**2. System of system failures (SOSF)**

Based upon the SOSM framework, various approaches are developed for risk management and engineering system failure arena, that is, system of system failures (SOSF) [3–5].

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In the Preface, the editor noted that this book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in engineering safety by holistically examining system failures for the purpose of preventing further occurrence of system failures. This provides managers a practical reflection to be able to bring to bear, on the complex, diverse and rapidly changing problem situations they confront, holistic approaches based on the variety of possible perspectives.

#### **3. The structure of the book**

A short conclusion closes the argument. In this introductory chapter, the editor sought to make clear the structure of the book and the logic underlying that structure. The book structure is summarized by SOSM in **Table 1**.


**Table 1.** Structure of the book.

### **Author details**

Takafumi Nakamura

Address all correspondence to: tk\_moek@nifty.com

Fujitsu Fsas Inc., Tokyo, Japan
