking follow-up research effort not being misguided regarding the state of the art on a topic to which they will dedicate much time and their career hopes. The editors may reject an article containing such lapses, either after the deficiencies are not corrected to the editors' satisfaction upon being pointed out by editors or reviewers, or immediately upon submission if the deficiencies require a degree of editorial input that is more commonly associated with acting as a co-author than as an editor or reviewer.- ISSN: 0167-6911
Automation in Construction
Design & Engineering — Construction Technology — Maintenance & ManagementAutomation in Construction is an international journal for the publication of original research papers. The journal publishes refereed material on all aspects pertaining to the use of Information Technologies in Design, Engineering, Construction Technologies, and Maintenance and Management of Constructed Facilities. The scope of Automation in Construction is broad, encompassing all stages of the construction life cycle from initial planning and design, through construction of the facility, its operation and maintenance, to the eventual dismantling and recycling of buildings and engineering structures. The following list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to indicate topics that fall within the journal's purview:• Computer-aided design, product modeling, decision support systems, classification and standardization, product data interchange • Computer-aided engineering, process simulation models, graphics • Robotics, metrology, logistics, automated inspection, demolition/remediati... • Facilities management, management information systems, intelligent control systems.This journal is supported by the following organisations: - Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) - International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC) - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (C.I.B.)- ISSN: 0926-5805
Control Engineering Practice
A journal of IFAC, The International Federation of Automatic Control. Control Engineering Practice strives to meet the needs of industrial practitioners and industrially related academics and researchers. It publishes papers which illustrate the direct application of control theory and its supporting tools in all possible areas of automation. As a result, the journal only contains papers which can be considered to have made significant contributions to the application of advanced control techniques. It is normally expected that practical results should be included, but where simulation only studies are available, it is necessary to demonstrate that the simulation model is representative of a genuine application. Strictly theoretical papers will find a more appropriate home in Control Engineering Practice's sister publication, Automatica. It is also expected that papers are innovative with respect to the state of the art and are sufficiently detailed for a reader to be able to duplicate the main results of the paper (supplementary material, including datasets, tables, code and any relevant interactive material can be made available and downloaded from the website). The benefits of the presented methods must be made very clear and the new techniques must be compared and contrasted with results obtained using existing methods. Moreover, a thorough analysis of failures that may happen in the design process and implementation can also be part of the paper.The scope of Control Engineering Practice matches the activities of IFAC.Papers demonstrating the contribution of automation and control in improving the performance, quality, productivity, sustainability, resource and energy efficiency, and the manageability of systems and processes for the benefit of mankind and are relevant to industrial practitioners are most welcome.Fields of applications in control and automation: •Automotive Systems •Aerospace Applications •Marine Systems •Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Control •Autonomous Vehicles •Robotics •Human Machine Systems •Mechatronic Systems •Scientific Instrumentation •Micro- and Nanosystems •Fluid Power Systems •Gas Turbines and Fluid Machinery •Machine Tools •Manufacturing Technology and Production Engineering •Logistics •Power Electronics •Electrical Drives •Internet of Things •Communication Systems •Power and Energy Systems •Biomedical Engineering and Medical Applications •Biosystems and Bioprocesses •Biotechnology •Chemical Engineering •Pulp and Paper Processing •Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing •Water/Gas/Oil Reticulation Systems •Environmental Engineering •Agricultural Systems •Food Engineering •Other Emerging Control ApplicationsApplicab... methods, theories and technologies: •Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Model Validation •System Identification and Parameter Estimation •Observer Design and State Estimation •Soft Sensing •Sensor Fusion •Optimization •Adaptive and Robust Control •Learning Control •Nonlinear Control •Control of Distributed-Paramete... Systems •Model-based Control Techniques •Optimal Control and Model Predictive Control •Controller Tuning •PID Control •Feedforward Control and Trajectory Planning •Networked Control •Stochastic Systems •Fault Detection and Isolation •Diagnosis and Supervision •Actuator and Sensor Design •Measurement Technology in Control •Software Engineering Techniques •Real-time and Distributed Computing •Intelligent Components and Instruments •Architectures and Algorithms for Control •Real-time Algorithms •Computer-aided Systems Analysis and Design •Implementation of Automation Systems •Machine Learning •Artificial Intelligence Techniques •Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems •Production Planning and Scheduling •Automation •Data Mining •Data Analytic •Performance Monitoring •Experimental Design •Other Emerging Control Theories and Related TechnologiesFor more details on the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), visit their home page.- ISSN: 0967-0661
IFAC Journal of Systems and Control
IFAC Journal of Systems & Control publishes significant, previously unpublished, and high-quality research papers containing generalizable, extensible and transferable innovations across all aspects of the field of control and automation.The Journal has considerable interest in multi-, cross-, and trans- disciplinary research from control and systems theory to their application, including articles where the novelty is in the linkages between and across fields. These works need not be novel in a single focus area, but show significant impact and novelty in the combination and extension across multiple areas. They often explore new areas of theory and/or (especially) application at the boundary of systems and control enabling new viewpoints, insight, high/new impact, and/or techniques.A major requirement for publication is for articles to clearly state:• Novelty and Context: The novelty of the article and/or its novel elements relative to a large field of work and/or its disciplines of application. • Impact and Insight: The potential impact and insight created by the work in the relevant fields • Validation: The clear validation of their results in comparison to other results in the field, and/or experimental test results by the authors and/or other works.Papers should clearly express all these aspects in (each/all of) the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions sections of the article.Further, the journal requires papers be in a standard format structure of major sections in the order: Abstract – Introduction – Methods – Results – Discussion – Conclusions – References, and no other structure.The journal accepts papers across the entire breadth and depth of both theory and application of control systems and system identification, as defined by IFAC Technical Committees and listed below:• Systems and Signals, Dynamic Systems Modelling, and System Identification • Design Methods in Linear, Nonlinear, Optimal, Robust, Decentralised, and Distributed Control • AI / Machine Learning, Computer Systems, Cognition, and Communication Systems • Mechatronics, Robotics, Human-Machine Systems and Interfaces, and Sensors/Actuators • Cyber-Physical Manufacturing and Human Systems • Power Systems and Distribution, Process Control • Transportation, Aerospace, and Vehicle Systems • Biomedical, Biological, and Ecological Systems • Social Systems, Control Education, Economic and Financial SystemsIn addition, the Journal strongly encourages "vision papers" about IFAC Clusters and Technical Committee (CC/TC) areas, as well as the organization of special issues from IFAC Technical Committee organised symposiums. Finally, the Journal will also invite special issues and reviews in areas of special interest.Authors are strongly encouraged to provide attachments of data files, computer programs, and other links as part of the electronic environment of the papers, but not part of the reviewed work.- ISSN: 2468-6018
Displays
Displays is a peer reviewed international journal accepting technical, original research papers and tutorial papers dealing with display technologies and applications. The journal welcomes submissions in a wide range of display-related topics, including display technologies, materials, components, methods and systems, display-human interaction, processing and analysis of visual signals, and visual perception. The journal aims to provide a platform for the publication of top quality display-related research works with both academic and industrial appeal.Our dedicated editorial team will try their best to ensure a rapid reviewing process. The journal covers topics include, but not limited to, the following fields:Display-human Interaction• Visual signal processing and computer vision (CV) • Display-human/user interface design and analysis • Image/video quality assessment (IQA/VQA) and quality of experience (QoE) • Visual performance measurement and assessment • Visual perception and its cortical representation • Human factors and ergonomics for displaysDisplay Technology• Emissive/non-emissiv... displays • Flexible displays and E-papers • Materials/components and drive-electronics for displays • 3D displays and virtual/augmented/mi... reality (VR/AR/MR) • Auditory and tactile displays • Computational displays- ISSN: 0141-9382
Computers & Mathematics with Applications
Computers & Mathematics with Applications provides a medium of exchange for those engaged in fields contributing to building successful simulations for science and engineering using Partial Differential Equations (PDEs).The following are the principal areas of interest of the journal: Modeling using PDEs.Analysis of mathematical models, formulated in terms of PDEs.Discretization Methods and Numerical Analysis for PDEs.Numerical linear and nonlinear algebra. Fast numerical algorithms.Algorithm... and Data Structures. Adaptivity. Computational Geometry.Software Design, Code verification and Quality Assurance (QA).Verification and Validation.- ISSN: 0898-1221
Internet of Things
Internet of Things; Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems is a comprehensive journal encouraging cross collaboration between researchers, engineers and practitioners in the field of IoT & Cyber Physical Human Systems. The journal offers a unique platform to exchange scientific information on the entire breadth of technology, science, and societal applications of the IoT.The journal will place a high priority on timely publication, and provide a home for high quality:Full Research papersSurvey PapersOpen Software and DataTutorials and best practicesCase studiesWhitepapersFu... IOT is interested in publishing topical Special Issues on any aspect of IOT. Please submit your SI proposal for IOT through the Elsevier CSSI Portal. Detailed instructions could be found at: https://www.elsevier... scope of IoT comprises four main blocks to cover the entire spectrum of the field. From Research to Technology, from Applications to their Consequences for life and society.Theory and fundamental research Research that addresses the core underlying scientific principles dealing with the analysis and algorithmics of "IoT ecosystem" as a multicomponent system with complex and dynamic dependences at large-scale, such as:New formal methods research to create abstractions, formalisms and semantics at IoT layer.Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), Explainable Machine Learning for IoT, Intelligent Edge.Research on the unique IoT challenges in security, reliability and privacy.High-level policy languages for specifying permissible communication patterns.Software development, technology and engineering Key enabling IoT technologies related to sensors, actuators and machine intelligence. Development and deployment IoT tools and platforms to ensure security, reliability and efficiency, such as:Device software development, such as minimal operating systems.IoT in Cloud-to-thing-Conti... Secure communication of IoT with other software layers from edge computing to the Cloud.IoT software designs, including addressing security at design phase.Best practices for IoT (software) development, test beds and quality assurance. Sensors and actuators; Remote Operations and Control; IoT and Digital Twins.Applications of IoT New Applications of connected products and/or connected business processes to create new business value and business models. We are looking for contributions, and lessons learned, from researchers applying IoT in various domains including but not limited to:Energy (smart grids, meters & appliances, renewable energy).Transportati... and Critical Infrastructures (infrastructures, logistics, road and rail, shipping, aerospace, autonomous vehicles).Manufactur... & industry (smart design & smart manufacturing, advanced robotics; Robotic Process Automation).Business... marketing & finance (e-commerce, finance, advertising & media).Urban life (smart/cyber-cities, home automation, smart buildings).Behaviora... Sciences, Well-being Society, Sustainable Digital Transformation.eLear... Technology-Enhanced Learning, CSCL, Virtual Campuses, Education and Technology.Ecology (precision agriculture, dairy, fishing, wildlife management, water, climate & ecology).Medicine & healthcare (delivery & care systems, decision support, wearables).Nano IoT (personalized precision medicine, Biological IoT, Chemical IoT).Societal aspects of IoT Keeping humans in the loop is vital. Research in cyber-human systems that reflect human understanding and interaction with the physical world and (semi) autonomous systems.Societal, political and social impacts of the IoT.Ethics & (proposed) laws & regulations.IoT Governance.IoT Solutions for Pandemics, Disaster Management and Public Safety.Human Technology Interaction - at scale.Emerging standards and technology in human life.And, of course, hot issues, such as auditing, liability and social vulnerabilities.- ISSN: 2542-6605
