Title
Complexity and fragility in system of systems
Abstract
SoS are an ensemble of complex systems, which have the potential for an extraordinary amount of structural complexity, even temporarily, as a result of interconnections and couplings that can vary in strength. Because of this, SoS can be vulnerable to sudden catastrophic collapse as a result of small and insignificant partial functionality losses in one of the constituent systems. This paper provides an analysis of the response SoS to uncertainties in the form of partial failures, which is complemented by the presentation of a measure of structural complexity for SoS. Experiments with the development of random graphs to simulate SoS show that a partial failure initiated in one system has a high possibility of leading to a collapse of another system of SoS, sometimes even before leading to total failure in the originating system. After pinpointing the effect of the complexity of todayu0027s system of systems (SoS), we present a first-step understanding of why unanticipated failures find more potential and more...
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1504/IJSSE.2016.080323
Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng.
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
7
4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.39
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik1148.29
Joseph M. Bradley2174.69
Michael Ryan34117.47