This book contains all refereed papers that were accepted to the third edition of the «nbsp;Complex Systems Design & Managementnbsp;» (CSD&M 2012) international conference that took place in Paris (France) from December 12-14, 2012.

(Website: http://www.csdm2012.csdm.fr)

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These proceedings cover the most recent trends in the emerging field of complex systems sciences & practices from an industrial and academic perspective, including the main industrial domains (transport, defense & security, electronics, energy & environment, e-services), scientific & technical topics (systems fundamentals, systems architecture& engineering, systems metrics & quality, systemicnbsp; tools) and system types (transportation systems, embedded systems, software & information systems, systems of systems, artificial ecosystems).

The CSD&M 2012 conference is organized under the guidance of the CESAMES non-profit organization (http://www.cesames.net).