Modeling sociotechnical specifics using architectural concepts

  • Authors:
  • Michael Cebulla

  • Affiliations:
  • Instit für Softwaretechnik und theoretische Informatik, Berlin

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper we focus on architectural concepts for complex sociotechnical systems. First we claim that there is a great need for model-based reasoning about systemic properties concerning questions of system design and the definition of long-term management policies. After this we take our starting point from formal methods, requirements engineering, and software architecture. We provide special extensions for these methods which are well-suited for the description of the behavioral relevance of cognitive parameters in sociotechnical systems. We maintain the visual style of modeling concepts as known from software architecture and provide an easy to use notation for reasoning about the features of specific decision situations. Finally we provide concepts to deal with uncertain system behavior and human error.