We are most grateful to our Guest Editor Dr Oussalah and his colleagues of the IEEESMC UK and Ireland Chapter for accepting the Editorial Advisory Board of thisjournalβs invitation to compile this special double issue.It is based on the successful workshop held by the Chapter, and the paperspresented have been both extended and revised to meet the exacting standards of thisjournal.The choice of title βCybernetic Intelligenceβ not only reflects the theme chosen butalso the pioneering work of cyberneticians and systemists in this area. Artificialintelligence (AI) is often assumed by many scientists to be an entirely new study whenin fact the history of cybernetics as we know it, has surely demonstrated the earlyinterests and developments in the field.This compilation is focussed on βintelligenceβ and covers a wide range of topics thatillustrate a cybernetic approach to what is a fascinating study, and the authors are tobe congratulated on their much appreciated endeavours.This double issue, as is our practice, also contains our regular journal sections andcontributed papers. Readers are also reminded that an index to all the contributionspublished in the ten issues of Volume 34, 2005 is available to all subscribers online. Brian H. Rudall Editor-in-Chief Previously published in: Kybernetes, Volume 34, Number 9/10, 2005