Literature Review on Systems of Systems (SoS): A Methodology With Preliminary Results
Abstract
The mission of the Survivability/Lethality and Analysis Directorate (SLAD) within the U.S Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is to provide survivability, lethality, and vulnerability analyses (SLVA) and expert consultation to its customers. Among these important customers are the Army s independent evaluator Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), program managers (PMs), and Army decision makers. Traditionally, SLVA focused on single-thread analyses that characterized the interaction between a single item of equipment and one or more threats as if that interaction took place in isolation from its military context. Although SLVA of individual items remains important, it is no longer sufficient to address the newer technical and business concerns of many SLAD customers concerns inherently at the system of systems (SoS) level. Army and defense leadership is intent on fielding a network-enabled force and acquiring complex packages of military capabilities that will support the full range of Force Operating Capabilities. Comprehensive analysis of these packages requires us to portray the results from subtle engineering interactions among different systems in the capability packages. Thus, we must consider the whole SoS in our analyses (2).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA590026
Entities
People
- Brian G. Ruth
- Jeffrey A. Smith
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory