Date of Award
Spring 2011
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering
Program/Concentration
Modeling and Simulation
Committee Director
Andreas Tolk
Committee Member
Tom Pawlowski
Committee Member
Charles Keating
Committee Member
Frederic D. McKenzie
Abstract
A system that does not stand alone is represented by a complex entity of component combinations that interact with each other to execute a function. In today's interconnected world, systems integrate with other systems - called a system-of-systems infrastructure: a network of interrelated systems that can often exhibit both predictable and unpredictable behavior. The current state-of-the-art evaluation process of these system-of-systems and their community of practitioners in the academic community are limited to static methods focused on defining who is doing what and where. However, to answer the questions of why and how a system operates within complex systems-of-systems interrelationships, a system's architecture and context must be observed over time, its executable architecture, to discern effective predictable and unpredictable behavior.
The objective of this research is to determine a method for evaluating a system's executable architecture and assess the contribution and efficiency of the specified system before it is built. This research led to the development of concrete steps that synthesize the observance of the executable architecture, assessment recommendations provided by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Code of Best Practice for Command and Control (C2) Assessment, and the metrics for operational efficiency provided by the Military Missions and Means Framework. Based on the research herein, this synthesis is designed to evaluate and assess system-of-systems architectures in their operational context to provide quantitative results.
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DOI
10.25777/yr2g-yp42
ISBN
9781124696621
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Johnny J..
"Adding Executable Context to Executable Architectures: Enabling an Executable Context Simulation Framework (ECSF)"
(2011). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/yr2g-yp42
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