simbase: a tri-national initiative supporting plcs and

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EUROPA RTP 111.011 - SIMBASE Slide 1 © Datamat, Jotne EPM Technology, LSC Group 2007

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SIMBASE: A tri-national initiative supporting PLCS and Synthetic Environments

Presenter - Mark TantilloJotne EPM Technology

AuthorsDr. Tim King LSC Group (UK), Curzio Batini, Datamat (IT) , Kjell Bengtsson,

Jotne EPM Technology (NO)

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standards

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Universal Solutions for Interoperability and Sharing of

Product Data

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http://www.esa.int/

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BenvenutoBenvenutoVVelkommenelkommen

WelkomWelkomWelcomeWelcome


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What is SIMBASE?

three-year research programmeset up under the Western European Armaments Group (WEAG) & now sponsored by the European Defence Agency (EDA)the challenge

deliver a practical demonstration of the process known as either Synthetic Environment Based Acquisition (SEBA) or Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA)in the form of

a coherent & consistent approach to the acquisition processeffective & efficient systems engineering processessoftware interoperability through the use of open, neutral standardsmodelling & simulation supporting the overall engineering process


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The Project participants

Ministries of DefenceUK MoD

Directorate of Analysis, Experimentation & SimulationIT MoDNO MoD

represented by FFI (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment)

Industrial EntitiesDatamat (IT)

http://www.datamat.it/Jotne EPM Technology (NO)

http://www.epmtech.jotne.com/LSC Group (UK)

http://www.lsc.co.uk/


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The challenge …

deliver a practical demonstration of the process known as eitherSynthetic Environment Based Acquisition (SEBA) or Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA)in the form of

a coherent & consistent approach to the acquisition process

effective & efficient systems engineering processes

software interoperability through the use of open, neutral standards

modelling & simulation supporting the overall engineering process


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Case Study – Submarine Rescue

The case study was the deployment and execution of a small submarine crew rescue vehicle.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConMediaFile.10789


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Core demo team and their roles

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Raffaela

Synthetic Env. EngineerRaffaella Colaci

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Jochen

Acquisition Manager

Jochen Haenisch

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Hussein

Logistics EngineerHussein Khimji

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Ann

Systems EngineerAnn Meads

SIMBASE

interoperability repository


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Core SIMBASE Functionality

SIMBASEinteroperability repository that supports the

entire life cycle of advanced

defence systems

Synthetic Environment

Systems Engineering

Acquisitionmanager

Logistic Engineering

specifications

support specifications

Workflowand resources

results

requirements& predictions

requirements

specification traceability

requirements


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Tools used in demonstrationDOORS from Telelogic

Battle Lab from KESEM

SPARS Clockwork Solutions

EXPRESS Data Manager Jotne EPM Technology


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Architectural Viewpoint

Database

Open and Publicly availableObject definitions by ISO/STEP

Domain Models(Engineering views)

LogisticEngineering

toolset

SystemsEngineering

toolset

Synthetic Environments

toolset

SIMBASE Server

• Input sheet• Output sheet• Calculation sheet• Result sheet

USER

PARTNER CONTRACTOR

Reference Data Libraries

XML and Web services PLCS, Systems Engineering and Synthetic Environments



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SIMBASE Demonstration

Data sharing

Study

questions

formalized data flows developed, using ISO

10303-239

SIMBASE Server

Systems Engineering Logistics Engineering

Acquisition Manager


Objectives



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Data sharing – Detailed overviewURD SRD Study

questionSynthetic environment user requirement

Functional model

Synthetic environment system requirement

Start

Review - URD - Study question

Study question

Create

Translate

Load

Verify


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User perspective - processes



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Progression through the scenariosystems engineer develops functional model

synthetic environment engineer identifies required characteristics against elements in the functional model

logistic engineer performs analysis to provide values for required characteristics

synthetic environment engineer uses values to execute simulation


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OverviewProgressionparticipants

Acquisition Project ManagerSystems Engineer Synthetic Environment Engineer Logistics Engineer -

process1) identify project resources2) develop URD3) develop SRD4) identify need for modelling & simulation study5) formulate study question6) identify appropriate expert to perform simulation study7) develop simulation user requirements, evaluation objectives & scenario8) create functional breakdown9) request approval for simulation user requirements, evaluation objectives & scenario10) approve simulation user requirements, evaluation objectives & scenario11) develop simulation system requirements & conceptual model12) design & implement simulation13) request other domains to provide required data14) perform logistic analysis15) submit results of analysis16) perform synthetic environment simulation17) send simulation results to systems engineer18) review results & assess consequences of answer to study question

Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering

SyntheticEnvironment

SyntheticEnvironment

SystemEngineering

Approval

SystemEngineering

Approval

LogisticsEngineering

LogisticsEngineering

SystemsEngineering Assessments

SystemsEngineering Assessments


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• URD

• SRD

• Study question• Functional Model• Simulation URD• Evaluation objectives• Simulation SRD• Logistics data• Simulation results

SIMBASE

interoperability repository

Acquisition manager



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SIMBASE Process DefinitionLink: • data flow between activities• defined type of data

SIMBASE workflow

Task ATask A Task DTask D Task ETask E

Start Finish

Task BTask B

Task CTask C

workflow

Task D.1Task D.1

Task D.2Task D.2

FinishStart

Simbase Server workflow definition• automatically started upon task execution


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SIMBASE Process Status

workflow

Task ATask A Task DTask D Task ETask E

Start Finish

Task BTask B

Task CTask C

CommittedCommitted Task has Finished, Issued Data

PublishedPublished Task has Started, Intermediate Data Exported to Other Tasks

In ProgressIn Progress Task has Started, Data Available within Task

EnabledEnabled Task Ready to Start, Input Data Available

BlockedBlocked Task Waiting for Input Data to Become Available


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SIMBASE Workflow Definition

whoAcquisition and Project Manager

Setting up project resources and SIMBASE server management

Logon as user in SIMBASE server systemSelect predefined tasks and create activitiesLink tasks (assign workflow order and data)Assign tools, as required Store workflow as template as a SIMBASE Server Definition

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Jochen


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SIMBASE Process Execution (1)System Engineering

work-in-progress

workflow

Task ATask ATask BTask B

Task CTask CTask ETask E

Start Finish

Task DTask D

Systems for Quality analysis, Verificationvalidations, error and log-filesCommitted

Committed

PublishedPublished

In ProgressIn Progress

EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked


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whosystems engineer

SIMBASE case study scenarioneed to validate SRD against URD

in particular highlight emergent behaviours from considering how a conforming solution will behave as a total system

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Ann


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Create functional model

Functional model created and managed in requirementsapplication.


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Export requirement data

Interface Exporting AP233 data to the SIMBASE repository.


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work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

Task ETask E

Start Finish

Task DTask D

identify need for modelling & simulation studyformulate study questionidentify appropriate expert to perform study

Systems for Quality analysis, Verificationvalidations, error and log-filesCommitted

Committed

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked


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SIMBASE Process Execution (3)

System Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineering

work-in-progress

System Engineering

published data

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D


Engineer

work-in-progress

Systems for Quality analysis, Verificationvalidations, error and log-files


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published data

System Engingeering

work-in-progress

System Engineering

work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

2

Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D


Engineer

work-in-progress



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published data

System Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineering

work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

2

Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D


Engineer

work-in-progress



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published data


Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineering

work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

2

v1

v1.1

v1.3v1.2

Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D

approve simulation user requirements, evaluation objectives & scenario



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published data


Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineer

published data

System Engineering

work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

2

v2

v2.1

v2.2

v2.5v2.4

v1

v1.1

v1.3v1.2

2

1

v1

Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D

develop simulation user requirements, evaluation objectives & scenariorequest approval for user requirements, evaluation objectives & scenariodevelop simulation system requirements & conceptual modeldesign & implement simulationrequest other domains to provide required data



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whosynthetic environment engineer

process detailsaccording to developed data requirements

output from design & implement simulationidentify supporting information to support the other domain

e.g. URD, SRD, functional model

SIMBASE case study scenarioprovide values for system characteristics by performing logistic analysis

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Raffaela


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Search, intervention and rescue

Mission tasksCall-outTransitSearchPrepareInterveneRescueReturn to stand-by


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Implement Simulation

Scenario is created in the simulationimplementationframework(BattleModel).


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published data

System Engineer

published data


Engineer

work-in-progress

System Engineer

work-in-progress


Engineer

published data

Logistics Engineer

work-in-progress

Logistics Engineer

published data

System Engineering

work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

2

v2

v2.1

v2.2

v1

v1.2

v1.1

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v2.5v2.4

v1

v1.1

v1.3v1.2

2

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v1

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Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D



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Perform logistic analysis

whologistic engineer

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Hussein


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Perform Logistics Engineering

OUTPUT: The outputs can be shown in various formats, here is the subsystems availability results in graphical format.

From the graph it can be seen that all systems were available at least 99% of the time or more.


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Simulation resultsare aggregated according to MOE definition and elaborated for User review.


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Review results

full titlereview results & assess consequences of answer to study question

whosystems engineer

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Ann


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SIMBASE Data ManagementSystem Engineering

work-in-progress

System Engineering

published data


Engineer

work-in-progress


Engineer

published data

Logistics Engineer

work-in-progress

Logistics Engineer

published data

System Engineer

published data

System Engineer

work-in-progress

workflow


Task CTask C

v1

v1.2v1.1

v1.3

1

2

v2

v2.1

v2.2

v1

v1.2

v1.1

1

2

v2.5v2.4

v1

v1.1

v1.3v1.2

2

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4

v1

3

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Task ETask E

Start Finish

CommittedCommitted

PublishedPublished


EnabledEnabled

BlockedBlocked

Task DTask D




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SIMBASE Repository

• URD

• SRD

• Study question• Functional Model• Simulation URD• Evaluation objectives• Simulation SRD• Logistics data• Simulation results

Interoperability Modelserver


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Lessons learned

challenges for coherencecommon terminologyconfiguration managementmultiple views

URDSRDfunctionalsystemdifferent models

implementation requirementsrole for additional standards

STEPe.g. geometry, systems engineering

non-STEPe.g. UML, SysML, NAF/MODAF


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Conclusions

Systems engineering and logistic engineering direct contribution to synthetic environment definitionImplemented interfaces to/from ISO 10303-239 for synthetic environment COTS applications

simulation model configuration with data exported from SIMBASE repository


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Conclusions

model-based architecturestandards-basedlinking legacy systemsproviding the integrated data viewimproving information qualityenabling workflow supporthere applied to SBA, but not limited to this


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Thank you!

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