{"title":"Interface specification for system-of-systems architectures","authors":"R. Payne, J. Bryans, J. Fitzgerald, S. Riddle","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384154","url":null,"abstract":"Establishing that a system-of-systems (SoS) architecture respects global SoS-level properties is complex. Recording explicit technical interfaces at the boundaries of constituent systems would facilitate this, but support for the description of such interfaces is limited in current widely-used architectural notations. This paper identifies research challenges that arise from using the combination of SysML and the formal notation VDM to describe the interface specifications recorded at the boundaries of the constituent systems. The approach is illustrated with a case study based on an emergency services SoS.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130335602","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":"Threshold design for low cost wave sensors through statistical analysis of data","authors":"M. Marimon, Kenji Sugimoto","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384170","url":null,"abstract":"Wave monitoring is an essential activity in building offshore infrastructures and in producing weather forecasts. In this study, a technique for wave sensors used in wave monitoring is introduced. This technique utilizes the statistical parameters - kurtosis and skewness as threshold value generators. The values generated by this technique serve as baseline for normal wave conditions in the area of interest. Sensor deployments on five different areas are done to test this technique. This technique aims to boost the sensor's potential in determining the severity of the ocean waves. Also, this can be used in wave alarm systems that inform coastal communities of impending disasters.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"217 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114370207","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":"The port as a system of systems: A System Dynamics simulation approach","authors":"C. Caballini, S. Sacone, S. Siri","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384155","url":null,"abstract":"The particular complexity that characterizes a maritime port makes it belonging to the category of a system of systems. In fact, the functioning of a port is made possible thanks to the interaction of numerous subsystems, which in turn depend on other systems. The goal of the present paper is to provide a description of a port as a system of systems and to model and simulate the port rail process in some Italian container terminals, by using the software Powersim Studio, implementing the System Dynamics methodology. “What-If” scenarios have been tested with the objective of underlining the system bottlenecks and proposing improvement suggestions.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114828675","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":"A data-centric executable modeling approach for system-of-systems architecture","authors":"Bingfeng Ge, K. Hipel, Long Li, Yingwu Chen","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384149","url":null,"abstract":"A data-centric executable modeling approach is proposed for system-of-Systems (SoS) architecture by taking full advantage of the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) Meta-model (DM2), which provides more flexibility and adaptability to the automated construction of executable models directly from the architectural data. Firstly, the architectural data meta-model is established to guide architectural data modeling of core data elements and associations in DM2 as the common and consistent data dictionary for architecture modeling, and the executable formalism meta-model is designed to formally define executable models. Then, the mapping rules between both meta-models are defined as the common transformation specification regardless of what modeling language or methodology is employed in developing architectural descriptions. Finally, XML (eXtensible Markup Language) technologies are discussed to facilitate the automated transformation of executable models from architectural instance data. Colored Petri Net (CPN) is used as an illustrative executable formalism in the discussion of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115816287","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":"A systems-of-systems approach to the development of flexible, cost-effective training environments","authors":"L. Ciocoiu, M. Henshaw, Ella‐Mae Hubbard","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384171","url":null,"abstract":"In today's aircrew training context, although there is an abundance of training systems that can enhance training and reduce costs, the challenge for the military training organizations to select the most cost-effective training systems to address their immediate and future needs is unresolved. The urgency of this dilemma is exacerbated by shrinking defense budgets. This paper shows how the systems engineering perspective can help the decision-making process for selecting the training media equipment to construct a cost-effective training media environment. A multidisciplinary approach and systems engineering techniques were used to develop a theoretical model of the Mission Training Environment arrangement. Implications of the approach, such as that the training environment can be viewed as a system of systems and that the choice is based on combination of equipment, will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122488266","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}
S. Bracco, F. Delfino, F. Pampararo, M. Robba, M. Rossi
{"title":"A system of systems model for the control of the university of Genoa Smart Polygeneration Microgrid","authors":"S. Bracco, F. Delfino, F. Pampararo, M. Robba, M. Rossi","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384186","url":null,"abstract":"Experimental tests and demonstration projects are very useful to derive new methods and tools for the optimal control of smart grids. In this work, the University of Genoa Smart Polygeneration Microgrid (SPM) is firstly presented, in connection with the different sub-systems that compose the overall system. Then, a simplified mathematical dynamic model, that can be used for optimal control purposes, is described. Finally, a dynamic optimization problem is formalized and solved.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"76 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130547661","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":"Optimal control strategy for the wind power exchanges in a network of microgrids","authors":"H. Dagdougui, A. Ouammi, R. Sacile","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384181","url":null,"abstract":"Grid integration of wind power plants is becoming the main growing form of electricity generation among renewable energies. Recently, more interest is given to microgrids due to its potential benefits. The optimal operation of interconnected microgrids aims the matching of energy production with a dynamic load. In this paper, a control strategy for the wind power exchanges in a network of microgrids is formalized and tested on a Moroccan case study. The control variables are the instantaneous flows of wind power in the network of microgrids. The state is represented by the energy stored in each microgrid. This paper aims to minimize the variations of the energy stored in each storage device from a reference value, as well as to minimize the exchange of power between the microgrids.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130801540","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}
J. Holt, Simon Perry, M. Brownsword, D. Cancila, S. Hallerstede, Finn Overgaard Hansen
{"title":"Model-based requirements engineering for system of systems","authors":"J. Holt, Simon Perry, M. Brownsword, D. Cancila, S. Hallerstede, Finn Overgaard Hansen","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384145","url":null,"abstract":"Model-based systems engineering is a discipline of systems engineering where a model forms the heart of all the systems engineering activities and is the basis of many of the project artefacts. Systems modelling is no longer viewed as simply a `good idea' but is, however, increasingly become an essential part of any systems engineering project. Indeed, this is the start point for the EU FP7 project known as COMPASS (Comprehensive Modelling for Advanced Systems of Systems) that has funded this research. The application of model-based systems engineering is becoming well understood at the systems level, however, there is a lack of research and subsequent industrial application at the system of systems (SoS) level. The main aim of the COMPASS project is to provide an approach for SoS including: processes, tools and new modelling techniques. This paper discusses how a model-based systems engineering approach was developed for requirements engineering that could be applied to both system of systems (SoS) and its constituent system (CS) level. This approach would meet the requirements of current best practice in system of systems in terms of established standards and research.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116921093","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":"A system of systems approach to near miss accidents in dangerous goods road transportation","authors":"S. D. Nadai, Francesco Parodi, D. Pizzorni","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384198","url":null,"abstract":"The “near miss accidents” system arises from a wider based project by DELAB, a joint laboratory, between ENI, one of the most important Italian petrolchemical companies, and the University of Genoa. The objective is to identify the causes leading to truck accidents enhancing the knowledge base through the data collection of near miss accidents. A system of systems engineering approach was developed where the main system components relate to the driver, the truck and the external environment conditions. The methodology which was adopted to monitor the whole system and preliminary results are illustrated.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131217800","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":"A system of systems for air quality decision making","authors":"C. Carnevale, G. Finzi, E. Pisoni, M. Volta","doi":"10.1109/SYSOSE.2012.6384184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSOSE.2012.6384184","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents a system of systems approach to tackle the air quality planning problem through a multi-objective optimization methodology. In this context the different axes of the air quality planning issue (economic, environmental, social) are described and modeled in a unique framework and in an integrated/systemic way allowing for the selection of policies that optimally consider the three aforementioned perspectives. In the formalization of the proposed system approach two objectives are optimized: the Air Quality Index (related to health effects due to high concentrations of secondary pollution, environmental and social impacts of the problem) and the Cost Of Policy Index (related to the cost of emission reduction implementation, and so modeling the economic dimension). A case study for a Northern Italy domain is shown and discussed, stressing how a multi-Air Quality Index framework has to be developed to manage conflicting objectives.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117086378","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}