Integrating Heterogeneous Engineering Tools and Data Models: A Roadmap for Developing Engineering System Architecture Variants

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing - Software Quality. Software and Systems Quality in Distributed and Mobile Environments ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-13251-8_6 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 89-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Richard Mordinyi ◽

Dietmar Winkler ◽

Florian Waltersdorfer ◽

Stefan Scheiber ◽

Stefan Biffl

Keyword(s):

System Architecture ◽

Data Models ◽

Engineering System

Download Full-text

A network tool to analyse and improve robustness of system architectures

Design Science ◽

10.1017/dsj.2020.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Giota Paparistodimou ◽

Alex Duffy ◽

Robert Ian Whitfield ◽

Philip Knight ◽

Malcolm Robb

Keyword(s):

System Architecture ◽

Engineering System ◽

System Architectures ◽

Alternative System ◽

Initial Stage ◽

Threshold Criterion ◽

Network Generator ◽

Key Features ◽

Cost Efficient ◽

Source And Sink

The architecture of a system is decided at the initial stage of the design. However, the robustness of the system is not usually assessed in detail during the initial stages, and the exploration of alternative system architectures is limited due to the influence of previous designs and opinions. This article presents a novel network generator that enables the analysis of the robustness of alternative system architectures in the initial stages of design. The generator is proposed as a network tool for system architectures dictated by their configuration of source and sink components structured in a way to deliver a particular functionality. Its parameters allow exploration with theoretical patterns to define the main structure and hub structure, vary the number, size, and connectivity of hub components, define source and sink components and directionality at the hub level and adapt a redundancy threshold criterion. The methodology in this article assesses the system architecture patterns through robustness and modularity network based metrics and methods. Two naval distributed engineering system architectures are examined as the basis of reference for the simulated networks. The generator provides the capacity to create alternative complex system architecture options with identifiable patterns and key features, aiding in a broader explorative and analytical, in-depth, time and cost-efficient initial design process.

Download Full-text

Quantifying geospatial interdependencies of ICT and power system based on open data

Energy Informatics ◽

10.1186/s42162-021-00182-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (S3) ◽

Author(s):

Anna Volkova ◽

Jonas Terzer ◽

Hermann de Meer

Keyword(s):

Power System ◽

System Architecture ◽

Open Data ◽

Data Models ◽

Theoretic Approach ◽

Graph Theoretic ◽

Graph Theoretic Approach ◽

Wide Range ◽

Ict System ◽

System Data

AbstractIn order to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative services and technologies spanning over the ICT-enabled power system, realistic models are required. Although nowadays there is a wide range of power system data models, these models do not include a lifelike representation of the ICT system architecture and do not consider the level of interconnectedness of the two systems. In this paper, we propose a methodology for quantification of the geospatial relations between ICT and power system based on openly available data. We describe a graph-theoretic approach, formulate a problem of assessing geospatial relations and discuss the methods required to process publicly available data, retrieve scenarios for different regions and quantify the level of interdependence between ICT and power system.

Download Full-text