1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Entropy, information, noise-studies on system evolution

   • Weimin Zheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2 - 12

3. A case for service systems engineering

   • James M. Tien
   • Daniel Berg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 38

4. Comparison of max-min approach and NN method for reliability optimization of series-parallel system

   • Hsiang Lee
   • Way Kuo
   • Chunghun Ha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 48

5. Systems methodology and mathematical models for knowledge management

   • Yoshiteru Nakamori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 72

6. Scheduling two groups of jobs with incomplete information

   • Guochuan Zhang
   • Xiaoqiang Cai
   • C. K. Wong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 81

7. The demand disruption management problem for a supply chain system with nonlinear demand functions

   • Minghui Xu
   • Xiangtong Qi
   • Chengxiu Gao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 97

8. A lagrangian relaxation approach for supply chain planning with order/setup costs and capacity constraints

   • Haoxun Chen
   • Chengbin Chu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 98 - 110

9. “EII Meta-model” on integration framework for viable enterprise systems — City planning metaphor based on structural similarity

   • Yukio Namba
   • Junichi Iijima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 126