System of Systems Engineering: Meta-Modelling Perspective

Dridi, Charaf Eddine; Benzadri, Zakaria; Belala, Faïza

doi:10.1109/sose50414.2020.9130465

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“…The proposed concept of "potential" helps understand the difference between the CS in SoSE and the system in SE by enriching the content of SoS goals and CS goals. With that as a basis, better fundamental theories of SoS (e.g., meta-model [50,51] or ontology [52,53]) and methodologies of SoSE (e.g., mission engineering [54,55]) may be facilitated.…”

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confidence: 99%

A goal-based approach for modeling and simulation of different types of system-of-systems

Feng

Zhou²,

Zou

et al. 2023

J. of Syst. Eng. Electron.

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A system of systems (SoS) composes a set of independent constituent systems (CSs), where the degree of authority to control the independence of CSs varies, depending on different SoS types. Key researchers describe four SoS types with descending levels of central authority: directed, acknowledged, collaborative and virtual. Although the definitions have been recognized in SoS engineering, what is challenging is the difficulty of translating these definitions into models and simulation environments. Thus, we provide a goal-based method including a mathematical baseline to translate these definitions into more effective agent-based modeling and simulations. First, we construct the theoretical models of CS and SoS. Based on the theoretical models, we analyze the degree of authority influenced by SoS characteristics. Next, we propose a definition of SoS types by quantitatively explaining the degree of authority. Finally, we recognize the differences between acknowledged SoS and collaborative SoS using a migrating waterfowl flock by an agentbased model (ABM) simulation. This paper contributes to the SoS body of knowledge by increasing our understanding of the degree of authority in an SoS, so we may identify suitable SoS types to achieve SoS goals by modeling and simulation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A goal-based approach for modeling and simulation of different types of system-of-systems

Feng

Zhou²,

Zou

et al. 2023

J. of Syst. Eng. Electron.

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“…The proposed approach takes advantage of the MeMSoS Meta-Model [4] which supports the PIM design level and allows the designer to successively refine the PIM in terms of SoSs aspects. MeMSoS has been designed in order to explicitly model and represent all SoS architectural elements.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, we cover specific concepts included in the viewpoints, their behavior, development processes, and interactions. By using Model Driven Engineering, we give a syntax to this proposed method, i.e., the SoS' structure and architectural elements are specified by the MeMSoS meta-models [4]. MDE defines a clear separation of abstraction levels where MeMSoS is one of them.…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards a Multi-Viewpoints Approach for the SoS Engineering

Dridi

Benzadri

Belala

2022

2022 International Conference on Advanced Aspects of Software Engineering (ICAASE)

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In recent years, the engineering of Systems-of-System (SoSs) has experienced an increasing evolution and interest from the computer science community. Additionally, Architecture Frameworks are a recent discipline in Software Engineering (SE) that consider Architectural Viewpoints as first-class entities in software development. The viewpoints have become a major paradigm that has the power to open a door to the development representation and provide a new way of designing systems. In this paper, we propose a viewpoints-based architecture framework model encompassing the concepts proposed by "ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 Systems and Software Engineering-Architecture description" to manage the complexity of SoSs' architectures. Consequently, we aim to represent by means one or more architectural viewpoints that together can provide a unified AF of SoS' architecture.

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“…MDA-4. In our previous paper [26] we have provided a MDA method that simplifies SoSs complexity by increasing their abstraction level.…”

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“…In [26], we have introduced the first step forward toward MBSE methodology via an MDA technique. We have only targeted the SoS architectural analysis phase where a method to obtain a high-level designing and reasoning of SoS analysis has been defined.…”

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System of Systems Modelling: Recent work Review and a Path Forward

Dridi

Benzadri

Belala

2020

2020 International Conference on Advanced Aspects of Software Engineering (ICAASE)

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Systems-of-Systems (SoSs) stand out from monolithic systems, because of their composed nature, their large scale, their decentralized control mechanism, their evolving environments, and their large number of stakeholders. Due to the varied methodologies and domains of applications in existing literature, there does not exist a single unified consensus for processes involved in System-of-Systems Engineering (SoSE). The purpose of this article is to provide a cursory description of the SoS basic concepts on the one hand, and then to analyse the main challenges in its development. Finally, we report the literature review showing various techniques and methods that have been modified from the conventional systems engineering to better fit the needs of SoSs design. We hope the findings of this work may encourage and inform the community researchers of the creation of a more holistic and unified engineering process that is tailored for the demands of these large-scale systems. Thus, the complexity of the SoS development lends itself nicely to a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) which provides communication and verification that transcends the levels of development. MBSE uses a model or set of models to document and communicate from the system requirements level down to the software implementation level.

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System of Systems Engineering: Meta-Modelling Perspective

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

A goal-based approach for modeling and simulation of different types of system-of-systems

A goal-based approach for modeling and simulation of different types of system-of-systems

Towards a Multi-Viewpoints Approach for the SoS Engineering

System of Systems Modelling: Recent work Review and a Path Forward

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