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Effective and Efficient Preparation for the Unforeseeable
Author(s) -
Hinsley S.W.,
Henshaw M.J,
Siemieniuch C.E.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2016.00277.x
Subject(s) - affordance , computer science , process (computing) , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , energy (signal processing) , biochemical engineering , human–computer interaction , engineering , programming language , mathematics , business , statistics
This paper hypothesizes that a System‐of‐Systems (SoS) that is not fit‐for‐purpose is so because it cannot implement the correct, timely and complete transfers of Material, Energy and/or Information (MEI) between its constituents and with its external environment that are necessary to achieve a particular result. This research addresses the problem of maintaining a SoS fit‐for‐purpose after unpredictable changes in operation, composition or external factors by creating a method, implemented as an engineering process and supported by an analysis technique to enhance the affordance {“Features that provide the potential for interaction by “Affording the ability to do something” [1]} of SoS constituents for MEI transfer and reveal potential undesirable transfers.