<p></p><p>This book contains all refereed papers accepted during the fourth asia-pacific edition &amp; twelve edition - which were merged this year - of the CSD&amp;M conference that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China by 2021.</p>

<p>Mastering complex systems requires an integrated understanding of industrial practices as well as sophisticated theoretical techniques and tools. This explains the creation of an annual go-between European and Asian forum dedicated to academic researchers &amp; industrial actors working on complex industrial systems architecting, modeling &amp; engineering.</p>

<p>These proceedings cover the most recent trends in the emerging field of complex systems, both from an academic and professional perspective. A special focus was put this year on "Digital Transformation in Complex Systems Engineering".</p>

<p>CESAM Community</p>

<p>The CSD&amp;M series of conferences are organized under the guidance of CESAM Community, managed by CESAMES.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>CESAM Community aims in organizing the sharing of good practices in systems architecting and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and certifying the level of knowledge and proficiency in this field through the CESAM certification.</p>

<p>The CESAM systems architecting &amp; model-based systems engineering (MBSE) certification is especially currently the most disseminated professional certification in the world in this domain through more than 1,000 real complex system development projects on which it was operationally deployed and around 10,000 engineers who were trained on the CESAM framework at international level.</p><br><p></p>