Intelligent engineering has the comprehensive characteristics of multi-disciplinary integration. Due to its short development history, but rapid development, there are various descriptions and different understandings of its definition at home and abroad, and there is no unified exact concept and standard. Intelligent engineering is to create various forms of intelligent systems. It is not only to meet the needs of modern economic, military and scientific and technological development, but also the practical application of intelligent science and complexity science research.

Intelligent engineering is to create various forms of intelligent systems. It is not only to meet the needs of modern economic, military and scientific and technological development, but also the practical application of intelligent science and complexity science research. One of the important characteristics of intelligent system is man-machine integration and human-oriented comprehensive integration system. Practice has proved that the "integrated seminar hall system" is an effective tool to realize scientific and democratic decision-making. It can not only be used to support macroeconomic decision-making and provide information and system for population decision-making, but also play a scientific role in the decision-making of military command and major projects of principles and policies. Therefore, it will gradually enter the decision-making procedures of the state, society and large enterprises, It has become an intelligent system for the major needs of the information society.