Model-Based Systems Engineering Requires Metamodel Renovation: Requirements for Metamodel Renovation

Haibin ZHU; Sam KWONG; Imre RUDAS; Edward TUNSTEL; Robert KOZMA; Peng SHI

doi:10.1109/MSMC.2024.3408415

Model-Based Systems Engineering Requires Metamodel Renovation: Requirements for Metamodel Renovation

Haibin ZHU, Sam KWONG, Imre RUDAS, Edward TUNSTEL, Robert KOZMA, Peng SHI

Lingnan University

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Abstract

Ametamodel establishes the constructs and rules governing the creation of models within a specific modeling methodology, such as model-based systems engineering (MBSE), which has gained increasing popularity among researchers and practitioners. The absence of a universally accepted metamodel can lead to various issues, which have not been adequately addressed in the relevant literature. Drawing from practices in systems engineering (SE), this article identifies new challenges for MBSE, emphasizing the crucial need for a metamodel in its execution. Due to the generalization of MBSE, it is not trivial to provide a metamodel for MBSE, and solid work is needed to accomplish this task.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-14
Journal	IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine
Volume	10
Issue number	4
Early online date	16 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSMC.2024.3408415
Publication status	Published - Oct 2024

Funding

This work was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, under Grant RGPIN-2018-04818, and an SSHRC Insight Grant (IG 435-2023-1056). Thanks go to Dr. Adrian Stoica, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA, for his comments.

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