Sliding-Mode, Variable-Structure and Discontinuous Control Systems

Editorial.- Part I: Sliding-Mode and Discontinuous Control Theory.- Robust Exact Fixed-Time Differentiators with Filtering Capabilities.- Low-Cost Predefined-Time Convergent Super-Twisting Algorithm Control Design.- Boundary Sliding-Mode Control of a Diffusion Process under Sampling and Hold: Chattering Analysis.- An Approach to Sliding-Mode Control of Linear Systems with Periodic Coefficients.- Design of Neural-Network-Based Sliding-Mode Control and Observation: An Overview.- Output Feedback Control of Second-Order systems via Lipschitz Continuous Sliding Modes.- Adaptive Stabilization of Third-Order MIMO Systems with Uncertain Control Direction.- Bl-Homogeneous Observer for Differentially Uniformly Observable LTV Systems with a Single Output.- High-Gain Functional Observer Based Output-Feedback Sliding-Mode Control with Chattering Alleviation.- Sliding-Mode Control for Systems with Stochastic Communication Delays.- An Interconnected Discrete-Time Cascaded Semi-Implicit Differentiation.- Part II: Applications of Variable-Structure, Discontinuous and Sliding-Mode Control.- Experimental Benchmarking of Energy-Saving Sub-Optimal Sliding-Mode Control.- Experimental Comparison of Sliding-Mode Control Dedicated Discretization Approaches.- Application of Discretized Super-Twisting Control to Magnetic Resonance Imaging Patient Positioning Systems.- Singular Perturbation Strategy Based on Super-Twisting Control: Application to an EV powered by FC-SC.- PID Tuning Using Neural Network Classification of Self-Excited Oscillations.- Higher-/Second-Order Sliding-Mode Control in Nonminimum Phase Systems Using Generalized Relative Degree: Aerospace Application.- Robust Control Strategies for Floating Wind Turbines: Preliminary Experimental Results.- Propulsion-Only Control for High-Altitude Long-Endurance Aircraft Using Sliding-Mode.- Adaptive Neural Network-Based Higher-Order Sliding-Mode Control for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.- Model-Free Sliding-Mode Control for Hydraulic Actuators under High Load.- Adaptive Sliding-Mode Control for Tower Crane System with Boundary Layer Function..- Final Set Adjustment Using Barrier Function Adaptation of Signed-Power Controllers: An Experimental Study.- Stabilization of the Cart Pendulum Using a Homogeneous Controller.- Optimal Design of a Variable-Structure PD Controller for a Satellite Attitude Control.