Abstract
System of Systems (SoS) architecting requires analyzing a set of individual but interconnected systems simultaneously in order to build a communicating SoS, which can provide the capabilities needed. In general, the systems can provide a set of capabilities and the SoS architect needs to decide which systems to include in the SoS so that each capability is provided by at least one system. In this case, the systems are inflexible, i.e., a selected system will contribute to the SoS with all the capabilities it can provide. On the other hand, if SoS architect can incentivize systems to contribute specific capabilities instead of all its capabilities, it might be possible to build a better SoS in terms of not only one objective, but all objectives considered. In this study, we compare SoS architecting with inflexible and flexible systems and quantify the value of the flexibility of the systems for a military application. Two evolutionary algorithms are constructed for the SoS architecting with inflexible and flexible systems for the resulting multi-objective optimization problems. These evolutionary algorithms output a set of Pareto efficient SoS's for the architect. Upon comparing the Pareto fronts of inflexible and flexible models, we quantify the value of systems' flexibilities. It is demonstrated that SoS architecting with flexible systems can improve performance while decreasing costs.
Recommended Citation
D. Konur et al., "On the Flexibility of Systems in System of Systems Architecting," Procedia Computer Science, vol. 36, pp. 65 - 71, Elsevier, Jan 2014.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2014.09.038
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Publication Status
Open Access
Keywords and Phrases
Evolutionary methods; System flexibility; System of Systems architecting
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1877-0509
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2014
