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A Model Driven Development approach to supporting System Engineering Trade Studies
Author(s) -
Bleakley Graham John
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2010.tb01171.x
Subject(s) - computer science , systems modeling language , product (mathematics) , architecture , profitability index , systems engineering , product engineering , new product development , software engineering , selection (genetic algorithm) , presentation (obstetrics) , manufacturing engineering , industrial engineering , process management , product design , unified modeling language , engineering , artificial intelligence , business , art , geometry , mathematics , software , finance , marketing , visual arts , programming language , medicine , radiology
It is very common in manufacturing organizations for the organization to build its new products using the same or similar technology as the previous versions of the product. This means that the organization is not making the best use of new technology or components that could potentially improve their products and/or profitability. This presentation demonstrates an objective approach to evaluate and select complex physical architectures, i.e. doing a Trade Study. It is based upon SysML and it uses a modeling toolset (ref 1) to demonstrate the technique. The approach is based upon the definition of assessment criteria and target values for the product under consideration. Various means of physically realizing the architecture are proposed and the combined effect of the various components evaluated against the target values for the product. The results of this are used as the basis for final selection of the architecture. A practical worked example is provided throughout the paper to further demonstrate the techniques involved.