Context Today, we are facing the growing development of distributed systems which their
vast scale has challenged their centralized management. Therefore, many researchers …

Emergence and causality are two fundamental concepts for understanding complex
systems. They are interconnected. On one hand, emergence refers to the phenomenon …

This book represents a certain amount of work in its compilation; however, for us, it was a
most challenging pleasure, not a chore. We are indebted to many for their guidance …

At present, the corporate governance structure of domestic enterprises is not sound, which
directly affects the development of enterprise technological innovation. This study mainly …

Emergence, a global property of complex adaptive systems (CASs) constituted by interactive
agents, is prevalent in real-world dynamic systems, eg, network-level traffic congestions …

Self-organizing and self-adaptation are known as two necessary means for reducing costs
and efforts required for the maintenance of complex software systems. In strong self …

The field of Game Theory provides a useful mechanism for modeling many decision-making
scenarios. In participating in these scenarios individuals and groups adopt particular …

Current industrial trends require flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems, with
Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) playing a crucial role. However, the increased …

Chapter 7 describes the engagement. It is divided into two parts. The first part describes the
strategy for winning the conflict: education, information access, communications, and …

In many areas of our lives, we find technical devices that are able to autonomously make
decisions and adapt their behaviour to changing conditions without the intervention of a …