• DocumentCode
    228140
  • Title

    SysML contracts for systems of systems

  • Author

    Bryans, Jeremy ; Fitzgerald, Jeannie ; Payne, Roger ; Miyazawa, Alvaro ; Kristensen, Klaus

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Newcastle Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    73
  • Lastpage
    78
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes and demonstrates an architectural pattern for the contractual specification of interfaces between constituent systems within a System of Systems (SoS). We take a structured approach to the development of the pattern, which we call the Contract Pattern. It is developed and demonstrated in SysML using a case study from the Audio/Video domain. We also identify some of the obstacles in the way of checking the conformance of a constituent system to a contract, and discuss how these may be overcome.
  • Keywords
    formal specification; software architecture; SoS; SysML contract; architectural pattern; contract pattern; contractual specification; structured approach; systems of systems; Analytical models; Contracts; Object oriented modeling; Ontologies; Protocols; SysML; architectural frameworks; contracts; interface specification; modelling; systems of systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System of Systems Engineering (SOSE), 2014 9th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Adelade, SA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SYSOSE.2014.6892466
  • Filename
    6892466