Guest Editorial: Special issue on industrial applications of distributed intelligent systems

This special issue - organized by the IEEE SMC TC on Distributed Intelligent Systems - targets recent research results, trends, and practical developments of distributed intelligent systems that accomplish advanced tasks in the industrial areas of manufacturing, power and energy, and logistics. Five high-quality contributions to this special issue have been selected in a strict peer review process supported by reputed international experts. Three submissions focus mainly on technical aspects related to the design, development and validation process of distributed, intelligent automation systems, whereas the other two papers treat application-related topics.