Systems Engineering — Theory & Practice, founded in March 1981, is a comprehensive sci-tech journal issued at home and abroad. It is in the charge of the China Association for Science and Technology and sponsored by the Systems Engineering Society of China. The journal publishes significant research papers from systems science, management science, information science, etc., and is published on the 25th of each month. China Standard Serial Number: CN 11-2267/N, International Standard Serial Number: ISSN 1000-6788, Postal Distributing Code: 2-305.