Chap 1 continued

Question 1

what does atomic mean?

Answer 1

A system element that cannot be further decomposed

Question 2

what is a system element

Answer 2

an atomic element or a system in its own right

Question 3

what does integration mean?

Answer 3

The relationship between the EFFECTS, that organising system elements has on their INTERACTIONS ans how these EFFECTS enable the sys to acheive its PURPOSE

Question 4

What is a system hierarchy?

Answer 4

A representation of sys structure using a partitioning relation. A complete set of distinct system elements, suppressing details of interactions.

Question 5

What number of elements should be in each level?

Answer 5

5-9

Question 6

What is a system of systems?

Answer 6

A system of interest whose elements are independent systems. These interoperating systems produce a result not posible by individual systems alone.

Question 7

How to decide if system of interest is a Sys of Sys?

Answer 7

op independence of constituent systems, managerial indep, geo distribution, emergent behaviour, evolutionary development processes

Question 8

What is special about a complex system

Answer 8

interactions between parts exhibit self-organisation, local interactions give rise to novel nonlocal emergent patterns

Question 9

What are the challenges associated with engineering a SoS?

Answer 9

• systems have their own owners
• no common leadership
• not optimised for sos
• have own req
• changes independently of SoS
• difficult to measure performance/validate