On the application of classification concepts to systems engineering design and evaluation

Thomas C. Ford, John M. Colombi, David R. Jacques and Scott R. Graham

Systems Engineering, 2009, vol. 12, issue 2, 141-154

Abstract: While classification has been practiced within the fields of biology and chemistry for hundreds of years and has enjoyed mathematical definition in the form of numerical taxonomy for approximately 50 years, this paper presents an inaugural method and application of quantitative classification of systems to the discipline of systems engineering. This paper establishes, by theory and application, that a quantitative, business process‐constrained system classification enjoys a host of systems engineering uses—most notably system design and evaluation. A survey of 50 years of published material in the systems science and systems engineering disciplines on qualitative system classifications is provided to ground the discussion of this paper's quantitative system classification method. Future research topics, such as interoperability measurement, branching from the work described in this paper are also proposed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng

Date: 2009
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