three levels of abstraction in system modeling. Computation Independent Model (CIM) corresponds to the system's domain model and is similar to the domain ontology. It does not...
This paper describes an approach and support tool for the modelling and analysis of proposed reconfigurations to complex systems. The configuration models used are quick to constr...
systems are commonly abstracted as collections of interacting components. This perspective has lead to the insight that component behaviors can be defined separately from admissi...
We present a tool for performance modeling of Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). As mission-critical use of whole-ofgovernment SOAs become pervasive, the capability to model a...
The relationships between the work products of a security engineering process can be hard to understand, even for persons with a strong technical background but little knowledge o...