MULTI-DOMAIN SYSTEM DESIGN VIEW INTEGRATION METHODS AND TOOLS

The complexity and sheer magnitude of modern computer systems including advanced combat systems, sensors and weapons require a disciplined structured approach for their development. The principal objective of the system development process is to establish a design which satisfies the system requirements and constraints while optimizing the key trade-offs and issues associated with system functionality, behavior, and implementation. This Phase I SBIR project will leverage ongoing research to refine a multi-domain system design capture and analysis methodology based upon five views of the system and will develop an advanced tool prototype supporting this methodology. The tool will allow the user to rapidly capture the system design across the five design views using an interactive graphic user interface and provide automated support for consistency checking and for defining the mappings or relationships between views. Interfaces to existing tools such as Teamwork by Cadre and others will be supported through adherence to the CASE Data Interchange Format (CDIF) for import and export of captured design data. The tool will also support automated conversion or generation of executable simulations from the captured design.