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This special issue is a selected collection of papers submitted to the First International Conference on Signals, Machines and Automation (SIGMA-2018), February 23–25, 2018, New Delhi, India. These papers have been reviewed and accepted for presentation at the conference and for publication in the Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems (JIFS). In this special issue there are 49 papers covering a wide range of topics in the area of intelligent systems and their application in various domains. The International Conference SIGMA-2018 aims to provide a common platform to the researchers in related fields to explore and discuss various aspects of artificial intelligence applications and advances in soft computing techniques. The Conference will provide excellent opportunities for the presentation of interesting new research results and discussion about them, leading to knowledge transfer and the generation of new ideas.

Among the 49 papers in this special issue, there are twelve papers addressing the applications of intelligent tools and techniques in the operation and control of power systems. In [1], the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is used for mitigating contingencies by means of reconfiguration in an electrical distribution network. The results are validated on the IEEE 30-bus system and show that the algorithm is able to better reduce real power losses