The book examines the nature of emergence in context of man-made systems and system of systems engineering problems. It investigates emergence from a modeling and simulation perspective to interrogate or explore the domain space via modeling and simulation to facilitate understanding, detection, classification, and prediction of the phenomenon.

Section I Introduction and Overview 1. Introduction and Overview for Engineering Emergence: A Modeling and Simulation Approach 2. System of Systems Engineering-An Overview Section II Theoretical Perspectives 3. DEVS-Based Modeling and Simulation Framework for Emergence in System of Systems 4. Sources for Emergence and Development of System of Systems 5. Leveraging Deterministic Chaos to Mitigate Combinatorial Explosions 6. Phenomenological and Ontological Models for Predicting Emergence 7. System of Systems Process Model 8. An Ontology of Emergence 9. Modeling and Validation Challenges for Complex Systems 10. Foundations for the Modeling and Simulation of Emergent Behavior Systems 11. Characterizing Emergent Behavior in Systems of Systems 12. Engineered to Be Secure 13. Cyber Insecurity Is Growing 14. The Challenge of Performing Research Which Will Contribute Helpful Engineering Knowledge Concerning Emergence Section III Theoretical Perspectives with Practical Applications 15. Examination of Emergent Behavior in the Ballistic Missile Defense System: A Modeling and Simulation Approach 16. Simulating Variable System Structures for Engineering Emergence 17. Emergence as a Macroscopic Feature in Man-Made Systems 18. Monterey Phoenix-Behavior Modeling Approach for the Early Verification and Validation of System of Systems Emergent Behaviors 19. A Model-Based Approach to Investigate Emergent Behaviors in Systems of Systems 20. InterDyne: A Simulation Method for Exploring Emergent Behavior Deriving from Interaction Dynamics 21. Emergence in the Context of System of Systems Section IV Summary 22. Lessons Learned and the Proposed Way-Ahead