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Analysis of Interoperability to Support Mission-Oriented

Ronald E. Giachetti, Ph.D.Professor and Chair

Systems EngineeringNaval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA USAregiache@nps.edu

Apply systems engineering processes and knowledge to the design of missions

Mission engineering almost always results in an acknowledged SoS

SoS has requirements, management, and resourcesConstituent systems are NOT subordinate to the SoS

Mission engineering activities include:Interoperability analysisOperational activity modeling and analysisTradeoff decisions across systemsModifications to systems to ensure interoperability

Mission Engineering

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Objective: Develop and test an engineering method that can use architecture models to identify interoperability gaps and specify interoperability requirements during mission engineering

In a MBSE or digital engineering environment, teams could access the system architecture data to conduct the interoperability analysis

Interoperability Analysis for Missions

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Architecture (military)

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Operational Architecture

Functional Architecture

Physical Architecture

What the system does in operational terms.

The system functions to implement the operational activities.

The physical elements performing the system functions.

Implemented by

Allocated to

Naval Systems Hierarchy

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Source: H. Anderson, Office of RDA CHSENG, Systems Engineering Challenges in Naval Systems of Systems, NDIA SE Planning Meeting, Dec, 2010

A measure of the degree to which various systems are able to operate together to achieve a common goal.

Operational Interoperability Coordination of the activities and performers conducting the mission

Technical InteroperabilityThe ability of systems to exchange data and resources

Interoperability

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Many interoperability measures such as the Levels of Information Systems (LISI) model, which assign numbers to interoperability in an ordinal or interval scale

Such global measures of system interoperability do not provide any guidance on what to do to improve interoperability, nor do they inform decision makers whether systems will interoperate adequately for any particular mission

Previous Work on Interoperability

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1. Mission Interoperability Analysis1. Define CONOPs2. Define mission threads3. Define measures of effectiveness4. Define operational nodes, conditions, and standards

2. Technical Interoperability Analysis1. Define information exchange requirements2. Define information elements3. Define network and transport links4. Define measures of performance

3. Specify and Allocate Interoperability Requirements

Interoperability Analysis Method (IAM)

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CONOPS – SAR in Urban Environment

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https://youtu.be/o_X5H7AworU

Mission thread

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Define standards and conditions

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Define Information Exchanges

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Information Network Links

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This paper contributed the Interoperability Analysis Method to support both operational and technical interoperability for mission-oriented system-of-systems

The IAM works with the architecture deliverables programs already generate and identifies specific and actionable interoperability requirements

We conducted some verification and validation of the method by comparing modeling recommendations to field study experience

Conclusion

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R. Giachetti, S. Wangert and R. Eldred, "Interoperability Analysis Method for Mission-Oriented System of Systems Engineering," 2019 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Orlando, FL, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6.

R. E. Giachetti, L. D. Martinez, O. A. Saenz, and C.-S. Chen, “Analysis ´ of the structural measures of flexibility and agility using a measurement theoretical framework,” International journal of production economics, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 47–62, 2003.

R. Gold, “Mission engineering,” in Presentation at the 19th Annual NDIA Systems Engineering Conference, no. Springfield, VA, 2016.

T. C. Ford, J. M. Colombi, S. R. Graham, and D. R. Jacques, “Survey on interoperability measurement,” in Twelfth International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (12th ICCRTS), 19- 21 June 2007, Newport, RI, 2007.

References

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