Table of Contents
PART 1: ENGINEERING LARGE-SCALE COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND EMERGENCY SITUATION MANAGEMENT
Chapter 1. Engineering Large-scale Complex Systems
1.2. The notion of service in large complex systems
1.3. Architecture: a key concept
1.4. Towards resilient systems
1.5. Development of relationships between participants
1.6. Complexity: plurality of viewpoints for systems engineering
1.7. The maintenance and logistics of systems of systems
1.8. Perspectives and lines of enquiry
Chapter 2. Management of Emergency Situations: Architecture and Engineering of Systems of Systems
2.2. Main concepts of systems engineering
2.3. Context of the emergency situation management scenario
2.4. Architecture of component systems of the system of systems
PART 2: CASE STUDY: ANTARCTICA LIFE SUPPORT FACILITY
Chapter 3. Introduction to the Antarctica Life Support Facility Case Study
3.2. Fictional context of the study
3.3. Some data on the Antarctic and Adélie Land
Chapter 4. Finding the Right Problem
4.1. What system are we dealing with?
4.3. Who does the system involve?
4.4. Creating a working framework
4.7. Understanding and defining goals
4.9. Defining stakeholder requirements and constraints
4.10. Things to remember: stakeholder-requirements engineering
Chapter 5. Who Can Solve the Problem?
5.1. Consultation and selection
5.3. Committing to a “right” definition of the system to be created
5.4. Creating the list of technical requirements
5.5. Things to remember: technical requirements engineering
Chapter 6. Solving the Problem
6.5. The “playing fields” of the systems architect
6.7. Things to remember: architectural design
Chapter 7. Solving the Problem Completely, in a Coherent and Optimal Manner
7.1. Making the right technical decisions at the right level and the right time
Chapter 8. Anticipating Integration, Verification and Validation
8.1. Positioning integration, verification and validation
8.2. Integration, verification and validation in the system’s lifecycle
8.4. Establishing an integration, verification and validation strategy.
8.5. Defining the infrastructure
8.6. Integration, verification and validation organization
8.8. Things to remember: integration, verification and validation
Chapter 9. Conclusion to the “Antarctica Life Support Facility” Case Study
9.1. “Before we can manage a solution, we need to find one!”
9.2. “Modeling isn’t drawing!”