Solving System Integration and Interoperability Problems Using a Model Reference Systems Engineering Framework

摘要

This paper presents a model-reference systems engineering framework, which is applied on a number of ESC projects. This framework provides an architecture-driven system engineering process supported by a tool kit. This kit is built incrementally using an integrated set of commercial and government developed tools. These tools include project management, systems engineering, military worth-analysis and enterprise collaboration tools. Products developed using these tools enable the specification and visualization of an executable model of the integrated system architecture as it evolves from a low fidelity concept into a high fidelity system model. This enables end users of system products, system designers, and decision-makers; to perform "what if" analyses on system design alternatives before making costly final system acquisition decisions.