Masters Theses

Keywords and Phrases

Coevolution; Simulation; System-of-systems; Systems engineering; Trade study

Abstract

"Modern engineered systems are becoming increasingly complex. This is driven in part by an increase in the use of systems-of-systems and network-centric concepts to improve system performance. The growth of systems-of-systems allows stakeholders to achieve improved performance, but also presents new challenges due to increased complexity. These challenges include managing the integration of asynchronously developed systems and assessing SoS performance in uncertain environments.

Many modern systems-of-systems must adapt to operating environment changes to maintain or improve performance. Coevolution is the result of the system and the environment adapting to changes in each other to obtain a performance advantage. The complexity that engineered systems-of-systems exhibit poses challenges to traditional systems engineering approaches. Systems engineers are presented with the problem of understanding how these systems can be designed or adapted given these challenges. Understanding how the environment influences system-of-systems performance allows systems engineers to target the right set of capabilities when adapting the system for improved performance.

This research explores coevolution in a counter-trafficking system-of-systems and develops an approach to demonstrate its impacts. The approach implements a trade study using swing weights to demonstrate the influence of coevolution on stakeholder value, develops a novel future architecture to address degraded capabilities, and demonstrates the impact of the environment on system performance using simulation. The results provide systems engineers with a way to assess the impacts of coevolution on the system-of-systems, identify those capabilities most affected, and explore alternative meta-architectures to improve system-of-systems performance in new environments"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Dagli, Cihan H., 1949-

Committee Member(s)

Guardiola, Ivan
Corns, Steven

Department(s)

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Systems Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2016

Pagination

xi, 144 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143).

Rights

© 2016 George Anthony Muller IV, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Systems engineering

Thesis Number

T 10884

Electronic OCLC #

952597603

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