Modeling and control of System of Systems: The Tokamak scenario

System-of-Systems (SoS) can be defined as a large-scale integration of many independent, self-contained systems having the common aim of satisfying a global need. Under this perspective, lots of systems of systems can be found in several fields, where a common final goal drives systems towards a final SoS state. In nuclear fusion research area, several examples of SoS applications can be made. From the integration of all the constituents of the TOKAMAK machines, which work together to achieve a sustained nuclear fusion reaction, to the circuits made of active analogue components mimicking plasma behavior, to the neural networks made of connected units working together in order to predict plasma variables behavior. In this paper, we aim at collecting several examples of how a SoS approach can be adopted in order to characterize and control TOKAMAK relevant scenarios.