Paper Info
Title
Model-based systems engineering: Motivation, current status, and research opportunities
Abstract
As systems continue to grow in scale and complexity, the Systems Engineering community has turned to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tomanage complexity, maintain consistency, and assure traceability during system development. It is different from "engineering with models," which has been a common practice in the engineering profession for decades. MBSE is a holistic, systems engineering approach centered on the evolving system model, which serves as the "sole source of truth" about the system. It comprises system specification, design, validation, and configuration management. Even though MBSE is beginning to see a fair amount of use in multiple industries, specific advances are needed on multiple fronts to realize its full benefits. This paper discusses the motivation for MBSE, and its current state of maturity. It presents systems modeling methodologies and the role of ontologies and metamodels in MBSE. It presents model-based verification and validation (V&V) as an example of MBSE use. An illustrative example of the use of MBSE for design synthesis is presented to demonstrate an important MBSE capability. The paper concludes with a discussion of challenges to widescale adoption and offers promising research directions to fully realize the potential benefits of MBSE.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1002/sys.21438
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Keywords
Field
DocType
model-based systems engineering (MBSE),modeling and simulation,system integration,systems-of-systems,verification and validation
Economics,Verification and validation,Engineering management,Modeling and simulation,System of systems,Model-based systems engineering,Finance,System integration
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21.0
SP3.0
1098-1241
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.98
20
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Azad M. Madni118834.57
Michael Sievers280.98