Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS)
The concept of a system of systems (SoS) has become very popular over the last decade, resulting in books, conferences, technical papers, and reports. However, there is no consensus as to exactly what the term means, and it has been given many different, though related, definitions. This technical note identifies and describes the characteristics that have been used in various definitions of the term system of systems. These SoS characteristics vary along corresponding scales and can form the basis of corresponding "meters" that serve as indicators of where a system lies along the associated scale. This technical note also discusses two other classes of system characteristics: quality characteristics and programmatic characteristics and how similar meters can be used to describe where systems lie along the scales associated with these two additional sets of system characteristics. Finally, this technical note discusses the various benefits of using these system of systems characteristics to profile systems.
Technical Note
CMU/SEI-2010-TN-001
February 2010
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SEI:
Firesmith, Donald; Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS) (CMU/SEI-2010-TN-001). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tn001.cfm
IEEE:
D. Firesmith, "Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS)," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2010-TN-001, 2010. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tn001.cfm
APA:
Firesmith, D., (2010). Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS) (CMU/SEI-2010-TN-001). Retrieved May 24, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tn001.cfm
CHI:
Firesmith, Donald, Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS) (CMU/SEI-2010-TN-001). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tn001.cfm
MLA:
Firesmith, D., 2010. Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS) (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2010-TN-001). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tn001.cfm
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