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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission was not yet published, neither is submitted to another journal
  • The abstract no longer than 20 lines is provided
  • The keywords (typically: 4-8) are provided
  • The submission is in the LaTeX, OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF format
  • The text follows the instructions for authors

Author Guidelines

Computer file of the manuscript must be submitted by this system, no further submissions by email will be accepted. Preferred text processors are TeX or LaTeX, however Word and other processors are also acceptable. A source file of any format must always be associated by a pdf version of the manuscritp.

Manuscripts should be typewritten one-and-half-spaced on  a standard size (A4) paper. Left and right side margins should be approximately 3cm (1.2'') wide. Each page should contain approximately 30 lines of 60 characters each. The manuscript including figures and tables should include them as the author(s) intend them to appear. 

A separate signed letter summarizing the main contribution of the paper should be enclosed. 

First page should include the title of the paper, first name(s) and surname(s) of the Author(s), and a short summary (abstract), not longer than 20 lines.

Keywords of max. 5 - 7 items should be included in manuscript.

Numeration. All chapters, including the introduction, should be numbered in arabic numerals. Equations, tables and figures as well as theorems, corollaries, examples etc., should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper in arabic numerals, except in appendices. Appendices should be numbered with capital letters, and numeration should be closed within individual appendices.

If the manuscript is not prepared with TeX, mathematical expressions should be carefully written so as not to arouse confusion. Care should be taken that subscripts and superscripts are easily readable.

Tables and figures should be placed as desired by the Author within the text or on separate sheets with their suggested location indicated by the number of table or figure in the text solar powered toys. Figures, graphs and pictures (referred to as Fig. in the manuscript) should be numbered at the beginning of their caption following the figure. All figures should be prepared as PostScript EPS files or LaTeX picture files; in special cases, bitmaps of figure are also acceptable. The numbers and titles of tables should be placed above the main body of each table.

Figures: The proper abbreviations for figures referred to in the body text are Fig. and
Figs.—i.e., Fig. 1, Figs. 1 and 2, etc. Never begin a sentence with a figure abbreviation. Instead, spell figure in full—i.e., Figure 1.

Tables: Never abbreviate the word table when referring to a table in the body text—i.e.,
Table 1, Table 2, etc.

References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. They should be numbered in ascending order and the numbers should be inserted in square brackets. References should be organized as follows. First initial(s), surname(s) of the author(s) and title of article or book. Then, for papers: title of periodical or collective work, volume number (year of issue), issue number, and numbers of the first and the last page; for books: publisher's name(s), place and year of issue. Add a DOI link in case the publication has one. Example:

[1] F. Conte, V. Cusimano and A. Germani: A separation theorem for a class of MIMO discrete-time nonlinear systems. 2012 IEEE 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), (2012). DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2012.6426715

[2] R.E. Kalman: Mathematical description of linear dynamical system. SIAM J. Control. 1(2), (1963), 152-192.

[3] F.C. Shweppe: Uncertain Dynamic Systems. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 1970.

Please, give full titles of journals; only common words like Journal, Proceedings, Conference, etc. may be abbreviated ( to J., Proc., Conf., ... respectively). References to publications in the body of the manuscript should be indicated by the numbers of the adequate references in square brackets. When the paper is set in TeX the preferable form of preparing references is Bib TeX bib database.

Footnotes should be placed in the manuscript, beginning with "Received..." (date to be filled in by Editor), the author's institutional affiliation and acknowledgement of financial support, and continuing with numbered references. The number of footnotes should be held to a minimum.

List of symbols containing definitions of all symbols used, enclosed to the manuscript on a separate sheet, is required when the paper is not set in TeX and welcome in other cases.

Submission of a paper implies the Author's irrevocable and exclusive authorization of the publisher to collect any sums or considerations for copying or reproduction payable by third parties.

Control theory

The Control Theory section welcomes original research papers devoted to all aspects of control theory.
This includes both linear and nonlinear control systems described by ordinary or partial differential equations, fractional order systems, continuous- and discrete-time systems, descriptor systems, hybrid systems, mechanical control systems etc. Papers devoted to optimal control are also within this section as well as papers devoted to control-theoretic problems like controllability, stabilizability, classification of control systems, observability and observers.

Submit here if your manuscript is best described by the following keywords: linear control system, nonlinear control system, optimal control, controllability, stabilizability, observers

Robotics

The Robotics section of Archives of Control Sciences welcomes papers devoted to various aspects of control of robotic systems, i.e. robots or systems containing robots. This includes, but is not limited to, unmanned vehicles, perception of the environment, task and motion planning, robot control, robot control software, robot and environment modelling, application of robots, utilisation of diverse AI techniques in the control of robots, robotic ontologies.

Submit here, if your manuscript is best described by the following keywords: robot control, robot perception, robot task and motion planning, robot programming, robot manipulation and grasping,  applications of robots, swarm robotics, multi-robot systems, applications of AI in robotics, human-robot cooperation, bio-inspired robots.

Modeling and analysis

The Modeling and Analysis section aims to publish original research papers and communicats covering use of various mathematical tools to describe of processes and phenomena from area of physics, biology, medicine and social sciences with application to modeling, control, simulation and fault detection. Digital implementation, identification and validation of models are also within the scope of this section. If Your submission is best described with the keywords given beneath, submit it to the section „Modeling and Analysis” .

Submit here, if your manuscript is best described by the following keywords: dynamical system, mathematical model, state equation, transfer function, digital shadow, digital twin, model based control, model identification, model validation.

AI and data processing

The Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing section of Archives of Control Sciences welcomes papers focusing on the application of artificial intelligence and data processing technologies, especially machine learning and deep learning in modelling, optimization, control, and monitoring of complex systems and processes; fault diagnosis and identification; signal processing; robust and secure robotic systems; Internet of Things (IoT); decision-support and expert systems, industrial control systems (ICS) and OT network security. Related areas covered include expert and decision-support systems, large language models (LLMs) in control and decision-making, information technology, parallel and distributed computation, financial engineering, business informatics, and related fields.

Submit here if your manuscript is best described by the following keywords: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, data processing, decision support systems, industrial control systems cybersecurity, robotics systems security.

Control Systems Applications

The Control Systems Applications section focuses on original research papers and short communications presenting the practical use of control theory in real-world systems and engineering solutions. The section covers the development, implementation, and evaluation of control algorithms in industrial processes,  transport systems, energy systems, autonomous and cyber‑physical systems. Topics include real-time control, embedded and distributed control architectures, system monitoring and supervision, optimization in control applications, and the integration of modern sensing, communication, and actuation technologies into operational control systems.
Submit here if your manuscript is best described by the following keywords: control algorithms, control applications, industrial automation, cyber‑physical systems, real-time control, embedded control, supervisory control, process control, autonomous systems.

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