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3.3.1 Systems Engineering With Solution Spaces
Author(s) -
Hause Matthew,
Thom Francis
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2003.tb02628.x
Subject(s) - computer science , reuse , unified modeling language , systems engineering , software engineering , process (computing) , ontology , requirements engineering , system of systems engineering , systems design , engineering , programming language , philosophy , software , epistemology , waste management
When creating UML models of systems, a common strategy is to model all the elements as classes. This technique is inadequate, because eventually the element has to represent something in a given solution space. Instead, the system should be modeled using a library of Systems Engineering concepts that can be applied to the problem. In this paper, we propose using Systems Engineering profiles, patterns, concepts and standards, corresponding to solution spaces to model the system and support both the product and the process. These can be used throughout the system lifecycle, from modelling the concepts and physical environment in the requirements stage, to creating physical systems from the model during the implementation stage. This library, or ontology, could be built up over time to create a Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBOK), allowing reuse of requirements, concepts, and problem‐solving techniques.