Transactions on SMC: Systems

Scope

The scope of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems includes the field of systems engineering. It also includes issue formulation, analysis and modeling, decision making, and issue interpretation for any of the systems engineering lifecycle phases associated with the definition, development, and deployment of large systems. Other topics include systems management, systems engineering processes, and a variety of systems engineering methods such as optimization, modeling and simulation.

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans was renamed IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems on January 1, 2013.

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Editor-in-Chief

Huijun Gao

Editor-In-Chief
Harbin Institute of Technology
Research Institute of Intelligent Control and Systems
Harbin, 150001, China

Articles

12 November 2025
In bilateral teleoperation systems, achieving fast position synchronization while maintaining high-communication efficiency represents an essential control objective. This article proposes a simplified control scheme with a finite-time proportional damping (FTP+d) injection method and an event-driven communication mechanism to address the challenge of position synchronization in time-delayed telerobotic systems. The system...
11 November 2025
Full use of the complementary advantages of space platforms (SPs) for coordinated Earth observation is important in the aerospace field. A coordinated observation and data transmission scheduling problem of heterogeneous SPs, including agile Earth observation satellites (AEOSs), airships, and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), is studied. A coordinated Earth observation framework...
11 November 2025
Artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC), a rapidly advancing technology, is transforming content creation across domains, such as text, images, audio, and video. Its growing potential has attracted more and more researchers and investors to explore and expand its possibilities. This review traces AIGC’s evolution through four developmental milestones, ranging from early...
11 November 2025
For unknown continuous-time heterogeneous linear multiagent systems (MASs) under mixed denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, a novel reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm named hybrid iterative (HI) is proposed in this article to solve the secure output tracking problem based on a prescribed-time observer. Considering the scenario that MASs are subjected to mixed DoS...
11 November 2025
This article investigates the prescribed-time leader-following consensus problem for heterogeneous multiagent systems (MASs) with unknown sensor sensitivity. Considering a connected undirected topology, we introduce a time-varying dual observer/controller design framework that leverages both regular local and inaccurate feedback to achieve consensus tracking within a prescribed time. The proposed analytical framework...

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