In the section BISE – Discussion you usually find discussions of several distinguished experts on important and topical issues of the field. In addition, the section offers the possibility to publish letters to the editor (e.g., on recently published contributions), thereby promoting the scientific discourse. The following is a statement by the colleagues Peter Mertens and Matthias Schumann on ...

One may define a complex system as a system in which phenomena emerge as a consequence of multiscale interaction among the system’s components and their environments. The field of Complex Systems is the study of such systems—usually naturally occurring, either biological or social. Systems Engineering may be understood to include the conceptualising and building of systems that consist of a lar...