Systems

Advancing Organisational Management and Innovation Through Systems Science

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems science; systems thinking; systems modelling; system dynamics; viable system model; complex adaptive systems; sociotechnical systems; organisational systems; innovation systems; modelling and simulation; AI‑enabled socio‑technical systems; governance, assurance and ethics; organisational resilience and viability; digital transformation; learning and capability systems; sustainability and circularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Modeling, Planning, and Optimization for Railway and Urban Rail Systems

edited by

Petr Nachtigall

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 708 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulation; transport modelling; urban planning; railway transport; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Systemic Innovation and Strategies in Business Management and Entrepreneurship

edited by

Cristina Nicolau

and

Alexandra Zamfirache

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open

Keywords: business system; entrepreneurial system; strategic approach; behavioural economics; organisational behaviour; systemic digitalization; business ecosystem dynamics; innovation management; value creation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Using Digital AI Systems as a Response to High Economic Turbulence and Uncertainty

edited by Jong-min Kim and

Rob Kim Marjerison

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic uncertainty; digitalization; digital diffusion; AI; blockchain; risk mitigation; competitive advantage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Strategic Management Towards Organisational Resilience (2nd Edition)

edited by

Tatjana Volkova

and

Olga Bucovetchi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open

Keywords: organisational resilience; strategic resilience; business continuity; operational resilience; strategic management; organisational resilience culture; organisational resilience measurement; innovations; business models; leadership

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Decision-Making and Simulation Applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by Jiří Křupka and Roman Hruska

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; decision-making and multi criteria decision analysis; simulation modelling; agent-based modelling; digital twin; traffic optimization; multimodal transport and logistics; predictive analytics; sustainable mobility; transportation scenario testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Systems Approaches to Sustainable Development

edited by

Ebun Akinsete

and

Rachel Haug Fossbakk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems thinking; systems dynamics; systems innovation; sustainability transitions; socio-ecological systems; integrated modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Modeling and Simulation Applied to Prediction of Financial and Sustainability Risk Assessment

edited by

Claudia Maria Ferreira Pereira

,

Armindo Lima

and

João Paulo Torre Vieito

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: financial networks; complex adaptive systems; systemic risk; financial contagion; stress testing; risk assessment models; financial stability and resilience; artificial intelligence in finance; agent-based modeling; predictive modeling; green finance; event studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Systemic Risk and Decision-Making: A Network Perspective

edited by

Cristian Păun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: systemic risk; financial networks; network contagion; interconnectedness; macroprudential regulation; risk propagation; network spillovers; financial stability; banking system resilience; interbank markets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Epistemic AI and Robust Decision-Making Under Advanced Uncertainty

edited by

Keivan Shariatmadar

and

Ahmad Osman

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: epistemic uncertainty; credal sets; imprecise probability; imprecise decision-making; uncertainty quantification; distribution shift; decision-focused learning; trustworthy AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Design-Driven Sustainable Industrial Transformation in Fashion and Textile Sector Innovation Systems

edited by Chiara Colombi and

Erminia D'Itria

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable industrial transformation; fashion and textile systems; circular economy; eco-design; design for circularity; innovation systems; digital product passport; EU sustainability regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Data-Driven Business Processes and Decision Optimization

edited by Rongho Lin and

Amirhossein Nafei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: business process management; decision making; multi-criteria decision making; fuzzy sets; artificial intelligence; process mining; decision optimization; intelligent decision support; data-driven systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Trustworthy and Autonomous Distributed Systems

edited by

Georgios Avdikos

,

Ioannis Bartsiokas

and

Charis Ntakolia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed systems; autonomous agents; decentralized control; trustworthiness; robustness; machine learning; formal verification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Knowledge Management and Digital Transformation in the Era of Industry 4.0

edited by Halil Zaim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge management; digital transformation; Industry 4.0; artificial intelligence (AI); organizational learning; big data analytics; knowledge sharing; innovation management; digital knowledge ecosystems; intellectual capital

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Autonomous Traffic Management and Control Systems

edited by

Keshuang Tang

and Hong Zhu

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous traffic management; digital twin–driven control; multi-source traffic sensing and fusion; reinforcement learning–based signal control; autonomous transportation system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Advancing Systems Engineering in the Age of Digital Transformation

edited by

Ali Asghar Bataleblu

and David Cochran

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1792 | Submission Open

Keywords: system-of-systems engineering; transdisciplinary systems engineering; model-based systems engineering (MBSE); resilience; adaptability; sustainability; AI4SE and SE4AI; digital engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Safe Systems for Road Safety: A Human Factors Perspective

edited by

Meghna Chakraborty

,

Anshu Bamney

,

Nischal Gupta

and Amrita Goswamy

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1616 | Submission Open

Keywords: safe systems approach; road safety; human factors; data-driven analyses; predictive modeling; vulnerable road users

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Human–Systems Integration

edited by Samuel Olatunji

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–systems integration; human-centered design; sociotechnical systems; trust in automation; system lifecycle integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

People Led Systems Approaches to Net Zero

edited by

Jillian MacBryde

, Linda Blyth Newnes and Susan Lattanzio

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: people-led systems; net zero transitions; human-centred approaches; participatory governance; organisational change; social innovation; climate justice; sustainability transitions; socio-technical systems; community engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Innovation and Sustainability Management: Challenges for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Their Supply Chains

edited by

Ján Dvorský

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; artificial intelligence; IoT; SMEs; business environment; enterprise risk management; quantitative research; structural equation modeling; decision-making; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Supply Chain Management)

Advances in Reliability Engineering for Complex Systems

edited by

Randy Buchanan

and Mohammad Marufuzzaman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12515 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems; complex; reliability; failure; modeling and simulation; artificial intelligence; efficiency; optimization; sustainability; predictive

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complex Systems and Cybernetics)

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Strategies for Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chain Management

edited by

Sebastian-Emanuel Stan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6336 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in supply chain management; big data analytics; sustainable supply chains; ESG-oriented management; digital transformation; smart logistics; resilience and risk management; econometric modeling; productivity and efficiency; decision support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Supply Chain Management)

Systems Thinking and Modelling in Socio-Economic Systems

edited by Laima Okunevičiūtė Neverauskienė

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6267 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems thinking; social and economic systems; system dynamics; innovation and systemic change; socio-economic transformation; agent-based modeling; machine learning; complexity science; policy modeling; resilience; sustainable development; smart economy; scenario analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Theory and Methodology)

Data-Driven Modeling and Predictive Analysis in Business, Social, Economic, Education, and Engineering Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Mingche Lee

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5696 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimization techniques; supply chain management; infrastructure planning; environmental impact analysis; decision support systems; data-driven innovation; real-time analytics; interdisciplinary applications; sustainable engineering; information-based systems; generative AI; large language models (LLMs); retrieval-augmented generation (RAG); AR/VR/XR; immersive analytics; learning analytics; digital twin; interactive technologies; human-computer interaction (HCI); spatial computing; conversational agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Ethical and Innovative Systems for High-Performing Sustainable Organizations

edited by

Ionela Munteanu

,

Liliana Ionescu-Feleaga

and Kamer-Ainur Aivaz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5033 | Submission Open

Keywords: performant organizations; ethics and moral practices; sustainable business systems; waste management; risk management; resilience culture; green innovations; circular economic systems; value recovery; educational models

Human-AI (H-AI) Teams: Designing for Human-AI Interactions

edited by

John Robert Turner

and

Rose Baker

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2550 | Submission Open

Keywords: H-AI teams; HAT; AI; teams; human-AI interaction; explainable AI

Harnessing Digital Technologies to Transition Towards a Circular Supply Chain

edited by

Thomas Laudal

and

Ali Turkyilmaz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1471 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular value chains; digitalization; business model innovation; resource optimization; supply chain transparency and traceability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Supply Chain Management)

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Approaches: Digital Maturity Models Across Industries, Countries, and Organizational Systems

edited by

Eyup Kahveci

, Selim Zaim and Gülin Bolatan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital maturity; digital transformation; Industry 4.0; sector-specific models; systems perspective; organizational systems; SMEs; manufacturing industries; public sector digitalization; healthcare digital maturity; construction digitalization; cross-industry comparison; national innovation systems; multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), MEREC, and OCRA; quantitative maturity assessment; strategic alignment; organizational readiness; innovation performance; sustainability and digitalization; comparative frameworks; context-adaptive models; digital competitiveness; technology management; technology roadmapping; technology transfer; cybersecurity; blockchain adoption; digital transformation; strategic planning; production management; quality management; innovation management; sustainability; Industry 5.0; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Applications of Decision Science and Operations Research in Smart City Logistics: Planning, Policy, and Implementation

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 944 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city logistics; decision science and operations research; urban freight and last-mile optimization; multi-criteria decision making (MCDM); urban systems; sustainability; resilience

Intelligent and Complex Systems for Digital Business Transformation

edited by

Mitra Madanchian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; intelligent system; digital business; business processes; e-commerce management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Application of Systems Approach in Organizational Innovation and Change Management

edited by

Zdenka Gyurák Babeľová

,

Natália Vraňaková

and

Augustín Stareček

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 811 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems approach; organizational innovation; innovation management; change management; management approaches; performance management; competitive advantage advanced technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Business Model Innovation, and Strategic Approaches for Artificial Intelligence Adoption in a Dynamic Global Ecosystem

edited by

Alexandra-Mădălina Țăran

and

Mirela Cristea

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable business models; digital entrepreneurship; artificial intelligence; sustainable value creation; global innovation systems; entrepreneurial behavior; emerging technologies; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

AI-Driven Simulation and Optimization for Systems

edited by Miguel Gutierrez,

Joaquin Ordieres Meré

, Marco Vannucci and

Valentina Colla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 677 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); complex systems optimization; computational modeling; simulation modeling; reinforcement learning; agentic AI; multi-agent systems; distributed decision-making; digital twins; data-driven optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Low-Altitude Mobility and Foundation Models in 3D Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Yonglin Tian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D intelligent transportation systems; foundation models for ITS; low-altitude ITS; air–ground cooperation; active perception with foundation models; autonomous planning for intelligent vehicles; agentic UAVs; end-to-end autonomous driving; parallel transportation systems; visual-language navigation for ITS; multimodal perception foundation models for ITS; scenarios engineering for ITS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

System Dynamics of Climate-Resilient Settlement and Housing Systems: Feedback Loops, Scenario Analysis, and Adaptive Governance

edited by

Yang Chen

,

Bingjie Yu

and

Stefano Armenia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: system dynamics; climate change adaptation; settlement systems; housing systems; socio-ecological–technical systems (SETS); feedback loops and stock modeling; scenario analysis; policy design and evaluation; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; adaptive governance and decision support

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Modeling and Analysis for Stability and Reliability in Railway Systems

edited by

Mladen Nikšić

,

Martin Starčević

and

Adam Szeląg

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway systems; system reliability; system stability; modelling and simulation of railway traffic; railway dynamics; RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability, safety); fault diagnosis and prognosis; railway traffic management; predictive maintenance; system-level analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Human-Centric and Inclusive Emerging Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Industry 5.0 Systems

edited by

Francesco Mancusi

, Valentina De Simone,

Claudia Piffari

and

Andrea Lucchese

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centric systems; socio-technical systems; person-centered approaches; inclusion; industry 5.0; sustainability; resilience; data-driven methods; human–technology interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Complex Service and Supply Chain Systems

edited by

Diana Božić

,

Patricija Bajec

and Katarina Mostarac

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); artificial intelligence (AI); digital transformation; sustainable and resilient systems; supply chain and service management; decision support systems; data-driven analytics; simulation and optimization; systemic and interdisciplinary approaches; intelligent and sustainable value networks

System of Systems Modelling and Simulation

edited by Charles Dickerson

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: system of systems; modelling and simulation; modelling languages and tools; architecture and analysis; system interoperability; semantic interoperability; system of systems integration; system of systems capabilities; artificial intelligence; quantum computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Modeling and Simulation for Decision Support in Urban and Transportation Systems

edited by

Francesco Rouhana

and

Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban systems; transportation systems; systems modeling; simulation; decision support; resilience; smart cities; mobility planning; data analytics; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)

Systems Thinking for Business Strategic Management: Innovation and Resilience

edited by

Darko Etinger

and

Katarina Kostelić

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6222 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems thinking; strategic management; innovation ecosystems; organizational resilience; digital transformation; dynamic capabilities; scenario planning and risk governance; AI-driven strategic management; data-rich systems strategy; human-AI teaming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

AI-Driven Spatiotemporal Computing in Complex Traffic Systems

edited by Rongjun Cheng,

Ting Wang

and

Guojian Zou

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 604 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic spatiotemporal computing; scientific machine learning; traffic system simulation and optimization; traffic system modeling and control; traffic spatiotemporal big data analysis and mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Complex Adaptive Systems Approaches for Health and Well-Being

edited by

Panagiotis Katrakazas

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex adaptive systems; health systems; well-being; systems thinking; resilience; agent-based modeling; network analysis; population health; healthcare transformation; emergence

Socio-Economic System Analysis: Urban, Regional and Industrial Perspectives

edited by Dinko Primorac and

Katerina Fotova Čiković

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 594 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-economic systems; systems analysis; urban development; regional development; industrial transformation; regional competitiveness; innovation ecosystems; sustainability transitions; governance; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Knowledge Construction and Learning Models from AI Perspectives

edited by

Feng Zhang

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge construction; learning models; education innovation; AI; system science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Next-Generation Cybersecurity Intelligence: AI-Driven Defense, Quantum-Safe Systems, and Resilient Digital and Environmental Ecosystems

edited by

Anas M. Alsobeh

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5575 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI driven cybersecurity; LLMs and generative AI security; quantum safe/post quantum cryptography; zero trust architectures; adversarial machine learning and robustness; cyber–physical systems resilience; IoT and edge security; privacy, ethics, and governance; threat intelligence and benchmarks; secure software engineering and supply chains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

Intelligent Optimization and Business Analytics for Supply Chain and Logistics Management in the Age of Industry 4.0

edited by

Young Sik Cho

and Euisung Jung

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4754 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent optimization; supply chain management; logistics; AI; machine learning; big data; blockchain; business analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Supply Chain Management)

Navigating Educational Leadership Through Systems Approaches

edited by Liat Biberman-Shalev and Nurit Chamo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2703 | Submission Open

Keywords: creativity; educational culture; educational leadership; interdependence and collaboration; multicultural educational systems; systemic leadership; systems thinking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)

Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Educational Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Xuesong Zhai

,

Andreja Istenic

and Jiong Guo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2100 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalization; artificial intelligence; educational systems

Multimodal and Intermodal Transportation Systems in the AI Era

edited by Rongfang (Rachel) Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1775 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal transportation; intermodal coordination; automated transportation; transportation safety and security; supply chain management; advanced aviation mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Systems Engineering)

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