SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEVELOPING A SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE MODEL

摘要

A method is provided for developing an architecture model for a system-of-systems (SoS) that includes n system levels L₁ ... L_n, each of which includes at least one component of the SoS. For at least i>1, each system level L_i includes at least one component of level L_i-1. The method includes developing an architecture model for at least one level of the SoS. For at least i>1, the level L_i-1 architecture model can be developed by developing a functional architecture model for level L_i-1, and thereafter transforming the level L_i-11 functional architecture model into a physical architecture model for level L_i-1. The functional architecture model includes a functional and a logical structure for level L_i-1. And as such, the functional architecture model is developed based upon a concurrent functional and logical decomposition of a functional architecture model developed for level L_i.