Systems Engineering Challenges for Sensor-Based Supply Chains

Presentation to CELDi-Maryland Planning Meeting By: Mark Austin (...with help from MSSE Student, Kerin Thorton)
Table of Contents	Contact Information and Project Participants
Motivating Ideas Our Definition of Systems Engineering Systems Engineering versus Traditional Engineering Disciplines Systems Engineering Drivers Systems Engineering for Sensor-Based Supply Chains Sensor-Based Supply Chains are Systems of Systems Tracking Assets in Sensor-Based Supply Chains Information-Centric SE at UMCP What is Information-Centric SE? Strategy 1. Separation of Design Concerns. Strategy 2. Use of Formal Design Methodologies. Strategy 3. Early Validation of Systems. Model-Based Design Procedures for Sensor-Based Supply Chains Model-Based Design Organization of Interacting Modules Formal Procedures for Model Checking Specification-Based Testing with LTSA Present-Day Tool Support From Analysis to Implementation with FSP and LTSA Problem Formulation for Airspace Management Decision Tool Component- and System-Level Behavior Validating System Safety and Progress Research Project. Asset Tracking in Spatial Domains. Limitations of Present-Day Model Checking Procedures Model Checking Procedures for Asset Tracking in Spatial Domains	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. E-mail: austin@isr.umd.edu Web: http://www.isr.umd.edu/~austin UMCP Project Participants: Mark Austin, Natasha Shmunis, Kerin Thorton. Students in the Master of Science in Systems Engineering (MSSE) and Professional Masters in Systems Engineering (ENPM) program at UMCP. Industry Participants (2002-2005): Lockheed Martin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.