New Trends in Systems Approaches for a Smarter World -- A Conceptual Framework and a Spiral-up Systems Approach to Planning, Design and Operation of Social Infrastructures -- Viewing Systems From Boundary and Evolution - Towards Developing New Systems Approach - Systems Approaches to Societal Problems -- Growing Systems in a Smarter World -- Novel Systems Approaches from Information and Systems Perspectives -- Interpenetration of System Boundaries Mediated by Human Activities: Weaving Trees with Rhizomes -- Modeling of Learning Behaviors from Micro-macro Link Perspectives -- Exploring Transdisciplinary Innovation through Evolutionary Computation Principles -- Smartification of Social Infrastructure for Efficient Utilization of Power and Energy -- The State of Art and Future Direction on Smart Home Systems -- System of Systems Approach for Multi-energy Systems.

This book presents an innovative systems approach towards the idea of a smarter world, with advanced and sustainable social infrastructures, facilities and services. It develops a novel systems approach for society-wide systems where interdependent systems encompassing transportation, energy, communication, water, sewerage, logistics, education, disaster prevention, medical care and welfare are integrated to form a ‘System of Systems’ (SoS). Written by leading system scientists and technology creators, it introduces state-of-the-art concepts of and methodologies for systems approaches towards SoS as well as their practical applications, discussing the planning, design and management challenges in their implementation and the potential impact on societies and the environment. The volume will be of interest to systems engineers, system integrators, and researchers in related engineering fields, as well as government policymakers.