2134/11865069.v1
Charles Dickerson
Charles
Dickerson
Mike Wilkinson
Mike
Wilkinson
Eugenie Hunsicker
Eugenie
Hunsicker
Siyuan Ji
Siyuan
Ji
Mole Li
Mole
Li
Yves Bernard
Yves
Bernard
Graham Bleakley
Graham
Bleakley
Peter Denno
Peter
Denno
Architecture definition in complex system design using model theory
Loughborough University
2020
Architecture
Category theory
Definition process
Diesel emissions
Model theory
System
2020-02-21 09:37:23
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Architecture_definition_in_complex_system_design_using_model_theory/11865069
<div>Architecture definition, which is central to system design, is one of the two most used technical processes in the practice of model-based systems engineering. In this article, a fundamental approach to architecture definition is presented and demonstrated. The success of its application to engineering problems depends on a precise but practical definition of the term architecture. In the standard for architecture description, ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, a definition was adopted that has been subsumed into later standards. In 2018, the working group JTC1/SC7/WG42 on system architecture began a review of the adopted definition, holding sessions late in the year. This article extends and complements a position paper submitted during the meetings, in which Tarski model theory and ISO/IEC 24707:2018 (logic-based languages) were used to better understand relationships between system models and concepts related to architecture. Independent from the working group, it now contributes intuitive fundamental definitions of the terms architecture and system that are used to specify a mathematically based technical process for architecture definition. The engineering utility and benefits to complex system design are demonstrated in a diesel engine emissions reduction case study.<br></div>