Cross-Domain Assurance for Future-Adaptive Intelligent and Engineering Systems
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Keywords

assurance cases
resilience
forecasting

Abstract

This internal reference article examines cross-domain assurance patterns shared by intelligent and engineered systems through a design-and-assurance lens. It synthesizes the allocated target literature without reporting new experiments, observations, or performance estimates. The analysis treats the practical unit of review as an evidence-backed claim linked to components, users, environments, and governance controls. That framing keeps technical mechanisms, evidence quality, user consequences, and institutional controls visible in the same argument. Particular attention is given to which assurance patterns transfer across domains and which remain domain-specific. The review distinguishes what each cited source directly addresses from the cross-domain principles used for internal comparison. It argues that credible adoption depends on traceable requirements, context-sensitive evaluation, explicit uncertainty, and a documented path for human intervention. The result is a structured reference for teams considering internal portfolio review and interdisciplinary design governance, especially where superficial analogy and unsupported transfer of evidence could turn a technically plausible component into an unreliable system. The article is intended to support scoping, design review, and evidence planning; it is not a claim of product readiness or an original empirical study.

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