Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Complex Systems
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editor
Interests: artificial intelligence; decision support system; cybersecurity; mathematical modelling; data analytics; blockchain; IoT
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken significant steps in recent years towards transcending its traditional data analysis role and emerging as a core component for multifaceted system characterization and management. These systems, from connected infrastructure and industrial sectors to ecosystems of the planet, as well as social networks, tend to display complex interactions, uncertainty, and behaviours that are emergent but not easily predicted. While still useful, classical modelling approaches have an increasingly difficult time representing this magnitude of complexity. This is where AI is being demonstrated as a useful tool.
This Special Issue aims to provide the latest contributions that link AI and complex systems—specifically, in terms of how AI may assist in modelling, interpreting, and controlling our modern-day complex systems. We are especially excited to view work that not only applies existing methods but also reflects critically on these limitations or merges different approaches in interesting and meaningful ways. Theoretical contributions and applied works are all equally welcome, particularly when they point towards the interdisciplinary dialogue.
Submissions on a wide variety of topics are welcomed, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Advanced machine learning and deep learning methods for complex systems;
- AI-based optimization and control strategies;
- Multi-agent systems and decentralized intelligence;
- Network and interconnected environment modelling with data;
- Hybridization between AI- and Physics-based models or problem-specific models;
- Methods to make it more robust, resilient, and better able to deal with risks;
- Applications based on data driven from energy and healthcare to urban systems, the environment, and industry;
- Ethical and social issues regarding AI in interactions with complex sociotechnical systems.
We are particularly interested in multi-disciplinary essays, thereby illustrating how insights from across different fields can be combined to solve common problems. We encourage case studies, experimental investigations, and critical reviews that provide new perspectives on where AI fits in complexity.
All submissions will be peer-reviewed according to the protocols of Applied Sciences.
The aim of this Special Issue is to encourage diverse discussions and inspire new research focusing on the intersection between AI methods and complex systems.
Dr. Gerardo Iovane
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- complex systems
- machine learning
- multi-agent systems
- system modeling
- optimization and control
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