Functionality evaluation of system of systems architecture based on extended influence diagrams

摘要

System of systems architecture (SoSA) has received increasing emphasis by scholars since Zachman ignited its flame in 1987. Given its complexity and abstractness, it is critical to vali-date and evaluate SoSA to ensure requirements have been met. Multiple qualities are discussed in the literature of SoSA evalua-tion, while research on functionality is scarce. In order to assess SoSA functionality, an extended influence diagram (EID) is deve-loped in this paper. Meanwhile, a simulation method is proposed to elicit the conditional probabilities in EID through designing and executing SoSA. An illustrative anti-missile architecture case is introduced for EID development, architecture design, and simula-tion.