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Modeling Emergent Behavior for Systems‐of‐Systems
Author(s) -
Hsu John C.,
Butterfield Marion
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2007.tb02985.x
Subject(s) - computer science , interoperability , system of systems , systems modeling language , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , artificial neural network , software engineering , unified modeling language , systems design , engineering , software , programming language , operating system
Emergent behaviors exist in biological systems, physical systems and human performance. Little is currently known about constructing an interoperable network of systems and the incorporation of known emergent behaviors. Definitions of emergence are introduced. The four principles of emergence are outlined and discussed. Conceptual agent‐based modeling is discussed to illustrate possible modeling approaches for identifying and assessing emergent behaviors according to the emergent principles. The agent‐based simulation will be the inputs to system‐of‐systems (SoS) architectural models. Neural network artificial intelligence may be needed to assist our understanding of the emergent behaviors during operations of SoS and the associated system architecture model development. It is recommended that the integration of agent‐based simulation and neural network methods with SysML be considered.