The book is first of its kind to address real world applications of the phenomenon of emergent behavior in real world system of systems. This text 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 for the presence of emergent behavior; the implication(s) for the existence of the presence of emergent behavior; manifestation of emergent behavior; ways to either control emergent behavior assuming its effects are negative in nature or to capitalize on emergent behavior given its effects are positive in nature.
"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
Preface
Section I : Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1 : Introduction and Overview for Emergent Behavior in System of Systems : Real World Applications
Chapter 2 : An Overview of System of Systems and Associated Emergent Behavior
Chapter 3 : Exposing and Controlling Emergent Behaviors Using Models with Human Reasoning
Section II : Practical Applications
Chapter 4 : Future War at Sea : The U.S. Navy, Autonomous Vessels and Emergent Behaviors
Chapter 5 : Applications of Defense-in-Depth and Zero-Trust Cryptographic Products in Emergent Cybersecurity Environments
Chapter 6 : Emergence in Wargaming : Extracting Operational Insight from a Dynamic Game Field
Chapter 7 : DEVS-Based Modeling and Simulation to Reveal Emergent Behaviors of IoT Devices
Chapter 8 : Analyzing Emergence in Biological Neural Networks Using Graph Signal Processing
Chapter 9 : Deep Horizon Emergent Behavior in a System of Systems Disaster
Chapter 10 : Emergent Behavior in Space Architecting and Operations
Section III : Summary
Chapter 11 : Text Lessons Learned and the Proposed Way-Ahead
Index
