A system-of-systems simulation framework and its applications

摘要

There is a growing interest in new system-of-systems (SoS) concepts and strategies. The performance and functioning of groups of heterogeneous systems have become the focus of various applications including military, security, aerospace, and disaster management systems. The concept of SoS is essential to more effectively implement and analyze large, complex, independent, and heterogeneous systems working cooperatively. In a system of systems, systems and/or subsystems often interact with each other because of interoperability and overall integration of the SoS. In discrete event simulation, messages can be passed from one system to another using either predefined or user-defined message formats. Based on the presented system-of-systems architecture, we have simulated two cases. The first case is a data aggregation scenario where there is a base robot, a swarm robot, two sensors, and a threat. The second case is a robust threat detection scenario with a base robot, two swarm robots, five sensors, and a threat.