System Science and Engineering has emerged as a research field that covers a wide spectrum of modern technology. A system can be considered as a collection of entities and their interrelationships gathered together to form a whole greater than the sum of its parts. It also involves people, organizations, cultures, activities and interrelationships among them. While systems composed of autonomous subsystems are not new, greater data density, connectivity and ubiquitous computational resources have increased their interdependence and interaction complexity. This has in turn made the already difficult job of planning, developing and deploying complex systems even more difficult. Technology advancement not only provides opportunities for improving system capabilities but also introduces development risks that must be weighed and managed.

Conventional System Science technologies in spite of their high cost were not providing sufficient or reliable systems for our evolving demanding needs. Research has participated in providing a modern and superior outlook on such technologies and highlighted better awareness in providing a new direction and having better techniques that are more intelligent, robust and adaptable to evolving needs.

Thus, it is our goal to bring together scholars from all areas to have a forum to discuss, demonstrate and exchange research ideas.

This book volume aims to capture the essence of a new state of the art in system sciences and their supporting technology, and to identify the challenges that such a technology will have to master. It contains extensively reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE2015) held in Morioka, Japan with the collaboration of Taiwan Association of System Science and Engineering (TASSE) on July 06–08 2015 (http://www.somet.soft.iwate-pu.ac.jp/ICSSE_2015/index.htm).

The conference brought together researchers and practitioners to share their original research results and practical development experience in system science and related new technologies. This book volume participates in the conference providing an outcome for exchanging ideas and experiences in the field of system science and technology; opening up new avenues for science development, methodologies, tools, and techniques.

The book is a collection of carefully selected refereed papers by the reviewing committee (Program Committee members) and covering:

• Systems Modeling, Tools and Simulation

• Medical and Health Systems

• Cloud Robotics and Cloud Computing Systems

• Traffic Science and Engineering

• Knowledge-Based Systems and applications

• Biological systems and Evolution

• Communication Systems

• Systems Engineering Management Process

• Decision and Control Systems, Decision Support System Modeling and Techniques, and Intelligent Systems

• Systems Safety and Security

• Optimization and Systems Complexity

• Systems Risk Management

• System Engineering Language, and Information and System Engineering

• Smart Grid, Human Systems, and Industrial Organization and Management

• E-Commerce Systems, and Systems Science and Cybernetics

• Integrated Automation Technology Applications

• Novel Applications of Systems Engineering and Systems Architecting

• Systems Engineering Technical and Support Process

• Energy Saving

• Systems Application in Business and Industry

All articles in this book have been carefully reviewed, on the basis of technical soundness, relevance, originality, significance, and clarity, by up to three reviewers. They were then revised on the basis of the review reports before being selected by the editors.

This book is the result of a collective effort from many partners and colleagues. In special we would like acknowledge our gratitude to Taiwan Association of System Science and Engineering, (TASSE), Iwate Prefectural University, The Telecommunication Advancement Foundation, and Foundation Tateisi Science and Technology Japan for their invaluable support for this conference and its proceedings.

We also appreciate the quality of support provided by the outstanding prestigious contributed plenary speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Philip Chen, IEEE Fellow, University of Macau, Macau

• Prof. Dr. Imre Rudas, IEEE Fellow, Óbuda University, Hungary

• Prof. Dr. William A. Gruver, IEEE Fellow, Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Prof. Dr. Love Ekenberg, IIASA, Austria

Their support in providing their knowledge and expertise to the conference's participants reflected by their plenary talks, round session's discussions and contribution in conference technical proceedings all could provide excellent gaining capabilities that collectively enhanced the quality of the outcome in this book.

Most especially, we thank the reviewing committee and all those who participated in the rigorous reviewing process and the lively discussion and evaluation meetings which led to the selected papers appeared in this book.

Last but not least, we would also like to thank the Microsoft Conference Management Tool team for their expert guidance on the use of the Microsoft CMT System as a conference-support tool during all the phases of ICSSE2015.