Contemporary Issues in Systems Science and Engineering

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.

MengChu Zhou is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. He is an Associate Editor of several IEEE Transactions, 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 a founding fellow of ISEAM and European editor of the Journal of Critical Infrastructures.

Preface

Part 1. Systems Science and Engineering Methodologies

1. A Systems Framework for Sustainability
A. G. Hessami, F. Hsu, and H. Jahankhani

2. System of Systems Thinking in Policy Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Keith W. Hipel, Liping Fang, and Michele Bristow

3. Systemic Yoyos: An Intuition and Playground for General Systems Research
Yi Lin, Yi Dongyun, and Zaiwu Gong

4. Grey system: Thinking, Methods, and Models with Applications
Sifeng Liu, Jeffrey Y.L. Forrest, and Yingjie Yang

5. Building Resilience: Naval Expeditionary Command and Control
Christopher Nemeth, Thomas Miller, Michael Polidoro, and C. Matthew O Connor

Part 2. Learning and Control

6. Some Advances and Challenges on Intelligent Learning in Control Systems
Ching–Chih Tsai, Kao–Shing, Alan Liu, and Chia–Feng Juang

7. Adaptive Classifiers for Nonstationary Environments
Cesare Alippi, Giacomo Boracchi, Manuel Roveri, Gregory Ditzler, and Robi Polikar

8. Modeling, Analysis, Scheduling, and Control of Cluster Tools in Semiconductor Fabrication
NaiQi Wu, MengChu Zhou, Feng Chu, and Said Mammar

9. Design, Simulation and Dynamic Control of Large Scale Manufacturing Process with Different Forms of Uncertainties
Hyunsoo Lee and Amarnath Banerjee

10. Model Identification and Synthesis of Discrete–Event Systems
Maria Paola Cabasino, Carla Seatzu, Philippe Darondeau, Inria Rennes–Bretagne, and Maria Pia Fanti

Part 3. Human–Machine System Design

11. Advances and Challenges in Intelligent Adaptive Interface Design
Ming Hou, Haibin Zhu, G. Robert Arrabito, and MengChu Zhou

12. A Complex Adaptive System of Systems Approach to Adaptive Autonomy in Human–Automation Interaction
A. Fereidunian, H. Lesani, M.A. Zamani, M.A. Sharifi–Kolarijani, N. Hassanpour, and S. Sharif Mansouri

13. Virtual Training for Procedural Skills Development:  Case Studies and Lessons Learnt
Dawei Jia, Asim Bhatti, and Saeid Nahavandi

14. Computer Supported Collaborative Design: Technologies, Systems, and Applications
Weiming Shen, Jean–Paul Barthès, and Junzhou Luo

15. Supporting Collaboration with Roles
Haibin Zhu, MengChu Zhou, and Ming Hou

Part 4. cloud and Service–oriented Computing

16. Control–based Approaches to Dynamic Resource Management in Cloud Computing
PengCheng Xiong, Calton Pu, Zhikui Wang, and Gueyoung Jung

17. A Petri Net Solution to Protocol Level Mismatches in Service Composition
PengCheng Xiong, MengChu Zhou, Calton Pu, Yushun Fan

18. Service Oriented Workflow Systems
Wei Tan and MengChu Zhou

Part 5. Sensing, Networking and Optimization in Robotics and Manufacturing

19. Rehabilitation Robotic Prostheses for Upper Extremity
Han–Pang Huang, Yi–Hung Liu, Wei–Chen Lee, Jiun–Yih Kuan, and Tzu–Hao Huang

20. Accelerometer–based Body Sensor Network for Medical Diagnosis Assessment and Training
Ming–Yih Lee, Kin Fong Lei, Wen–Yen Lin, Wann–Yun Shieh, Wen–Wei Tsai, and Simon H. Fu

21. Telepresence Robots for Medical and Homecare Applications
Jun–Ming Lu and Yeh–Liang Hsu

22. Advances in Climbing Robots
Jizhong Xiao and Hongguang Wang

23. Data Processing in Current 3D Robotic Perception Systems
Cang Ye

24. Hybrid/electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing: the State–of–the–Art
Claudia P. Arenas–Guerrero, Feng Ju, Jingshan Li, Guoxian Xiao, and Stephan Biller

25. Recent Advances and Issues in Facility Location Problems
Feng Chu, Zhanguo Zhu, and Said Mammar

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.