Emergent Behavior in System of Systems Engineering: Real-World Applications

This book compiles real-world case studies on discovering, understanding and engineering emergent behaviors in a computational environment across multiple application domains such as wargaming, biology, IoT, disaster management and space architecting. All the application domains are described through an undercurrent of System of Systems (SoS) engineering in conjunction with theoretical foundations required for engineering a Modeling and Simulation SoS capable of displaying valid emergent behavior. An excellent read and state-of-the-art in M&S of emergent behavior in complex systems!
--Dr. Saurabh Mittal, Department Chief Scientist, The MITRE Corporation

This book is the of its kind to address real-world applications of the phenomenon of emergent behavior in real-world system of systems. It launches from the foundation of theory and basic understanding of the subject of emergent behavior as found in system of systems applications. It includes real-world examples where emergent behavior is manifested.

Each chapter addresses the following major points, which are exploratory in nature: the physical results of the presence of emergent behavior; the implications for the existence of emergent behavior; the manifestation of emergent behavior; and methods to either control emergent behavior assuming its effects are negative in nature, or capitalize on emergent behavior given its effects are positive in nature.

這本書匯集了在計算環境中發現、理解和設計新興行為的真實案例，涵蓋了多個應用領域，如戰爭遊戲、生物學、物聯網、災害管理和太空建築。所有應用領域都以系統工程的基礎為背景，並結合了建立模型和模擬系統的理論基礎，以展示有效的新興行為。這本書是關於複雜系統中新興行為的建模和模擬的最新研究成果，是一本值得一讀的優秀著作！
-- Dr. Saurabh Mittal, The MITRE Corporation的首席科學家

這本書是第一本針對現實世界中系統的系統中新興行為現象的應用的書籍。它以系統的系統應用中新興行為的理論和基本理解為基礎，並包含了新興行為表現的現實世界例子。

每一章都探討以下主要點，具有探索性質：新興行為存在的物理結果；新興行為存在的影響；新興行為的表現方式；以及控制新興行為（假設其效果為負面）或利用新興行為（假設其效果為正面）的方法。

Larry B. Rainey is a retired U.S. Air Force Research and Development Officer. Following his retirement from the Air Force he went to work for The Aerospace Corporation and various Department of Defense contractors. He has taught Spacecraft Design at the Air Force Institute of Technology, the graduate school of the Air Force and has taught modeling and simulation courses at Colorado Technical University and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Thomas O. Holland is a Principal Research Engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Information and Controls Laboratory. Prior to joining GTRI Dr. Holland was the senior strategist for modeling and simulation at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, Chief Engineer for the Marine Corps Framework for Assessing Cost and Technology, and member of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development, and Acquisition Modeling & Simulation Leadership Council.

Larry B. Rainey是一位退役的美國空軍研究與開發官員。退役後，他加入了The Aerospace Corporation和各種國防承包商。他曾在空軍技術學院、空軍研究生院教授太空船設計，並在科羅拉多技術大學和科羅拉多斯普林斯大學教授建模和模擬課程。

Thomas O. Holland是喬治亞理工學院(Georgia Tech)研究所(GTRI)信息與控制實驗室的首席研究工程師。在加入GTRI之前，Holland博士曾擔任達爾格倫弗吉尼亞州海軍表面戰爭中心建模和模擬的高級策略師，美國海軍助理部長研究、開發和採購建模與模擬領導委員會的成員，以及美國海軍陸戰隊評估成本和技術框架的首席工程師。