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Intelligent Systems Design: Editorial

With the introduction of this new section in the journal, it is appropriate for me to introduce myself as the new area editor of Intelligent Systems Design for the International Journal of General Systems. It will be an honor for me to work with Professor George J Klir in my new capacity, and bring the latest discoveries in this exciting area to the research community. This section will heavily depend, in part, on the researchers interested in intelligent systems design who have contributed to the International Journal of Smart Systems (IJSESD) Design since 1997. The merger of IJSESD, under the umbrella of this journal, will strengthen the visibility of intelligent systems research and will also provide an opportunity for new researchers to get involved in developing intelligent systems architecting and engineering tools to meet the design and operation challenges of the family of systems (FOS), and systems of systems (SOS), of this century. As technological systems grow, they become more complex. This necessitates additional integration of a system’s components into a well-structured entity that can function effectively to achieve the overall system goal. We are increasingly becoming a networked society. This is true in industry, individuals, and all forms of government. Society is growing increasingly dependant on these networks. These new engineering systems are generally described as Mega Systems. It is possible to combine these systems and make them trans-national; it thus provides an opportunity to respond to the dynamically changing needs imposed by global events. Consequently, this creates a need for Systems Architectures that will be in effect for the duration of the event, possibly necessitating the need to develop a new Systems Architecture for the next mission or event. This fact is important, as it complicates the systems architecting activities. Hence, architecture becomes a dominating but confusing concept in capability development. There is a need for an architecture representation standard to provide a common communication language in Systems Architecting for the design and operation of these systems. Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), which has been recently released, will impact the engineering of these new systems both in the defense and commercial sectors. These systems are generally referred as a (SoS), being a set or arrangement of interdependent systems that are related or connected to provide a given capability. The loss of any part of the system will degrade the performance or the capabilities of the whole. They need to evolve in time to accommodate changes in requirements and technology. Hence, Systems Engineers need to monitor, evolve and adapt systems architectures in a timely