MBA: A system of systems architecture model for supporting collaborative work

•A system of systems architecture model for supporting collaborative work.•The model is based on agents, brokers and memories.•It provides semantic interoperability and loose coupling between architecture systems.•Knowledge is capitalized and managed from users and systems.•Team members can receive...

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Published in:Computers in industry 2018-09, Vol.100, p.31-42
Main Authors: Wanderley, Gregory Moro Puppi, Abel, Marie-Hélène, Paraiso, Emerson Cabrera, Barthès, Jean-Paul A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Collaborative work
Computer Science
Interoperability
Knowledge management
Multi-agent system
Multiagent Systems
System of systems
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Summary:•A system of systems architecture model for supporting collaborative work.•The model is based on agents, brokers and memories.•It provides semantic interoperability and loose coupling between architecture systems.•Knowledge is capitalized and managed from users and systems.•Team members can receive customized support in their tasks. A system of systems (SoS) represents a set of independent systems cooperating to achieve a common goal. Developing an SoS is complex and difficult, requiring significant efforts from system architects to coherently interface systems and make them interoperable. In this research, a core architecture to simplify the development of SoS supporting collaborative work is proposed. The approach is based on a new model called MBA: “Memory Broker Agent,” consisting of agents for encapsulating systems, brokers for handling requests for services and results, and memories for capitalizing and managing knowledge. This paper introduces the MBA model and the corresponding SoS core architecture. A prototype implementing the proposed approach has been built and applied to a case study in the software industry. Experiments were performed to show the interest of using a system of systems architecture and assessing the work to do for integrating a new system into an existing MBA SoS.
ISSN:0166-3615
1872-6194
DOI:10.1016/j.compind.2018.04.011