Charles E. Dickerson is Professor and Chair of Systems Engineering at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. His appointment as the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of Systems Engineering in 2007 began a transition into a sharply focused programme of research after 25 years' experience in aerospace and defence systems in the United States. His aerospace and defence experience includes the Lockheed Skunkworks and Northrop Advanced Systems in the United States. He was a member of the Research Staff in Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served secondments as the Aegis Systems Engineer for the US Navy Ballistic Missile Defence programme and then as the Director of Architecture for the Chief Engineer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. Before coming to the UK, he was a Technical Fellow with BAE Systems in the United States.

Siyuan Ji is a Lecturer of Safety-Critical Systems Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York in the United Kingdom. His research and teaching are focused on model-based safety assessment and assurance. In his academic duties, he has worked closely with both the aerospace and automotive industries to include BAE Systems and Jaguar Land Rover. He also works closely with the Object Management Group and was the task force lead for the UML Profile for ROSETTA (UPR) that was adopted in 2018. The Relational Oriented Systems Engineering Technology Trade-off and Analysis framework (ROSETTA) is foundational to the methodologies in this book. Dr Ji is also an active member of the IEEE with several publications in the Systems Journal.

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

List of Abbreviations

Principles of Architecture and Systems Engineering

Part I Architecture and Systems in the 21st Century

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Logical and Scientific Approach

Chapter 3 Concepts, Standards, and Terminology

Chapter 4 Structured Methods

Part II Tutorial Case Study: End-to-End Demonstration

Chapter 5 Tutorial I: Air Traffic Control System Essential Model

Chapter 6 Tutorial II: Air Traffic Control System Architecture

Chapter 7 Tutorial III: Air Traffic Control System Final Solution

Part III Modelling Languages

Chapter 8 Modelling Languages I: Functionality and Behaviour

Chapter 9 Modelling Languages II: Structure and Interoperation

Chapter 10 Modelling Languages III: SysML Extensions

Part IV Case Studies for Practice and Practitioners

Chapter 11 Case Study: Traffic Management System of Systems Architecture

Chapter 12 Case Study: System of Actuator Systems Architecture

Annex A-1: Essential Mathematics

Annex A-2: Logical Modelling of Language

Annex A-3: Terminology for Architecture and Systems

Annex A-4: Research Impact and Commercialisation

Annex A-5: Using This Book for a One-Semester Module of Lectures

Index