Contemporary Issues in Systems Science and Engineering (IEEE Press Series on Systems Science and Engineering) - Hardcover

Zhou, MengChu; Li, Han-Xiong; Weijnen, Margot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118271866 ISBN 13: 9781118271865

Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2015

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of all important areas in systems science and engineering and poses the issues and challenges in these areas in order to deal with ever-increasingly complex systems and newly emergent applications. The topics range from discrete event systems, distributed intelligent systems, grey systems, and enterprise information systems to conflict resolution, robotics and intelligent sensing, smart grids, and system of systems approaches. Individual chapters are written by leading experts in the field.

Additional features include:

• Presents multiple systems science and engineering topics in-depth
• Each section includes detailed problems, technical issues, and solution methodologies, illustrated with a series of significant examples
• Discusses important ideas for future research

This volume can be viewed as a handbook in this important field, as well as an important reference book for researchers and practicing engineers.

From the Inside Flap

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of all important areas in systems science and engineering and poses the issues and challenges in these areas in order to deal with ever-increasingly complex systems and newly emergent applications. The topics range from discrete event systems, distributed intelligent systems, grey systems, and enterprise information systems to conflict resolution, robotics and intelligent sensing, smart grids, and system of systems approaches. Individual chapters are written by leading experts in the field.

Additional features include:

• Presents multiple systems science and engineering topics in-depth
• Each section includes detailed problems, technical issues, and solution methodologies, illustrated with a series of significant examples
• Discusses important ideas for future research

This volume can be viewed as a handbook in this important field, as well as an important reference book for researchers and practicing engineers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118271866
• ISBN 13: 9781118271865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 896