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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jeremy Bryans, Dr Richard Payne, Jack Holt
The independence of the constituent systems of a system of systems presents a key challenge to the discipline of system of systems (SoS) engineering. The fact that constituent systems can and do function independently of the SoS means that engineers of a constituent system cannot rely on the behaviour of other constituent systems. This paper advocates a model-based approach to SoS engineering that requires the interfaces to constituent systems to be specified. We propose an use of an interface design pattern for interface specification that uses the industry standard notation, SysML. We also indicate a translation of these specifications to a formal notation, CML, in order to extend the range of analytic techniques available to the SoS engineer.
Author(s): Payne R; Bryans J; Holt J; Perry S
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 2013
Pages: 37
Print publication date: 01/02/2013
Source Publication Date: February 2013
Report Number: 1371
Institution: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/1371.pdf
