{"title":"Systems approach to the safety of complex technical facilities","authors":"M. Belov","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384121","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is devoted to the safety of complex technical systems of systems (SoS) through the improvement of engineering processes at all system lifecycle stages. The safety of complex technical facilities (such as nuclear and conventional power plants, offshore oil and gas platforms and chemical processing plants) is analyzed based on the systems theory and SoS engineering. The safety concept discussed is the development and implementation of engineering process constraints to identify and prevent engineering inconsistencies which endanger systems safety. The method proposed consists of inconsistency classification as well as practical recommendations on how to formulate and implement safety constraints. The paper is based on the project implementation experience of IBS in 2010-2012 in the capital industry in Russia.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"36 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":"127316628","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":"Embedded Concurrent Computing Architecture using FPGA","authors":"M. H. Salih, R. Ahmad, A. Yahya, M. Arshad","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384129","url":null,"abstract":"Simultaneous multithreading by use of embedded parallel systolic filters is a novel technological approach to achieve multiprocessing. It is important for the designers to ensure that FPGA chips that are fully operational. There is great emphasis on the design area, performance, challenges and opportunities posed by multi-tasking as a result of the huge number of inputs and outputs required by the design. The Embedded Concurrent Computing Architecture proposed is implemented on a FPGA chip. There are expected speedups in the implementation based on the results shown in this proposal. Synthesis has been used in gathering of the results with implementation being achieved by use of low complexities in the FPGA usage and frequency. The efficiency of the new model is over 75% with the performance of the design is secured for a tolerance of 2 m for 25 m range. The Particle filter tolerance is less than 1m with an operating frequency of 212 MHz or thereabouts.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"125 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":"127330018","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 automatic identification system of maritime accident risk using rule-based reasoning","authors":"Bilal Idiri, A. Napoli","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384140","url":null,"abstract":"Current maritime traffic monitoring systems are not sufficiently adapted to the identification of maritime accident risk. It is very difficult for operators responsible for monitoring traffic to identify which vessels are at risk among all the shipping traffic displayed on their screen. They are overwhelmed by huge amount of kinematic ship data to be decoded. To improve this situation, this paper proposes a system for the automatic identification of maritime accident risk. The system consists of two modules. The first automates expert knowledge acquisition through the computerized exploration of historical maritime data, and the second provides a rule-based reasoning mechanism.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"6 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":"125911988","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":"Socio-technical considerations for enterprise system interfaces in Systems of Systems","authors":"C. Siemieniuch, M. Sinclair","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384123","url":null,"abstract":"The inclusion of humans in the systems comprising the System of Systems (SoS) mean that the boundaries of the SoS become fuzzy, and the interfaces become more complicated. Two particular issues are discussed; incompatibilities between organisations at the interfaces, requiring some changes to the ways companies operate; and incomplete information, requiring integrity of behaviour to enable trust to replace knowledge. As a consequence, some tool requirements for design and sustainment of SoS are outlined.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"61 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":"126389301","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":"Predictive transportation control for high throughput and short turnaround time","authors":"Yoshiyuki Tajima, T. Noguchi, T. Fukumoto","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384158","url":null,"abstract":"In factory automation (FA) and laboratory automation (LA), an automation system alternates between transporting work-piece objects to an area that is appropriate for the purpose and then processing them. This kind of automation system needs high scalability. Therefore, the automation system is made up of various combinations of autonomous modules. That is, the automation system is a kind of system of systems (SoS). In the automation system, we often require high throughput (TP) and short turnaround time (TAT) for high priority objects. However, there is a tradeoff between these capabilities. In this research, we propose a queue-based model for defining congestion of the automation system. Then, we describe the difficulty in achieving high TP and short TAT simultaneously. Then, we propose a novel control method that is based on future congestion. A part of the effectiveness has been evaluated by simulations.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"17 6 Pt 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":"130905302","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":"Self-aware architecture to support partial control of emergent behavior","authors":"L. Motus, J. Preden, M. Meriste, R. Pahtma","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384148","url":null,"abstract":"System of systems comprises interacting, heterogeneous, autonomous components with incomplete information about their inner states, and about the surrounding environment. Many interactions are often not rigorously defined, and change dynamically. System of systems usually exhibits emergent behavior that cannot be predicted by analyzing static properties of the components, and is not always permissible. This paper suggests that the designer can improve system's behavior by substituting (part of) regular interactions with smart mediated interactions that bolster up shared situation awareness of the system's components and thus strengthens system's capability to monitor and partially control its emergent behavior. This paper discusses smart mediated interactions that focus on awareness of temporal features and on estimates of spatial location of the components. Interactions are assembled into proactive middleware that forms a backbone of system of systems.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"112 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":"133815387","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":"Research on capability requirements generation of Weapon System-of-systems based on CRTAM model","authors":"Yajie Dou, Long Li, Qingsong Zhao, Yingwu Chen","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384168","url":null,"abstract":"The thoughts and methods of Capability-Based requirement analysis have gone increasingly deep into the development of Weapon System-of-Systems (WSoS). Effective analysis and programming of capability are fundamental tasks for requirement analysis of WSoS. Under the background of operation, there are repeating capabilities among different operational tasks. Acquiring Capability Index Requirements (CIRs) from various Operational Task Requirements (OTRs) is difficult. To resolve this problem, the value of each capability index is measured as an interval and Meta-activity model is proposed, the operational activity is decomposed to Meta-activity collections and the capability requirement of a single operational task is captured using Meta-activity-Capability mapping. Based on this, the WSoS Capability indices are divided into five kinds and four types of Capability Requirements Transverse Aggregation Model (CRTAM) are built to deal with the CIRs acquired from the tasks decomposition. A Capabilities Indices Requirements List (CIRL) under the multi-tasks condition is gained. Finally, the method is validated by an example of anti-stealth air defense systems of systems (ASADSoS).","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"37 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":"134127179","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":"On dynamic models for wind farms as systems of systems","authors":"K. Rannat, L. Motus, M. Meriste, J. Preden","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384160","url":null,"abstract":"The authors consider a wind-farm as a system of systems consisting of a number of wind turbines as sub-systems. Each wind turbine comprises its own sensor network and automation units for control and monitoring of turbine's work, structural integrity and environmental situation. Sensing of environment is hierarchical - a single wind turbine senses local conditions and informs both neighbors and central control. The wind-farm's central control owes its situational awareness to single turbines at the sites and areal environmental sensors. The wind turbines, embodied into the same environment, get influenced by and influence both the environment and neighbors. Interaction with the environment, influencing the neighbors and being subjected to central control lead to agent-based modeling and simulation as a convenient method for better monitoring and understanding the work of wind-farms.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"33 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":"134208634","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":"Towards a cooperative life cycle documentation for distributed renewable energy power plants","authors":"Johannes Schmidt, A. V. Hoof","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384162","url":null,"abstract":"Requirements analysis of IT-support for daily operation of power plants for renewable energy (viz. solar, wind, and biochemical) shows a need for new, primarily cooperation-supportive functions, especially in the area of maintenance and repair. One central consideration is the need for a so-called digital logbook, a complete and consistent central pool of all data and documents generated in the course of a power plant's life cycle. In this article, we describe an excerpt of a reference data model for such a logbook, showing how model concepts fit multi-party cooperative error detection and repair processes. Thereafter, we present an IT-architecture for logbooks as federated data service. In our work, we discuss and incorporate present results in international ISO and IEC standardization relevant to renewable energy power plants.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"17 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":"114824371","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":"Technology System of Systems: Concepts and hierarchical structure","authors":"Leilei Chang, Yan-jing Lu, Qingsong Zhao, Jiang Jiang","doi":"10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384159","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at planning for the development and standardization of military related technologies. From the perspective of military requirements, the Weapon System of Systems (WSoS) related research is referenced. The definition and characteristics of Technology System of Systems (TSoS) are discussed. TSoS related research is reviewed. Types of capability requirements, as well as technologies classification, are studied and compared. A TSoS construction method is proposed using the tactical and technical indices as bridges between capability/system requirements and technologies. A showcase to construct a TSoS is studied to validate the efficiency of the proposed method using sixty technologies derived from the US weapon acquisition for the 2012 fiscal year.","PeriodicalId":388477,"journal":{"name":"2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)","volume":"80 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":"115330081","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}