Commercial Framework for Bi-Level Integrated System Synthesis

This Phase II proposal by Phoenix Integration is intended to refine and bring to market the NASA Bi-Level Integrated System Synthesis (BLISS) technology. BLISS is a method to address the above difficulty by defining engineering system optimization problems in terms of subsystems and disciplines that correspond to a natural structure of engineering team in specialty groups. Making the BLISS method useful in industrial practice requires software that creates an environment where engineers and managers can freely interact and optimize performance and cost. Phoenix proposes innovative software to bring BLISS to industry by using Web-based integration of users in a Multidisciplinary environment combined with the automation of computer assets. The automation will provide seamless parallel computing in a distributed manner prescribed by the BLISS methodology. In the Phase I research we defined the key system requirements, performed a design optimization test case to confirm these requirements, and completed a preliminary design for the Phase II system development. Phase II development will include eight technical tasks covering a twenty-one month time frame. The program has been structured so that the development efforts will result in a working system after the first year with the balance of required features being incorporated during the remaining nine months