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A Complexity Analysis Approach for Model-based System Engineering

  • Zhenchao Hu
  • , Jinzhi Lu*
  • , Jinwei Chen
  • , Xiaochen Zheng
  • , Dimitrios Kyritsis
  • , Huisheng Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Abstract

With the increasing complexity of the highly engineered products, Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is proposed to support the complexity management of the product development. As the basic of complexity management, complexity analysis is used to measure the system complexity for system solution trade-offs. Using traditional MBSE approaches, system architectures of product are formalized as MBSE models whose complexity measurement provides cues to quantitative trade-offs. In this paper, an MBSE approach is proposed to support complex analysis using qualitative and quantitative approaches. A GOPPRR approach is first proposed to support MBSE formalisms. Then a complexity measurement formula is used to calculate the structure complexity of the MBSE models. Finally, through a tool-chain developed based on Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC), a visualization tool is used to analyze the system complexity by measuring and visualizing the model complexity. A case study is proposed to evaluate the potentials of this approach for supporting product trade-offs. From the results, the approach enables to calculate complexity of MBSE models and virtualizes the model topologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSOSE 2020 - IEEE 15th International Conference of System of Systems Engineering, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages501-506
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728180502
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event15th IEEE International Conference of System of Systems Engineering, SOSE 2020 - Budapest, Hungary
Duration: 2 Jun 20204 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameSOSE 2020 - IEEE 15th International Conference of System of Systems Engineering, Proceedings

Conference

Conference15th IEEE International Conference of System of Systems Engineering, SOSE 2020
Country/TerritoryHungary
CityBudapest
Period2/06/204/06/20

Keywords

  • Model-based Systems Engineering
  • OSLC specification
  • system complexity
  • visualization technology

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