Beyond Web Services: Towards On-Demand Complex Adaptive Environments

Abstract

Complex adaptive systems are dynamically assembled systems characterized by multiple competing stakeholders, fluid requirements, emergent behavior, and susceptibility to external pressures that can cause change across the entire system. Net centric operations for the US Department of Defense (DoD) can be considered a complex adaptive system, representing a shift from traditional system-based interactions toward information based web service transactions requiring highly secure, reliable, and dynamic "on-demand" capabilities. This netcentric environment must accommodate unpredictable external factors that demand rapid response and flexibility to change. This paper presents an approach to modernizing toward global net centric operations for the DoD. We discuss key principles of complex systems engineering to consider, approaches to on-demand data and IT infrastructure strategy based on web service and semantic web technologies, as well as guidance and initial observations on spiral development and management using Communities of Interest combined with a Developer's environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1132737

Entities

People

  • J. Cole Smith
  • R. Cherinka
  • Rachel A. Miller

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Community Of Practice
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Information
  • Engineering
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Models
  • Resource Management
  • Service Oriented Architecture
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Web Service

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design