Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects
On the Systems Engineering and Management of Systems of Systems and Federations of Systems
Information-Knowledge-Systems Management
Transporting sensor data over radio networks in a system of systems: network and bandwidth planning
SMC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
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A System of Systems (SoS) integration approach enables treating real systems and their simulated counterparts as equals. A tiered process provides operational context and increasingly detailed design including threads and interfaces that mix the live and simulation domains. An integration framework provides standard services such as translation, information management, reliable transport, and display capabilities, allowing independent systems to be used in a broader SoS context. Development and use of the framework over several years enabled true bi-directional data flow between domains this year, expanding the SoS context under study. Maturing individual technologies, comparing live and simulated systems, and validating simulation models are among the presented results. Mixed mode experimentation enables the combination of scaling (via simulation in a high-performance computing environment) and operational execution (via live systems in a realistic field environment) not possible otherwise. The resulting insights further PM C4ISR On-The-Move's campaign goals of supporting the deployment of C4ISR technology within a Network Centric Warfare context. Application beyond this organization is at three levels: 1) the use of the process and methods to general LVC/SoS problems, 2) the integration approach itself to bridge domains and enable system interaction, and 3) the resulting ability to mature component technologies.