Bindi, Victor 'Dirk'; Strunk, John; Baker, Jeffrey; Bacon, Roger; Boensel, Matthew G.; Shoup, Francis E., III; Vaidyanathan, Ravi
Description:
The goal of this investigation is to demonstrate the application of a
process modelling approach to architect a System of Systems (SoS) capable of
conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations projecting to the year
2025. Process modelling is a methodology for architectural analysis for
complex systems whose operation is characterised by ‘processes’ whose
sequential execution may be scaled-up to understand overall system behaviour.
It is ideally suited to address complexity and interoperability issues of an ASW
SoS. New contributions of this work include the successful implementation of a
process modelling approach to architect an ASW SoS and a cohesive set of
results analysing its operation with future projections to the year 2025.
We believe this work may serve as a foundation for future systems engineering
research addressing interoperability and performance of complex systems
whose function is closely tied to time-dependent processes, with particular
application to military and security systems.