Contemporary Issues in Systems Science and Engineering

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-27186-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 896 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1481 g

Reihe: IEEE Series on Systems Science and Engineering

Various systems science and engineering disciplines are covered and challenging new research issues in these disciplines are revealed. They will be extremely valuable for the readers to search for some new research directions and problems.

- Chapters are contributed by world-renowned systems engineers
- Chapters include discussions and conclusions
- Readers can grasp each event holistically without having professional expertise in the field

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhou, Mengchu

Li, Han-Xiong

Weijnen, Margot

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Kybernetik, Systemtheorie, Komplexe Systeme
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Systems Engineering
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik Regelungstechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Interdisziplinär Systemtheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors xxiii

Preface xxix

I Systems Science are Engineering Methodologies 1

1 A Systems Framework For Sustainability 3
Ali G. Hessami, Feng Hsu, are Hamid Jahankhani

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 A Unified Systems Sustainability Concept 5

1.3 Sustainability Assurance: the Framework 6

1.3.1 Weighted Factors Analysis 6

1.3.2 the Framework 7

1.3.3 the Macro Concept of a Sustainable Architecture (G4.1) 10

1.3.4 the Micro Concept of a Sustainable System 11

1.3.5 A Top-Down Hierarchy of a Multi-Level Sustainability Concept 12

1.4 Technological Sustainability Case Study—Information Systems Security 13

1.4.1 Network Security as a Business Issue 14

1.4.2 the Focus of Investment on Network Security 15

1.5 Conclusions 17

References 18

2 System of Systems Thinking In Policy Development: Challenges are Opportunities 21
Keith W. Hipel, Liping Fang, are Michele Bristow

2.1 Introduction 21

2.1.1 A World in Crisis 21

2.1.2 System of Systems 23

2.2 Value Systems are Ethics 26

2.2.1 Conflicting Value Systems 27

2.2.2 Modeling Value Systems 28

2.3 Complex Adaptive Systems 32

2.3.1 Emergent Behavior 32

2.3.2 Modeling Complex Systems 34

2.4 Risk, Uncertainty, are Unpredictability 37

2.4.1 Risk Management 37

2.4.2 Modeling Risk are Adaptation Processes 40

2.5 System of Systems Modeling are Policy Development 42

2.5.1 Global Food System Model 43

2.5.2 Policy Implications 51

2.6 Conclusions 58

References 59

3 Systemic Yoyos: An Intuition are Playground For General Systems Research 71
Yi Lin, Yi Dongyun, are Zaiwu Gong

3.1 Introduction 71

3.1.1 the Concept of General Systems 72

3.1.2 A Look at the Success of Calculus-Based Theories 75

3.1.3 Whole Evolution are Yoyo Fields 78

3.2 Theoretical are Empirical Justi

Über Autor(innen)

MengChu Zhou is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, and is a fellow of IEEE, IFAC, and AAAS.

Han-Xiong Li is a Professor in the Department of Systems Science and Engineering and Engineering Management at the City University of Hong Kong, HK. Dr. Li Serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Margot Weijnen is a full Professor of Process and Energy Systems Engineering at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. She is the founding and Scientific Director of Next Generation Infrastructures and, since 2013, a member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. She is a founding fellow of ISEAM and European editor of the Journal of Critical Infrastructures.