What is it about?
Systems of systems are characterized by being independently governed. Systems within systems of systems cease part of their autonomy to freely belong to a systems of systems. Philosophically, this implies that at a given time a constituent system can also abandon the system of systems at its discretion. This may therefore impact the effectiveness or the capabilities of the system of systems. This paper introduces the concept of abandonment and discusses how it can change the way system effectiveness is determined in systems of systems.
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Why is it important?
The emergence of systems of systems brings new boundary constraints that require new ways to effectively architecting them and measuring their capabilities and operational effectiveness. In the particular case of this paper, for example, current approaches to architect systems do not consider the risk of a constituent part abandoning the system (not failing!). Yet, given the distributed governance of systems of systems this is a plausible scenario.
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This paper pushes the understanding of the implications of how systems of systems emerge and are organized. By mimicking systems of systems with societies, it is possible to identify new scenarios that are not seeable in traditional systems. In the particular case of this paper, the case on which a constituent system decides to leave its system of systems is addressed. Multiple reasons may lead to that, but the key aspect is to find a way to take into account such risk in the architecting and integration of systems of systems.
Dr Alejandro Salado
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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This page is a summary of: Abandonment: A natural consequence of autonomy and belonging in systems-of-systems, May 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
DOI: 10.1109/sysose.2015.7151936.
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