Integrated Analysis Techniques for Command, Control, and Communications Systems. Volume 1. Methodology

摘要

The report consists of a two volumes: In Volume I, the Integrated Analysis Technique (IAT) for Command, Control and Communications (C3) systems are described, along with the background, concept, requisite methodologies, and recommendations for an automated analyst's aid. In Volume II, recommendations for an automated analyst's aid. In Volume 2, the evolution of IAT via successive trial applications to three (C3) systems or subsystems is described and the lessons learned are summarized. The first volume summarizes the results achieved to date. The results clearly indicate the feasibility of IAT, as well as the relationships with existing techniques (e.g., DeMarco Data Flow Diagrams, IDEF sub o, Operational Sequence Diagrams, simulation languages, etc.). In particular, the following results are described: (1) A four-dimensional analytic framework for IAT, along with a definitive set of requirements to be met; (2) A symbolic language involving a major extension of Petri net theory, for modeling and evaluating the performance of manned C3 systems at any level of description or decomposition; (3) A convenient means for aggregating and modularizing system details without masking their impact on system performance; (4) A set of nested, self-consistent and upward-aggregatable system performance and effectiveness measures derived directly from the symbolic language; (5) A set of rules for applying the overall methodology; (6) A flexible database management approach to building and storing the requisite model structure and data; and (7) Recommend features for an automated analyst's aid to applying IAT to manned C3 systems. (fr)