The System of Systems Architecture Feasibility Assessment Model

Abstract

This research presents the system of systems (SoS) tradespace definition methodology (SoS-TDM) and SoS architecture feasibility assessment model (SoS-AFAM). Together, these extend current model based systems engineering (MBSE) and SoS engineering (SoSE) methodologies. In particular, they extend the methods of trade space exploration to considerations of multiple perspectives of an SoSthe physical, process, and organization. In considering multiple perspectives of an SoS, one better defines the SoS and is more likely to correctly represent its performance in an analysis model. The SoS-TDM defines an SoS tradespace by progressively winnowing the design space with increasingly strict definitions of feasibility and then exhaustively analyzing the remaining points. The SoS-AFAM defines and assesses SoS architecture feasibility through a variety of tests that consider the aforementioned aspects of an SoS. Together, these methods may be integrated with existing MBSE and SoSE methodologies and extend their utility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026583

Entities

People

  • Stephen E. Gillespie

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artillery
  • Complex Systems
  • Engineers
  • Experimental Design
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Processing
  • Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Network Science
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Modeling Language
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • Space