DocumentCode :
1101755
Title :
The Future of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Application Domains and Research Methods
Author :
Hipel, Keith W. ; Jamshidi, Mo M. ; Tien, James M. ; White, Chelsea C., III
Author_Institution :
Waterloo Univ., Waterloo
Volume :
37
Issue :
5
fYear :
2007
Firstpage :
726
Lastpage :
743
Abstract :
Several important application areas that will dominate systems, man, and cybernetic (SMC) efforts for at least the next decade, together with the methods that will require further research and development in order to appropriately address these application domains, are considered herein. More specifically, four broad and pervasive system domains are examined: service systems, infrastructure and transportation systems, environmental and energy systems, and defense and space systems. Given the nature of these four application domains, a number of new systems [i.e., holistic-oriented, including system-of-systems (SoS)], man (i.e., decision-oriented, including decision informatics), and cybernetic (i.e., adaptive-oriented, including real-time control) methods are identified and their further development are discussed. Clearly, the IEEE Society on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics has a great future; its systems, man, and cybernetic methods are relevant for addressing challenging problems arising in system domains that are becoming dominant in this 21st century. However, the methods must be refined and expanded to meet the changing needs of the 21st century; from a system to a system-of-systems vision, from a disciplinary to a multidisciplinary outlook, from a mass production to a mass customization focus, from a steady state to a real-time perspective, and from an optimal to an adaptive approach.
Keywords :
cybernetics; decision theory; defence industry; environmental management; transportation; cybernetics; decision informatics; defense and space system; energy systems; environmental system; infrastructure system; pervasive system; service systems; transportation system; Control systems; Informatics; Machine vision; Real time systems; Refining; Research and development; Sliding mode control; Societies; Systems, man, and cybernetics; Transportation; Cybernetics; decision informatics; defense systems; energy systems; environmental systems; infrastructure systems; real-time control; service systems; space systems; system-of-systems (SoS); transportation systems;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1094-6977
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TSMCC.2007.900671
Filename :
4292249
Link To Document :
بازگشت