UAF-Based Integration of Design and Simulation Model for System-of-Systems

Model-based system-of-systems (SOS) engineering (MBSoSE) is becoming a promising solution for the design of SoS with increasing complexity. However, bridging the models from the design phase to the simulation phase poses significant challenges and requires an integrated approach. In this study, a unified requirement modeling approach is proposed based on unified architecture framework (UAF). Theoretical models are proposed which compose formalized descriptions from both top-down and bottom-up perspectives. Based on the description, the UAF profile is proposed to represent the SoS mission and constituent systems (CS) goal. Moreover, the agent-based simulation information is also described based on the overview, design concepts, and details (ODD) protocol as the complement part of the SoS profile, which can be transformed into different simulation platforms based on the eXtensible markup language (XML) technology and model-to-text method. In this way, the design of the SoS is simulated automatically in the early design stage. Finally, the method is implemented and an example is given to illustrate the whole process.