Preface

This professional technical book is intended for engineers, scientists, and researchers in both systems engineering advanced mathematical modeling and simulation fields. The objectives of this book are to present a collection of chapters on (i) Systems-of-Systems (SOS) engineering and SOS architecture design and analysis addressing the challenges associated with SOS Enterprise Architecture (SOSEA) design and SOS Enterprise (SOSE) CONOPS Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A); (ii) SOS perspectives with MS&A applications on practical systems; and (iii) decision support systems and game theoretical modeling and analysis. To meet these objectives, this book is organized as follows:


analysis systems for estimating frequencies of multiple linear frequency modulated (LFM) signals. Chapter 6 discusses the use of SoS engineering for the development of computer models to simulate a complex melt spinning process (MSP) and presents a new SoS perspective on MS&A of MSP to reduce the risk for achieving uniformity of the fiber quality. Chapter 7 presents a new approach in SOS engineering to (i) develop computer models for simulating the effect of friction on a drive screw with a predetermined torque and (ii) develop MS&A models of the drive screw. Chapter 7 also uses the SOS perspective from a control engineering viewpoint to examine the complex drive screw control process (DSCP) to connect the SOS MS&A models and simulate the DSCP process flow for achieving optimum performance. Chapter 8 demonstrates the use of SOS perspective and standard SoS engineering approach for the decomposition of the frequency estimation process (FEP) into three systems, including System 1 responsible for transforming the time-domain signal into a frequency-domain signal, and time-frequency (TF) transform using continuous wavelet transform (CWT) with a focus on the chirplet transform (CT); System 2 responsible for detecting instantaneous signal frequency (IF) in the presence of noise; and (c) System 3 responsible for assessing of the filter impulse response length on TF distribution and analyzing the TF behavior and applying Hough transform (HT) for frequency estimation. Furthermore, Chapter 8 also presents simulation results for estimating frequencies of multiple LFM signals.

Chapter 12 presents a noncooperative game for managing power control in D2D uplink underlaid cellular networks. This chapter discusses a noncooperative game model setup and shows the model iteratively negotiates a min-max range of power that leads to Nash equilibrium. Finally, Chapter 13 addresses game theory that can be appropriately applied to healthcare. This chapter discusses the application of game theory to forecast the evolution of tumor

cells, neocortical epilepsy surgery, schizophrenia, and cancer.

professional technical book.

The remaining task of this preface is to recognize the contributions of key people for the creation of this professional technical book. I would like to express my deep gratitude to all the authors and co-authors for their contributions. The success of this book has not only been the result of the work from the authors and coauthors but also from the cooperation of many people, including numerous reviewers and the people at our IntechOpen publisher who provided constant support. Particularly, I would like to thank (i) the IntechOpen Author Service Manager, Ms. Romina Rovan, for her invaluable assistance, conscientious, and relentless support during the editing and publishing process—without her this book is not possible; (ii) former IntechOpen Commissioning Editor, Mrs. Klara Mestrovic, and the new Commissioning Editor, Ms. Jenela Germuth, for their continuous support; (iii) Professor Carlos Pedro Gonçalves of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias for his review and editing of several chapters on game theory applications; (iv) Professor Tung X. Bui of University of Hawaii for his review of decision support and game theory chapters and valuable contributions to introductory Chapter 1, and Professor Hien Tran of North Carolina State University for his review of SOS chapters; (v) my colleagues at California State University in Fullerton, Professors Charles Lee and Sam Behseta for their continuous support; and (vi) my colleagues and managers at The Aerospace Corporation, Dr. Hung Nguyen, Mr. Andy Guillen, Dr. Sumner Matsunaga, Navneet Mezcciani, and Garick Leu-cheung for their constant support and review of SOS chapters. Finally, I'm forever indebted to my wonderful wife, Thu-Hang Nguyen, for her moral support and constant encouragement during the process of making this complex and diverse

Visiting Scholar, Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM),

**Tien M. Nguyen**

Adjunct Research Professor,

Fullerton, California, U.S.A

California State University in Fullerton (CSUF),

(also, with The Aerospace Corporation)


Chapter 12 presents a noncooperative game for managing power control in D2D uplink underlaid cellular networks. This chapter discusses a noncooperative game model setup and shows the model iteratively negotiates a min-max range of power that leads to Nash equilibrium. Finally, Chapter 13 addresses game theory that can be appropriately applied to healthcare. This chapter discusses the application of game theory to forecast the evolution of tumor cells, neocortical epilepsy surgery, schizophrenia, and cancer.

The remaining task of this preface is to recognize the contributions of key people for the creation of this professional technical book. I would like to express my deep gratitude to all the authors and co-authors for their contributions. The success of this book has not only been the result of the work from the authors and coauthors but also from the cooperation of many people, including numerous reviewers and the people at our IntechOpen publisher who provided constant support. Particularly, I would like to thank (i) the IntechOpen Author Service Manager, Ms. Romina Rovan, for her invaluable assistance, conscientious, and relentless support during the editing and publishing process—without her this book is not possible; (ii) former IntechOpen Commissioning Editor, Mrs. Klara Mestrovic, and the new Commissioning Editor, Ms. Jenela Germuth, for their continuous support; (iii) Professor Carlos Pedro Gonçalves of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias for his review and editing of several chapters on game theory applications; (iv) Professor Tung X. Bui of University of Hawaii for his review of decision support and game theory chapters and valuable contributions to introductory Chapter 1, and Professor Hien Tran of North Carolina State University for his review of SOS chapters; (v) my colleagues at California State University in Fullerton, Professors Charles Lee and Sam Behseta for their continuous support; and (vi) my colleagues and managers at The Aerospace Corporation, Dr. Hung Nguyen, Mr. Andy Guillen, Dr. Sumner Matsunaga, Navneet Mezcciani, and Garick Leu-cheung for their constant support and review of SOS chapters. Finally, I'm forever indebted to my wonderful wife, Thu-Hang Nguyen, for her moral support and constant encouragement during the process of making this complex and diverse professional technical book.

**Tien M. Nguyen** Adjunct Research Professor, Visiting Scholar, Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM), California State University in Fullerton (CSUF), Fullerton, California, U.S.A (also, with The Aerospace Corporation)

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Section 1

Recent Trends in SOS

Design and MS&A

Section 1
