Alexander P. Hillman, Nancy Leveson, William Young
{"title":"Systems-Theoretic Concept Design: An Intent Model for Early Concept Generation","authors":"Alexander P. Hillman, Nancy Leveson, William Young","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13163","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The complexity of engineered systems has grown leaps and bounds over the last forty years. One of the main challenges in modern engineering is managing this complexity, particularly as the pace of technological change continues to accelerate across industries. While most systems professionals agree, a viable early design concept is crucial to meeting stakeholders' needs and successfully scoping a development program, traditional early concept generation approaches focus on a design-first approach, often glossing over an analysis of system intent and a synthesis of system goals and objectives. This tendency leads to an early focus on low-level, highly-granular design activities that focus on advanced technologies as design components instead of on the high-level policy or desired emergence that the new system is being designed to achieve. To combat these shortcomings, this paper introduces a new framework for conceptualizing an early design for novel, complex systems in aerospace and defense that are employed as part of a portfolio-of-systems in an attempt to achieve a high-level policy or portfolio-level capability. It outlines an intent model for framing a new system's contribution to a portfolio-level capability, and it posits a framework for delivering a new model for early design concepts while providing a foundation to extend system-theoretic hazard and security analysis techniques to systematically analyze safety and security engineering challenges for the designs in the earliest possible phase of their lifecycle.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"570-583"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling Principles to Moderate the Growth of Technical Debt in Descriptive Models","authors":"Ryan A. Noguchi","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13197","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is the next step in the evolution of systems engineering (SE) in which documents are replaced by descriptive models as the authoritative embodiment of SE knowledge. These descriptive models possess a unique combination of the features and characteristics of documents, software, and data. Conscientiously applying appropriate modeling principles and practices is essential to make informed decisions to moderate the accumulation of model technical debt. This paper briefly explains the concept of technical debt and its adaptation to the domain of descriptive models for MBSE. The paper then describes 18 foundational modeling principles that model architects should consider when making architectural and implementation decisions about their models and describes some of the key model technical debt tradeoffs that result when these principles are not followed. These principles address commonly observed challenges regarding model federation architecture, the selection and use of model layers, the modeling of the domain, and the semantics of modeling constructs. Applying disciplined model architecting practices to conscientiously manage the accrual and payoff of technical debt can make the difference between an enduring model that provides substantial value throughout the life cycle of the modeled entity and a model whose value collapses under the weight of uncontrolled technical debt.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"1091-1103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Model-Based Systems Engineering Approach for Designing an Artificial Magnetic Field Generator System for Spacecraft Radiation Protection","authors":"Charles J. Baker, Dr. Steven J. Simske","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13178","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The hazardous environment of space, dominated by cosmic and solar radiation, poses a significant threat to spacecraft and their occupants. Traditional radiation shielding methods, like passive materials, have limitations in weight and effectiveness. An artificial magnetic field generator system emerges as a promising solution to replicate Earth's magnetosphere, providing a protective magnetic shield against harmful radiation. (Dick, Launius, 2007) This paper presents a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach to the holistic modeling and design of such a system.</p><p>Utilizing the MBSE approach, this study models the system's components, their interactions, and the offered services, incorporating Radiation Monitoring, Magnetic Shielding, Power Management, System Health & Diagnostics, and Crew Communication services. The conceptual data model captures key entities and their relationships, ensuring a coherent integration of the system's parts. The activity diagram illustrates the operational flow, providing clarity on the system's dynamic behavior under varying radiation conditions and power reserves. A services taxonomy is developed to hierarchically categorize and ensure the comprehensive functionality of the system.</p><p>The application of MBSE methodology provides numerous advantages, including a unified visualization of the system's complexities, enhanced stakeholder communication, and a streamlined validation and verification process. Furthermore, the flexibility inherent in the MBSE approach ensures that the system can be easily updated or scaled based on advancements in technology or changing mission requirements. (ECLIPSE Suite, 2022) The MBSE approach's application to the design of an artificial magnetic field generator system for spacecraft presents a robust and systematic method to ensure optimal performance, safety, and adaptability in the perilous realm of space.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"793-812"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling Cybersecurity Operations to Improve Resilience","authors":"Ivan W. Taylor, Keith D. Willett","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, we explore the concept of operational resilience of a network or system of computer systems, focusing on the processes of a cybersecurity team within the multi-disciplinary network security operations center. The computer system under examination has faced a cyber-attack that has reduced its capability. The organization's reputation is damaged temporarily but can be restored if the network security operations center can quickly restore the organization's ability to produce desired results. After a cyber-attack, we examine the processes for restoring the system's capability to its original level. These processes will happen sequentially and require close coordination of the cybersecurity team members. We examine a balanced and adaptive assignment policy within the cybersecurity organization to the various processes, showing how these policies can impact the speed with which the system's capability can be restored. Our findings reveal that the adaptive assignment policy among the team members can increase the system restoration rate even though recovering the complete capability of the system may be the same.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"53-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of SysMLv1 vs SysMLv2 in the Scope of the MagicGrid Framework","authors":"Aiste Aleksandraviciene, Zilvinas Strolia, Osvaldas Jankauskas","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13257","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper aims to assess the impact of the next generation Systems Modeling Language, SysMLv2, on MagicGrid, an established framework for the model-based systems engineering (MBSE). The research involves the parallel application of SysMLv1 and SysMLv2 to build two models of the problem domain definition by following the steps defined by the framework. The paper compares the modeling concepts of both languages used to create the model, discloses differences, and assesses advantages and disadvantages over each other. While SysMLv2 offers both textual and graphical notations, this study primarily focuses on the graphical representation. The paper concludes with a comprehensive summary of distinctions observed in the application of SysMLv2 versus SysMLv1. As anticipated, SysMLv2 was found a completely fresh modeling language. Significant alterations has been observed in the use case specification and functional analysis. Additionally, the absence of explicit guidelines on the utilization of definitions and usages was identified.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"2087-2109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gisela A. Garza-Morales, Kostas Nizamis, Robert-Jan den Haan, Guido Gosselink, G. Maarten Bonnema
{"title":"Aligning technical and project management through participatory approaches: An industrial case study","authors":"Gisela A. Garza-Morales, Kostas Nizamis, Robert-Jan den Haan, Guido Gosselink, G. Maarten Bonnema","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13230","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The importance of managing complexity in innovation has been highlighted both in research and practice, however the question remains<i>: how can this be accomplished?</i> Although there have been answers to this question, the practical alignment of process (project management) and system (technical management) viewpoints remains understudied. We responded to this challenge with an in-depth case study in high-tech industry. In this paper we applied Human Centered Design (HCD) and Action Research (AR) principles in a novel context, namely systems engineering. We identified main barriers and key players, essential information elements, and solution requirements. Using co-design, we iteratively generated solution concepts, out of which we selected and evaluated one candidate concept. We highlight two main areas in our results: 1) how participatory approaches can support solving systems engineering challenges in practice; and 2) how to align the process and system viewpoints. For the first, we discuss the implications, considering aspects like the time and effort investment, along with the benefits of ownership, empathy, democracy, and collective learning. Our insights show potential to further build on the application of participatory approaches in systems engineering to match existing solutions to the practice. For the latter one, we reflect on issues such as information overload, human aspects, and the new relationship between project managers and systems engineers. Considering the current complexity demands, it is crucial to establish a better alignment between these roles and between process and system viewpoints, as they cannot be left undefined and unsupported any longer.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"1646-1673"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leonardo de Mello Barbosa, Igor Cardozo Amaral de Oliveira, Christopher Shneider Cerqueira, Antonio Eduardo Carrilho da Cunha
{"title":"Mean dependency length — a new metric for requirements quality","authors":"Leonardo de Mello Barbosa, Igor Cardozo Amaral de Oliveira, Christopher Shneider Cerqueira, Antonio Eduardo Carrilho da Cunha","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13193","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper proposes the mean dependency length (MDL) as a metric for measuring natural language requirements quality. Dependency length is a linguistic feature based on dependency grammar, which natural language researchers have traditionally used to evaluate syntactic complexity in other contexts. In this study, aided by MATLAB-based algorithms, the authors assessed MDL over a requirements set composed of 249 original statements, rephrased into five pattern systems. Null hypothesis and effect size testings revealed that MDL is sensitive to the application of pattern rules and to the differences among the patterns, both in an absolute approach and in comparison with other metrics. Furthermore, it was also demonstrated that MDL is aligned with users' values, especially for understandability issues, and can be measured automatically. Finally, the work concluded that MDL is a convenient metric for assessing the quality of natural language requirements.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"1021-1035"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LLM-based Approach to Automatically Establish Traceability between Requirements and MBSE","authors":"Maria Bonner, Marc Zeller, Gabor Schulz, Ana Savu","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13285","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tracing requirements specification to design and implementation is an essential part of safety standards, as it allows to ensure that safety goals are met throughout the development process. Manual tracing numerous artifacts produced throughout the development process is error-prone and takes much time. To address these problems, we proposed a tool (Bonner, M.; Zeller, M.; Schulz, G.; Beyer, D.; Olteanu, M., 2023), which allows to establish links between requirements and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in a semi-automatic way. The underlying algorithms of our tool are embedding similarity computation and classification approaches based on Large Language Models (LLMs). To assess the performance of underlying algorithm we propose an evaluation, where we compare the recall, the precision, and the <i>F</i><sub>2</sub> score of different approaches applied to our datasets. The goal of our evaluation is to understand how well LLMs perform in automatically generating trace links on different datasets. Our evaluation shows that it is worth to invest time in preprocessing the data and fine-tuning the LLMs to achieve the better recommendations for engineers, which improves the traceability process.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"2542-2560"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BLACK HOLE CINEMA: APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE AN EARTH-SIZED TELESCOPE","authors":"Garret Fitzpatrick, Ryan Chaves","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an array of radio telescopes around the world that uses the technique of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to create a virtual Earth-sized telescope. Using this technique, the EHT released the first image of a black hole on April 10, 2019, accelerating black hole science and creating enormous public impact. Now, a team of scientists and engineers is looking ahead to the next horizon: movies of black holes. In this paper, we give an overview of how the next-generation EHT (ngEHT) Project has adopted a systems engineering approach to the design of future improvements to the EHT array, developing clear traceability from community-defined key science goals. Scheduling, operations, site selection, observing bandwidth, data transport, and data management are some of the many factors that require careful consideration and balance and therefore benefit from intentional systems engineering methods underpinned by a “single source of truth” system model.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Gagliardi, Matthew C Hause, James N Martin, Mark A Phillips
{"title":"Darth Vader's Secret Weapon: Implementing Mission Engineering with UAF","authors":"Matthew Gagliardi, Matthew C Hause, James N Martin, Mark A Phillips","doi":"10.1002/iis2.13234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/iis2.13234","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When planning and conducting a Mission Engineering (ME) study, it is important to have a complete, correct, and coherent model of the mission architecture. The Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) has been found to be effective for this purpose. The OUSD (R&E) Mission Integration office is exploring how to use UAF for their ME architectures. This paper will explore some of the required modeling features and constructs that will enable this to occur. The paper “Implementing Mission Engineering with UAF” was presented at a previous conference and this paper will expand on that presentation and will discuss additional work that has been accomplished since then. This paper will also explore the proposed extensions for UAF to better support ME. We created a prototype model using the Battle of Hoth from Star Wars as a proof of concept for these modeling extensions and used the process and ME concepts defined in the Mission Engineering Guide (MEG). Since then there have been several concepts that were explored such as compatibility with the Model-Based Acquisition (MBAcq) approach, recent initiatives from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities, Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE) process and methods, detailed resource engagement, use of different modeling languages (e.g., Systems Modeling Language (SysML), SysML v2 and UAF v2), Effects and Outcomes, variety of measures, additional attributes/stereotypes such as differentiation between enemy/friendly/neutral - Blue Force, Red Force, etc., provenance/confidence of enemy resources, and so forth. This paper will summarize the research and modeling done to date and explore these additional concepts as well as new ideas introduced in the MEG v2.</p>","PeriodicalId":100663,"journal":{"name":"INCOSE International Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"1719-1747"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}