Skip to main content
Elsevier

System of Systems Engineering

Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

  • 1st Edition - December 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Bedir Tekinerdogan, Khalil Drira
  • Language: English

System of Systems Engineering: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions focuses on the many aspects of System of Systems Engineering. Part I, Foundations of System of System… Read more

Description

System of Systems Engineering: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions focuses on the many aspects of System of Systems Engineering. Part I, Foundations of System of Systems Engineering, introduces the field, characterizes and classifies SoS, and discusses key concepts. Part II, Governance and Management of SoSE, covers strategic governance, policy and regulatory frameworks, and leadership and decision-making in SoSE projects. Part III, Methodologies and Tools, explores systems thinking and modeling approaches, lifecycle management, and interoperability and integration strategies. Part IV, AI and System of Systems Engineering, delves into leveraging AI for enhanced decision-making, machine learning applications, AI-driven automation and control, and ethical considerations.

Finally, Part V, Case Studies and Emerging Challenges, presents real-world applications in defense and aerospace, smart cities, healthcare, environmental and energy systems, and discusses future directions and research opportunities. This book offers significant benefits to graduate students, researchers, and professionals in software engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, defense, telecommunications, and other fields where SoSE is relevant.

Key features

  • Addresses governance, management, and methodological challenges in SoSE
  • Explores AI applications and ethical considerations in complex systems
  • Provides real-world case studies across multiple industries
  • Presents content that is suitable for advanced courses and professional development in SoSE

Readership

Graduate students, researchers, and professionals in software engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, defense, telecommunications, and other fields where system of systems engineering is relevant.

Table of contents

1. Introduction to System of Systems Engineering

2. Characterization and Classification of SoS

3. Key Concepts for System of Systems Engineering

4. Strategic Governance in System of Systems Engineering

5. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for SoSE

6. Leadership and Decision-Making in SoSE Projects

7. Systems Thinking and Modeling Approaches for SoSE

8. Lifecycle Management in System of Systems

9. Interoperability and Integration Strategies

10. Leveraging AI for Enhanced Decision-Making in System of Systems

11. Machine Learning Applications in System of Systems

12. AI-Driven Automation and Control in Complex Systems

13. Ethical Considerations and Challenges of AI in System of Systems

14. SoSE in Defense and Aerospace

15. SoSE in Smart Cities

16. Healthcare System of Systems

17. SoSE in Environmental and Energy Systems

18. Future Directions and Research Opportunities

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

BT

Bedir Tekinerdogan

Dr. Bedir Tekinerdogan is a full professor and chair of the Information Technology group at Wageningen University in The Netherlands. He received his MSc degree (1994) and a PhD degree (2000) in Computer Science, both from the University of Twente, The Netherlands. From 2003 until 2008 he was a faculty member at University of Twente, after which he joined Bilkent University until 2015. He has more than 20 years of experience in software engineering research and education. His main research includes the engineering of smart software-intensive systems. In particular, he has focused on and is interested in software architecture design, software product line engineering, model-driven development, parallel computing, cloud computing and system of systems engineering. He has been active in dozens of national and international research and consultancy projects with various large software companies whereby he has worked as a principal researcher and leading software/system architect. He has developed and taught more than 15 different academic software engineering courses and has provided software engineering courses to more than 50 companies in The Netherlands, Germany and Turkey.
Affiliations and expertise
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

KD

Khalil Drira

Khalil Drira received Engineering and M.S. (DEA) degrees in Computer Science from ENSEEIHT (INP Toulouse), in 1988. He obtained Ph.D. and HDR degrees in Computer Science from the University Paul Sabatier Toulouse, in October 1992, and January 2005 respectively. From October 1992 to September 2010, he was Chargé de Recherche and, since October 2010, Directeur de Recherche, a full-time research position at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Khalil Drira’s research interests include formal design, implementation, testing and provisioning of distributed communicating systems and cooperative networked services. His research activity addresses different topics in this field focusing on model-based analysis and design of correctness properties including testability, robustness, adaptability and reconfiguration. He is or has been involved in several national and international projects in the field of distributed and concurrent communicating systems.

Affiliations and expertise
Research Director, LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France