26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-1.9.3 (AIAA 2008-8928)

FUNCTION BASED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN SPACE DEFINITION AND EXPLORATION

M. Armstrong, C. De Tenorio, E Garcia, D. Mavris
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Keywords: Systems Architecture, Conceptual Design, Functional Induction, Modeling

Tools and methods were developed which facilitate the definition and exploration of an architecture design space through the flexible integration of function, element, and structure. This architecting framework avoids limiting assumptions traditionally associated with architecture design and allows for implicit configuration of modeling and simulation for candidate architectures.

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