Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies convert conventional
engineered systems into autonomous systems that are capable of performing tasks in their …

The sooner disruptive emergent behaviors are detected, the sooner preventive measures
can be taken to ensure the resilience of business processes execution. Therefore …

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is currently foreseen as a foundation to implement the
Industry 4.0 vision. However, device heterogeneity and the need of integration and …

Systems integration is a central element of the complex systems development effort. The
integration readiness levels (IRL) scale complements technology readiness levels (TRL) to …

Cyber-physical Systems of Systems (SoSs) are large-scale systems made of independent
and autonomous cyber-physical Constituent Systems (CSs) which may interoperate to …

Functional dependencies in complex technical infrastructures can cause unexpected
cascades of failures. Given the complexity and continuous evolution in time of the …

A System-of-Systems (SoS) is an integration of a finite number of Constituent Systems (CSs),
which are networked together for achieving a certain higher goal. Therefore, integration is …

The papers in this special section focus on military and government systems applications.
Organizations in this sectors seek to stay on the leading edge of warfare, communications …

An automated means to identify behavior patterns would enable system developers to gain
the benefit of past results in current and future system design. Analysis of decision patterns …

Systems-of-Systems (SoS) architectures are inherently dynamic; hence, they must support
continuous modification in the behaviour and configuration of these systems at runtime as a …