A Journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control

Automatica is a leading archival publication in the field of systems and control. The field encompasses today a broad set of areas and topics, and is thriving not only within itself but also in terms of its impact on other fields, such as communications, computers, biology, energy and economics. Since its inception in 1963, Automatica has kept abreast with the evolution of the field over the years, and has emerged as a leading publication driving the trends in the field.

After being founded in 1963, Automatica became a journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 1969. It features a characteristic blend of theoretical and applied papers of archival, lasting value, reporting cutting edge research results by authors across the globe. It features articles in distinct categories, including regular, brief and survey papers, technical communiqués, correspondence items, as well as reviews on published books of interest to the readership. It occasionally publishes special issues on emerging new topics or established mature topics of interest to a broad audience.

Automatica solicits original high-quality contributions in all the categories listed above, and in all areas of systems and control interpreted in a broad sense and evolving constantly. They may be submitted directly to a subject editor or to the Editor-in-Chief if not sure about the subject area. Editorial procedures in place assure careful, fair, and prompt handling of all submitted articles. Accepted papers appear in the journal in the shortest time feasible given production time constraints.

Additional information about Automatica, including a list of recently accepted papers and a cumulative table of contents (1963-present), can be found at the website www.journals.elsevier.com/automatica. Papers should be submitted using the on-line review management system Pampus www.autsubmit.com.

Survey papers
Papers
Brief papers
Technical communiqués
Correspondence Items 

Editor-in-Chief
R. Teel
R. Teel
University of California at Santa Barbara Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Barbara, California, CA 93106-9560, United States, Fax: +1 805 893 3262 Phone Phone +1 805 893 3616 Email R. Teel
Editor - Optimization in Systems and Control
I. Petersen
Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia Phone Phone +61 2 6268 6000Email I. Petersen
Editor - Nonlinear Systems and Control
D. Liberzon
D. Liberzon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, IL 61820, United StatesEmail D. Liberzon
Editor - Adaptive and Distributed Parameter Systems
M. Krstic
University of California San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, CA 92093-0411, United States Email M. Krstic
Editor - Control System Applications
T Parisini
T Parisini
Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, Kensington, London, United Kingdom, Fax: +44 (0) 20 759 46282 Phone Phone +44 (0) 20 75946240 Email T Parisini
Editor - Networks in Systems and Control
C.G. Cassandras
Boston University Department of Electricial and Computer Engineering, 15 Saint Mary’s Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215-2407, United States, Fax: +1 617-353-4830 Phone Phone +1 617-353-7154 Email C.G. Cassandras
Editor - System and Control Theory
R. Middleton
The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW 2308, New South Wales, Australia Phone Phone 61249216488 Email R. Middleton
Editor - System Identification and Filtering
T. Söderström
Uppsala University Systems and Control, Box 337, 751 05, Uppsala, Sweden, Fax: +46 18 511925 Phone Phone +46 18 4713075 Email T. Söderström
Editor - Survey Papers
J. Baillieul
Boston University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington St, Boston, Massachusetts, MA 02215, United States, Fax: +1 617 353 5866 Phone Phone +1 617 353 9848 Email J. Baillieul
Editor - Rapid Publications
A. Tits
University of Maryland Institute for Systems Research, 2271 AV Williams bldg., College Park, Maryland, 20742-0001, United States, Fax: +301 405 6707 Phone Phone +301 405 3669 Email A. Tits
Editor - Book Reviews
Y. Yamamoto
Kyoto University Graduate School of Informatics Sub-department of Applied Analysis, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan Email Y. Yamamoto
Founding Editor-in-Chief (1969 - 1993)
G.S. Axelby
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (1994 - 2003)
H. Kwakernaak
Netherlands
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2004 - 2014)
T. Başar
Illinois, United States
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2014 - 2017)
R. Tempo †
Italy
Associate Editors
A. Abate
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
J.C. Aguero
Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Valparaiso, Chile
A.P. Aguiar
University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute, Lisboa, Portugal
A. Alessandri
University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
C. Altafini
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
G. Arslan
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
D. Arzelier
Laboratory for Systems Analysis and Architecture, Toulouse, France
D. Astolfi
University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon Cedex, France
S-i Azuma
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
E.W. Bai
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
M.V. Basin
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, San Nicolas De Los Garza, Mexico
M. Basseville
Institute for Research in Computer Science and Random Systems, Rennes, France
D. Bauso
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
N. Bekiaris-Liberis
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
F. Blanchini
University of Udine, Udine, Italy
L. Bushnell
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
H.S. Chang
Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Debasish Chatterjee
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
C.C. Cheah
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
T. Chen
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
T. Chen
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Z. Chen
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
G. Chesi
University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
A. Chiuso
University of Padua, Padova, Italy
N. Chopra
University of Maryland at College Park, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
D. Chu
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
M.L. Corradini
Camerino University, Camerino, Italy
O.L.V. Costa
University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
J. Deutscher
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
D. Dimarogonas
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
W. Dixon
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
D. Dochain
Center for Systems Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
F. Dörfler
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Y. Ebihara
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
M. Enqvist
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
M. Farina
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
A. Ferrara
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
C. Fischione
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
E. Fridman
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
H. Gao
Harbin Institute of Technology, Haerbin, China
A. Garulli
University of Siena, Siena, Italy
S.S. Ge
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
F. Giri
University of Caen Normandy, Caen, France
M. Guay
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
V. Gupta
University of Notre Dame Department of Electrical Engineering, Indiana, Indiana, United States
C. Hadjicostis
University of Cyprus Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lefkosia, Cyprus
H. Haimovich
Franco Argentino International Centre for Information and Systems Sciences, Santa Fe, Argentina
J. Hendrickx
Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
T. Hu
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
H. Ito
Kyushu Institute of Technology Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Iizuka, Japan
A. Kojima
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
J. Komenda
Institute of Mathematics Czech Academy of Sciences Branch in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
X. Koutsoukos
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
C. Lagoa
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
J. Lam
University of Hong Kong Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Z. Lin
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
L. Menini
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
T. Meurer
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
P. Mhaskar
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
C. Natale
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy
B. Ninness
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Y. Oishi
Nanzan University Faculty of Sciences and Engineering Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering Department of Mechatronics, Seto, Japan
R. Ordonez
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States
G. Pannocchia
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
C. de Persis
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
G. Pillonetto
University of Padua, Padova, Italy
R. Postoyan
University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
C. Qian
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Z. Qu
University of Central Florida, Florida, United States
J. Raisch
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
W. Ren
University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
C. Rojas
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
S. Roy
Washington State University School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Pullman, Washington, United States
B.S. Rüffer
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
H. Sandberg
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
R. Sanfelice
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
A.V. Savkin
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
R. Scattolini
Polytechnic University of Milan, Milano, Italy
L. Schenato
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Research Institute for Hydro-Geological Protection, Padova, Italy
P. Shi
The University of Adelaide, Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Y. Shi
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
H. Shim
Seoul National University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
R. Sipahi
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R. Su
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
S. Sundaram
Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
M. Sznaier
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
X. Tan
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Y. Tan
The University of Melbourne, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
H. G. Tanner
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States
A. Tanwani
Toulouse 1 University Capitole, Toulouse, France
G. Tao
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
S. Tarbouriech
Laboratory for Systems Analysis and Architecture, Toulouse, France
A. Tayebi
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
K. Teo
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
V. Ugrinovskii
University of New South Wales ADFA School of Engineering and Information Technology, Canberra Bc, Australia
K.G. Vamvoudakis,
Georgia Tech Partnership, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
F. Vasca
University of Sannio, Italy
R. Vazquez
University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
A. Vicino
University of Siena, Siena, Italy
C. Wen
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
E. Weyer
The University of Melbourne Department of Management and Marketing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
A. Wills
The University of Newcastle School of Engineering, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
F. Wirth
University of Passau, Passau, Germany
X.-J. Xie
Qufu Normal University Institute of Automation, Qufu, China
S. Yuksel
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
J.I Yuz
Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Valparaiso, Chile
L. Zaccarian
Laboratory for Systems Analysis and Architecture, Toulouse, France
M.M. Zavlanos
University of Pennsylvania Hillel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
H. Zhang
Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Y. Zhao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
W.X. Zheng
Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
T. Zhou
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China