Toward a Reference Architecture for Digital and Model-Based Engineering Information Systems

Daly, Hayden C.; Grogan, Paul T.

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Hayden C. Daly⁷ &
Paul T. Grogan⁷

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Digital and model-based engineering envisions a future where software systems are intricately involved in systems engineering and engineering design efforts. Recent advances in the field of software engineering have the potential to enable more flexible, reconfigurable, and updateable systems for engineering applications. This paper introduces an information system reference architecture for digital and model-based engineering activities based on modern web-based architectural styles. An application case explains how the reference architecture shaped the implementation of the Tradespace Analysis Tool for Constellations (TAT-C) Knowledge Base, a software component for space systems engineering that maintains a resource library conforming to common object schemas. Database, back-end, and front-end software components serve as architectural layers connected by simple information protocols based on semantic linked data models for improved interoperability.

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This work was supported in part by NASA collaborative agreement/grant 80NSSC17K0586 titled “Knowledge Representation for Distributed Space Mission Design using TAT-C with Machine Learning” as a part of an Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) 2016 project.

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Department of Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Azad M. Madni
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Barry Boehm
Department of Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Daly, H.C., Grogan, P.T. (2022). Toward a Reference Architecture for Digital and Model-Based Engineering Information Systems. In: Madni, A.M., Boehm, B., Erwin, D., Moghaddam, M., Sievers, M., Wheaton, M. (eds) Recent Trends and Advances in Model Based Systems Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82083-1_1

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