Adding executable context to executable architectures: shifting towards a knowledge-based validation paradigm for system-of-systems architectures

  • Authors:
  • Johnny Garcia;Andreas Tolk

  • Affiliations:
  • SimIS Inc., Portsmouth, VA;Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2010 Summer Computer Simulation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Validating system architectures and assessing the contribution and efficiency of the specified systems before a system is build is the objective supported by the research presented in this paper. The current state of the art of validation is limited to static methods answering questions regarding who is doing what where. Executable architectures support analyzing the behavior of the system itself and support answering the question when something is conducted. To answer the questions why and how the system acts, not only the system architecture needs to be executable, but the system's context as well. The recommended approaches synthesis executable architecture approaches, assessment recommendations provided by the NATO Code of Best Practice for C2 Assessment, and the metrics for operational efficiency provided by the Military Missions to Means Framework for validation and assessment of systems architectures in their operational context.