On the Building of a UML Profile for the Description of Army Architectures in the Context of Complex Systems
Abstract
This paper addresses the work surrounding the conception and building of a Unified Modeling Language (UML) profile to be used to model military architectures in the context of complex systems. The revolution in military affairs, which imposes fundamental change in strategic planning and management, causes a shift from the old stovepipe bottom-up threat-based planning to a new top-down Capability-Based Planning (CBP). CBP involves, for instance, the management of acquisition projects from a more global perspective (at enterprise level) and imposes the use of a more holistic and integrating approach. The UML and the proposed Military Architectures UML Profile (MAU-Profile) provide a language that makes it possible to model military systems and concepts by using such an approach. The MAU-Profile and modeling conventions, which guide the use of UML in the context of System Engineering and CBP, are presented in this paper. An important requirement expressed by military authorities about this profile was that it should be easy to be used by non-experts. In this regard, the structure of the stereotype list takes the form of a tree containing eight main entries from which stereotype names can be easily retrieved. This structure is based on our generic definition of the word system . Some examples showing the use of the profile in a context of CBP are also presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA463906
Entities
People
- Antoine Duval
- Eric Dorion
- Mario Couture
Organizations
- DRDC Valcartier