Controllers Flexible structures Active vibration controls Conventional methods Derivative controllers Flexible plate structures Mean square error Particle swarm optimization (PSO) Plates (structural components) System identification techniques TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Vibration control Vibrations (mechanical) particle swarm optimization system identification Active vibration control Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) Ant colony optimization Artificial bee colonies Artificial bee colony algorithms Bioluminescence Controller parameter Correlation tests Cuckoo search algorithm Cuckoo search algorithms Damping Data acquisition Energy utilization Existing controllers Experimental reactors