Current research interests
Fractional-order controllers, non-integer-order controllers, fractional-order PID controllers
Factional-order systems, fractional dynamics, fractional-order modeling
Automotive: modeling and control of common-rail injection systems in automotive engines (Diesel, gas, etc.)
Mechatronics: modeling of fuel flow dynamics in advanced electro-injectors
Fault detection and identification
Control of electrical drives
Machine learning applications in agriculture and food industry
Critical systems: collective motion, crowd evacuation in standard/emergency conditions
Modeling, simulation, and control of multi-modal maritime container terminal systems
Industrial automation, automated manufacturing systems, industry 4.0
Modeling, scheduling and control of multimedia streaming in wireless UMTS and LTE networks
Past research topics and interests
Soft computing and multi-agent systems
Discrete-event systems
Petri nets
Digraph-theoretic tools
Object-oriented approach to modeling and control
Flexible manufacturing systems
Some applications
Automotive engines (hybrid, diesel, compressed natural gas)
Analysis of spreading of Xylella Fastidiosa disease on olive trees
Oil analysis and classification
Faults detection and predictive maintenance in electrical drives
Modeling, simulation, and control of flexible and automated manufacturing systems (also with automatically guided vehicles and robots)
Multi-modal maritime container terminal systems