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5.3.1 Emergence: All in the Minds
Author(s) -
McConnell George R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2012.tb01366.x
Subject(s) - unified modeling language , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , software , programming language
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) rightly attracts much attention. However, when we start to consider models that are ‘beyond’ UML (or any similar language) we encounter one of the major challenges of systems thinking – that is that we each have different perspectives ‐ or models ‐ on what reality is. No two people approach a situation with exactly the same background, knowledge and objectives ‐ there will always therefore be differences between their personal understanding and view of the situation. Reconciling these differences ‐ indeed even recognising these differences ‐ presents a major challenge related to MBSE.