Author_Institution :
CAU-SES, Sudbury, MA, USA
Abstract :
The author traces his 50 years of personal experience with computers, communications, and networking (CCN) system of systems (SoS). He provides a perception of how common views of SoS have evolved from strictly technology-based single systems, to pervasive, “stove-piped”, programmatic systems, to (not so common views of) SoS, and finally into the realm of “complex” systems. He characterizes the defining, monitoring, management and forecasting of operational properties and boundaries for various example systems from each phase of his career. Insights gained from his experience, mainly expressed in terms of complex systems engineering (CSE) principles, mini-case studies, and SE practices, are offered as a guiding perspective for future complex systems development.
Keywords :
history; large-scale systems; telecommunication networks; communication system; complex systems engineering; computers system; networking system of systems; operational properties; personal experience; personal history; pervasive system; programmatic system; Monitoring; Power capacitors; Satellites; Thyristors;
