Revisiting the Question: Are Systems of Systems just (traditional) Systems or are they a new class of Systems?

This paper revisits a question asked and debated widely over the past decade: are Systems of Systems (SoS) just traditional systems or are they a new class of systems? Many have argued that SoS are a new class of systems, but little research has been available to provide evidence of this. In this pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mekdeci, Brian, Shah, Nirav, Ross, Adam Michael, Rhodes, Donna H., Hastings, Daniel E.
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102987