Patterns

A topical list of patterns for Systems Engineering. Pattern names displayed in red have not yet been documented.

Function

• Functional decomposition
• Functional-Allocation: Component performs Function

Problem specification -- Requirements

• Constraints

• Objectives

  • Mission pursues Objective

• Refinement

• Derivation

Structure

• Structural-Composition: Component contains Component
• Interface-Definition: Component presents Interface
• Interconnection: Junction joins Interface

Behavior

Analysis

Examples and Patterns to be Considered in the Future

• Foundational Abstractions: Things such as Graph Theory, Cut Sets and Transitive Closure may also fit into this area that needs to be elaborates.
• Tree-Pattern
• Example Patterns from JPL IMCE
• Amino Acid Pattern
• A distributed network consisting of an arbitrary collection of ordinary nodes together with nodes, which I will call routers. Each node is reachable through at least one collection of router.
• One can define a Mission context as a pattern. The mission context has a terrain, weather, laws of physics, and one or more systems of interest. A system such as a satellite and ground system may be distributed.
• Ontology Design Patterns for Semantic Web Content
• Towards a simple but useful ontology design pattern representation language