Systems of systems engineering thesaurus approach: from concept to realisation

Abstract

Abstract:The developing discipline of Systems of Systems Engineering (SoSE) Michael Henshaw is Professor of Systems Engineering; he is head of the Systems Division and leads the Engineering Systems of Systems (EsoS) Research Group at Loughborough University. His research focuses on integration and management of complex socio-technical systems, with a particular emphasis on the challenges of through-life management of systems and capabilities.Carys Siemieniuch is Professor of Enterprise Systems Engineering at Loughborough University. Carys has both UK professional and European CREE registration as an ergonomist, with expertise across the full range of systems-related human factors topics. Her key skills are in knowledge lifecycle management systems, organisational and cultural aspects of enterprise modeling techniques, organisational systems architectures, dynamic allocation of function and the design of complex systems. She is active in both the military and civilian domains.Murray Sinclair is now a Visiting Fellow at Loughborough University, as well as a Visiting Academic at the University of Sydney. He is a Systems Ergonomist of some 40 years standing, having been an academic member of Loughborough University since 1970. His interests have evolved from the understanding of organisational processes of manufacturing from the shopfloor, through manufacturing systems engineering to design processes and the management of knowledge. Latterly, due to the steady infiltration of information technology into society and its pervasiveness in the lives of individuals, his interests now include the assurance of ethical behaviour by autonomous and semiautonomous systems, such as robots, healthcare systems and the like.

Ontology Learning for Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge

“…A capability ontology is an enabler of semantic interoperability , and it supports a formal and explicit specification of a shared conceptualization for the concept of capability engineering. Dogan et al (2014) also present another remarkable research. They create an SOS engineering thesaurus to ensure that concepts and term s are consistently interpreted, which can be a basis for an ontology.…”

“…Researchers are calling for more research to develop a complete, formal, and heavy-weight SE ontology to specify the domain vocabularies, concepts, relationships, and axioms for the entire knowledge domain (Di Maio, 2011;Dogan et al, 2014;Ring, 2002;Schneider et al, 2012).…”