A Study on Goals Specification for Systems-of-Information Systems

Architectural Description of Systems-of-Information

“…Thus, new constituent systems allow the SoS to offer an unique range of functionality that could not be offered by any of its constituents alone (Maier, 1998). In the context of SoIS, a constituent system contributes with a set of capabilities that can be exploited for achieving specific goals, i.e., activities partitioned into smaller operational tasks that can be distributed to IS constituents matching these capabilities (Graciano Neto, Horita, et al, 2018). Due to SoIS business oriented nature, an internal business process defining the sequence and interdependence between a set of well defined activities is required to govern the SoS operation and the exchange of information between constituents (Graciano .…”

“…In this scenario, a shared notation for the specification of SoIS goals must enable the representation of business processes, specially since constituents can be owned by other organizations which can change over time as new constituents join the SoIS (Graciano Neto, Horita, et al, 2018). For instance, mKAOS is a pioneering language specially designed to support missions modeling for SoS and can be considered the state-of-the-art notation for that purpose (Silva et al, 2017).…”

“…The goals of the Space SoIS are explicitly expressed in terms of a business process, i.e., a well-defined sequence of inter-dependent activities distributed among its constituent systems. Approximately 800 constituents (both on the ground and in the space) can accomplish important goals of this SoIS, such as global telecommunication capabilities, global position services (GPS), weather forecast, and military observation (Yamaguti, Orlando, & Pereira, 2009;Graciano Neto, Horita, et al, 2018;. Figure 2.4 illustrates the main constituents of the Space SoIS spread over the Brazilian territory.…”

“…Figure 2.4 illustrates the main constituents of the Space SoIS spread over the Brazilian territory. The Space SoIS is composed of the following different types of constituents (Graciano Graciano Neto, Horita, et al, 2018) . Satellites are the main constituents of a Space SoIS.…”

“…Goals of the Space SoIS adhere to a well defined business process (Graciano . The process for acquiring environmental data, for instance, is composed of many activities performed by different constituent systems (Graciano Neto, Horita, et al, 2018). The SoIS involves governmental institutions and enterprises of the business sector and DCPs owners.…”