Simulation of Systems-of-Systems Dynamic Architectures

• Wallace Manzano Universidade de São Paulo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-3023
• Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Elisa Yumi Nakagawa Universidade de São Paulo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbsoft_estendido.2020.14632

Resumo

Systems-of-Systems (SoS) combine heterogeneous, independent systems to offer complex functionalities for highly dynamic smart applications. Due to their critical nature, SoS should be reliable and work without interruption since a failure could cause serious losses. SoS architectural design can facilitate the prediction of the impact of failures due to SoS behavior. However, existing approaches do not support such evaluation. The main contribution of this paper is to present Dynamic-SoS, an approach to predict, at design time, the SoS architectural behavior at runtime to evaluate whether the SoS can sustain their operation. Results of our multiple case studies reveal Dynamic-SoS is a promising approach that could contribute to the quality of SoS by reliably enabling prior assessment of their dynamic architecture.

Palavras-chave: Software Architecture, System-of-Systems, Simulation

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