Conventional methods Mean square error system identification Active vibration controls Controllers Conventional algorithms Flexible plate structures Flexible structures Plates (structural components) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Vibration control evolutionary swarm algorithm Bio-inspired optimizations Bioluminescence Biomimetics Controller development Controller parameter Correlation tests Damping Data acquisition Derivative controllers Dynamic system modeling Evolutionary algorithms Existing controllers Experimental reactors Firefly algorithms Flexible manipulators Flexible structure Flower pollination algorithm Heuristic methods