Technology System of Systems: Concepts and hierarchical structure

Author

Leilei Chang ; Yanjing Lu ; Qingsong Zhao ; Jiang Jiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China

fYear

2012

fDate

16-19 July 2012

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

274

Abstract

This study aims at planning for the development and standardization of military related technologies. From the perspective of military requirements, the Weapon System of Systems (WSoS) related research is referenced. The definition and characteristics of Technology System of Systems (TSoS) are discussed. TSoS related research is reviewed. Types of capability requirements, as well as technologies classification, are studied and compared. A TSoS construction method is proposed using the tactical and technical indices as bridges between capability/system requirements and technologies. A showcase to construct a TSoS is studied to validate the efficiency of the proposed method using sixty technologies derived from the US weapon acquisition for the 2012 fiscal year.

Keywords

missiles; systems engineering; TSoS construction method; US weapon acquisition; WSoS; capability requirements; fiscal year; hierarchical structure; military-related technology development; military-related technology standardization; system requirements; tactical indices; technical indices; technology classification; technology system-of-systems characteristics; technology system-of-systems definition; weapon system-of-systems; Bridges; Semantics; Systematics; Systems engineering and theory; Weapons; hierarchical structure; technology system of systems; weapon system of systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System of Systems Engineering (SoSE), 2012 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Genoa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384159

Filename

6384159