Advances in Fractional Calculus

Analytical and Numerical Techniques.- Three Classes of FDEs Amenable to Approximation Using a Galerkin Technique.- Enumeration of the Real Zeros of the Mittag-Leffler Function E?(z), 1Operators on Field Programmable Gate Arrays.- Complex Order-Distributions Using Conjugated order Differintegrals.- Viscoelastic and Disordered Media.- Fractional Derivative Consideration on Nonlinear Viscoelastic Statical and Dynamical Behavior under Large Pre-Displacement.- Quasi-Fractals: New Possibilities in Description of Disordered Media.- Fractional Damping: Stochastic Origin and Finite Approximations.- Analytical Modelling and Experimental Identification of Viscoelastic Mechanical Systems.- Control.- LMI Characterization of Fractional Systems Stability.- Active Wave Control for Flexible Structures Using Fractional Calculus.- Fractional-order Control of a Flexible Manipulator.- Tuning Rules for Fractional PIDs.- Frequency Band-Limited Fractional Differentiator Prefilter in Path Tracking Design.- Flatness Control of a Fractional Thermal System.- Robustness Comparison of Smith Predictor-based Control and Fractional-Order Control.- Robust Design of an Anti-windup Compensated 3rd-Generation Crone Controller.- Robustness of Fractional-order Boundary Control of Time Fractional Wave Equations with Delayed Boundary Measurement Using the Simple Predictor.