Title
On the Architecture of Systems for Situation Awareness
Author
Borth, M.
Contributor
van de Laar, P.J.L.J. (editor)
Tretmans, G.J. (editor)
Borth, M. (editor)
Publication year
2013
Abstract
Architectures for situation awareness systems originate from two main concerns: a functional view on the information processing that stems from domain experts’ understanding of their tasks and resources, and a system architect’s view on non-functional aspects of the operations that form such functionality within a system-of-systems realization. In this chapter, we describe how these concerns require the use of three architectural concepts: (a) information flows that transport information between systems together with metadata addressing system concerns, (b) a flexible combination of transport methods that steer these information flows, and (c) a multi-stage timing that offers short-term memory to sensibly combine and transform information and long-term memory to store higher-order knowledge. Together, these concepts address, or enable solutions for, many challenges faced by systems-of-systems for situation awareness, like configuration dynamics, handling of uncertainty, system and information health, and information protection and access control.
Subject
Communication & Information
ESI - Embedded Systems Innovation
TS - Technical Sciences
Safety and Security
Defence
Defence, Safety and Security
Situational awareness
Maritime environments
Safety and security
System architectures
Architectual concepts
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6230-9_3
TNO identifier
471369
Publisher
Springer, New York
ISBN
9781461462309
Source
Situation Awareness with Systems of Systems, 93-53
Document type
bookPart