Applying Executable Architectures to Support Dynamic Analysis of C2 Systems
Abstract
This paper describes the development of a methodology to import key products of the DoD Architecture Framework into an executable form to conduct a dynamic analysis of the Command and Control (C2) system or capability represented by the architecture. Dynamic analysis of these models enables a user to assess the impact of change and determine measures of performance and effectiveness. The research team successfully implemented the methodology in a demonstration that made a three-way link among a business process model, a communications network model, and a combat simulation representing the system's operational environment. We linked these models together via the Runtime Infrastructure (RTI) of the High Level Architecture (HLA). Basic HLA interactions that we established allowed key events in the combat simulation to initiate one or more business processes in the process model. As a business process proceeded in time, the process model requested from the communications model a delay time that represented the time required to pass information through the network from one node to another. We extracted measures of performance and effectiveness from the simulation runs to conduct the dynamic analysis of the system in question.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA466014
Entities
People
- Paul C. Barr
- Steven J. Ring
- Tom Pawlowski
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation