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EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PREPARATION FOR THE UNFORESEEABLE
Author(s) -
Hinsley S. W.,
Henshaw M. J.,
Siemieniuch C. E.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
insight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-4868
pISSN - 2156-485X
DOI - 10.1002/inst.12147
Subject(s) - affordance , process (computing) , computer science , systems engineering , energy transfer , energy (signal processing) , risk analysis (engineering) , construction engineering , engineering , human–computer interaction , programming language , mathematics , statistics , engineering physics , medicine
This paper hypothesizes that a system‐of‐systems (SoS) that is not fit for purpose is so because it cannot implement the correct, timely, and complete transfers of material, energy, and information (MEI) between its constituents and with its external environment that are necessary to achieve a particular result. This research addresses the problem of maintaining a SoS fit for purpose after unpredictable changes in operation, composition, or external factors by creating a method, implemented as an engineering process, and supported by an analysis technique to enhance the affordance {“Features that provide the potential for interaction by affording the ability to do something” (Norman 1999)} of SoS constituents for MEI transfer and reveal potential undesirable transfers.