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AGGREGATE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTING
Author(s) -
Grady Jeffrey O.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1996.tb02052.x
Subject(s) - computer science , selection (genetic algorithm) , aggregate (composite) , development (topology) , systems engineering , base (topology) , risk analysis (engineering) , software engineering , engineering , business , nanotechnology , artificial intelligence , mathematics , materials science , mathematical analysis
The INCOSE definition of a system recognizes the existence of the components, items, or elements of which the system consists. This paper addresses the development of systems where those components are systems themselves in several specific subsets of the full range of possibilities with which a developer may be confronted. The developer should evaluate alternative system functionalities and configurations leading up to selection of a preferred solution, but this same well understood activity can be extended to embrace the development of families of systems to serve several needs of interest to the developer and its potential customer base. The tool makers are challenged to support this capability.