OPM & Color Petri Nets Based Executable System of Systems Architecting: A Building Block in Fila-SoS
Abstract
The ability to coordinate intricate operations in both intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) as well as search and rescue (SAR) operations is a complex issue. Such operations can be described as a System-of-Systems (SoS). Both object process methodology (OPM) and color petri nets (CPN) can be used to create executable architecture models for an SoS. The modeling approach proposed in this study can capture the interactions that occur between either collaborating systems or components. It can also be used to analyze the behavioral aspects of an SoS. OPM models are easy to understand, giving stakeholders the ability to envision architecture's quality and scale. In contrast, the simulation capabilities of CPN can be used for accurate performance assessment. The proposed modelling approach facilitates decision making by providing a better estimation and confidence of the SoS's performance. Development of an executable architecture for an SoS will be of importance to policy makers by discerning, exploring, and adjusting stakeholder's firmly held beliefs, finding new ways for systems to work together, learning more cost effective SoS arrangements and aid in negotiations with component systems to build an SoS.
Recommended Citation
R. Wang et al., "OPM & Color Petri Nets Based Executable System of Systems Architecting: A Building Block in Fila-SoS," Proceedings of the 9th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (2015, Vancouver, Canada), pp. 554 - 561, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Apr 2015.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSCON.2015.7116810
Meeting Name
9th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2015 (2015: Apr. 13-16, Vancouver, Canada)
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Architecture; Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Petri nets; Systems engineering; CPN; Executable; Executable architecture; Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissances; Object-process methodology; OPM; Search and rescue operations; Simulation; System of systems; System-of-Systems
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1-4799-5927-3
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Apr 2015
Comments
This material is based upon work supported, in whole or in part, by the U.S. Department of Defense, through the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), under Contract H98230-08-D-0171. The SERC is a federally funded University Affiliated Research Center managed by Stevens Institute of Technology.