Andreas Tolk is a senior divisional staff member at The MITRE Corporation in Charlottesville, VA, and adjunct full professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He holds a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from the University of the Federal Armed Forces of Germany. His research interests include computational and epistemological foundations and constraints of model‐based solutions in computational sciences and their application in support of model‐based systems engineering, including the integration of simulation methods and tools into the systems engineering (SE) education and best practices. He published more than 250 peer‐reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers and edited 12 textbooks and compendia on SE and modeling and simulation topics. He is a fellow of the Society for Modeling (SCS) and Simulation and senior member of IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and received multiple awards, including professional distinguished contribution awards from SCS and ACM.
Contributors List
Hussein A. Abbass School of Engineering and Information Technology University of New South Wales Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Alliya Anderson Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Philip S. Barry George Mason University Fairfax, VA, USA
Marius Becherer University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, ACT, Australia
Jean Bogais University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Amy E. Bolton Office of Naval Research Arlington, VA, USA
Guy André Boy Centrale Supélec, Paris Saclay University Gif‐sur‐Yvette, France; ESTIA Institute of Technology, Bidart, France
Thien Bui‐Nguyen University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, ACT, Australia
A. Peter Campbell SMART Infrastructure Facility University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSWAustralia
Elizabeth Chang University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, ACT, Australia
Hugh David Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Birmingham, UK
Steve Doskey The MITRE Corporation McLean, VA, USA
Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik Defence Systems Engineering at the University of South Australia (UNISA) Adelaide, SA, Australia
Samuel F. Feng Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Florian Gottwalt University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, ACTAustralia
Stuart Green University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, ACT, Australia
Claudine Habak Emirates College for Advanced Education Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Holly A. H. Handley Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA, USA
Fabrizio Interlandi Etihad Aviation Training Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Victoria Jnitova School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Keith F. Joiner Capability Systems Center, School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Michael Joy IDEMIA National Security Solutions New York, NY, USA
Grace A. L. Kennedy SMART Infrastructure Facility University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Nelson King Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Pravir Malik First Order Technologies, LLCBerkeley, CA, USA
Angus L. M. T. McLean Collins Aerospace Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Michael Melkonian Emirates College for Advanced Education Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Kelly J. Neville The MITRE Corporation Orlando, FL, USA
Vladimir Parezanović Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Maria Natalia Russi‐Vigoya KBR, Houston, TX, USA
George Salazar Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston, TX, USA
Christian G. W. Schnedler CISSP®, CSEP®, PMP®, and PSP®; IDEMIA National Security Solutions, New York, NY, USA
William R. Scott SMART Infrastructure Facility University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia
Sarah M. Sherwood Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton Wright‐Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Farid Shirvani SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Andreas Tolk The MITRE Corporation, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Melissa M. Walwanis Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division Orlando, FL, USA
M. Lynn Woolsey Emirates College for Advanced Education Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Kate J. Yaxley School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Michael Zipperle University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Foreword
No one would question that we are today living in the age of connectivity. Global communications, global commerce, and global pandemics epitomize current affairs.
From a system of systems perspective rarely do we ever design and employ a system in isolation. Systems are developed and used in new and innovative ways as needs change, often working with other systems in ways not considered when the systems themselves were conceived. Complex supply chains integral to the modern economy include connections and dependencies that go beyond common understanding. With unknown billions of nodes in the Internet, connectivity between systems and people is a bedrock of contemporary society.
People are connected to their workplace, retailers, and their friends and family electronically. The majority of Americans possess “smart phones” that connect them into a growing network of cyber–physical systems – the Internet of Things – where they are part of a complex collaborative exchange with people and systems. People have moved beyond being “users” of systems to become an integral part of systems of systems both in the small and large sense. People no longer simply consume services of systems, but they and their actions are a core part of the dynamics of the larger system of systems. Their actions can affect the systems of systems in ways often not well understood, and changes in