Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS)

Abstract

The concept of a system of systems (SoS) has become very popular over the last decade, resulting in books, conferences, technical papers, and reports. However, there is no consensus as to exactly what the term means, and it has been given many different, though re-lated, definitions. This technical note identifies and describes the characteristics that have been used in various definitions of the term system of systems. These SoS characteristics vary along corresponding scales and can form the basis of corresponding ?meters? that serve as indicators of where a system lies along the associated scale. This technical note also discusses two other classes of system characteristics: quality characteristics and programmatic characteristics and how similar meters can be used to describe where systems lie along the scales associated with these two additional sets of system characteristics. Finally, this technical note discusses the various benefits of using these system of systems characteristics to profile systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA515876

Entities

People

  • Donald Firesmith

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Climate Change
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Electric Power
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Military Aircraft
  • Software Design
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Software Engineering.