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Watt Systems TechnologiesCopyright © 2009, Watt Systems Technologies
All Rights Reserved
Traditional Systems Engineering
Kenneth A. Lloyd, Jr.
(Is REALLY Model Based Systems Engineering)
Objectives of this Presentation
Provide background context & research for SE?Raise awareness of models in SE practice.
SE Conops are models. SE Requirements are models. SE Validation and Verification are models. All SE Documents map to models.
Show Concepts are the foundation of models.Are Systems Models?
No, but you can model systems.Have some fun …
Background
“Scientists [and engineers] come to their particular problem withan accepted body of knowledge behind them, and on which they expect
to draw, without questioning the validity of each and every method,assumption, or set of facts that they use. If we all tried to work
everything out from first principles, or even insisted onunderstanding every piece of the puzzle in equal detail, none of usewould ever get anywhere. So to some degree we have to accept that
whatever has been acknowledged by the relevant community has beendone carefully and correctly, and can be relied on … But the
process is far from perfect, and once in a while we are surprised todiscover that a piece of knowledge we had long taken for granted is
questionable or even wrong.”
-Duncan J. Watts, fromDuncan J. Watts, from““Six Degrees: The Science of aSix Degrees: The Science of aConnected Age” [p. 132]Connected Age” [p. 132]
Background
Experts notice features and meaningful patterns of information that are not noticed by novices.
Experts have acquired a great deal of content knowledge that is organized in ways that reflect a deep understanding of their subject matter.
Experts’ knowledge cannot be reduced to sets of isolated facts or propositions but, instead, reflects contexts of applicability: that is, the knowledge is “conditionalized” on a set of circumstances.
Experts are able to flexibly retrieve important aspects of their knowledge with little attentional effort.
Though experts know their disciplines thoroughly, this does not guarantee that they are able to teach others.
Experts have varying levels of flexibility in their approach to new situations.
John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking (eds.), How Experts Differ from Novices
4 Major Concerns of SE
Enterprise aspectsTechnical aspects Project aspectsAgreement aspects
Our focus
Brief
Enterprise Aspects
Models – Steve Lehar
Phenomenon
Model
Courtesy: Steve Lehar, PhD – Cognitive Science, Boston University
Concept
Concepts do not need, nor do they havethe same “topology” as reality.
They have maps.
Models – Roger Penrose
PhenomenonConceptual
Model
Roger Penrose – Road to Reality
The Chasm – The Problem Domain
Courtesy: Steve Lehar, PhD – Cognitive Science, Boston University
Minimal Model System
errormodeldata
A statement of what you believe you know, and what you don’t
Real worldPhenomenon
A Hypothesis orTheorem*
**Idealized at equilibrium
In Mathematical Language
MmgfF ,:
F is called a functor
Carnegie-Mellon Models
Carnegie-Mellon UniversityA System of Model Interaction
Related to Phenomenon
Familiar Ground - The SE ‘V’
Evolutionary ‘V’
Background - The SE ‘V’
Models
TheManWhoMistookHis BrainFor HisMind
Models
INCOSE Handbook 3.1 p. 2.4Aussi, ceci n’est pas un modéle
Conceptual Hierarchy
Conceptual
Language
Taxonomy
Ontology
M3 Meta-metamodel
M2 Metamodel
M1 Model
M0 Object
Hig
her A
bstractio
n
Alex Stepanov’s Concept Model
Maps to Models
Conceptual
Language
Taxonomy
Ontology
M3 Meta-metamodel
M2 Metamodel
M1 Model
M0 Object
Each level has elements of self-similarity – but not equality
errormodeldata Petri netsUML, SysML andTextual Documents
Technical Aspects
Requirements definition,Requirements analysis, Architectural design, Implementation, Integration,Verification, Transition, Validation, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal
Focus
Focus
Focus
Zia - A Real-world Example
Concept of Operations
Zia goes here
Overview
Overview (excerpt)“Effective management and stewardship of the nuclear weapons stockpileinto the future requires the ability to accurately assess the behavior of the weapons in order to ensure robust and reliable performance while maintaining the testing moratorium. These accurate assessments drive the requirements for predictive capability in weapons science, including a fine-scale numerical resolution and advanced models for physics and material behavior.” – pg. 5
Model?Model?
Models?
?
Models – Steve Lehar Redux
Phenomenon as
Measureable,MeaningfulData:
Requirements
Model
Courtesy: Steve Lehar, PhD – Cognitive Science, Boston University
Concept
Requirements do not need, nor do they havethe same “topology” as reality.They have maps to models.
What doesthis requirementmean?
Zia’s High Level Reqs.
Mapping Information to Models
Agents, spiders and crawlers … Oh, my!
What does it all mean?
Contact Info
Kenneth A. Lloyd, Jr.Director, Systems ScienceWatt Systems Technologies Inc.Albuquerque, NM 87114 USAkenneth.lloyd@wattsys.com
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