Evaluation of Model-driven Architecture for System-of-Systems Interoperability

Abstract

System-of-Systems consists of a number of task-oriented and dedicated systems working together combining their resources and capabilities in an efficient manner. The heterogeneity among systems of a System-of-Systems (SoS) makes interoperability an important issue. The interoperability issues between systems can create information, communication, or data loss between the collaborative systems. It is important to have a property-preserving information exchange between the collaborative systems of a System-of-System. A model driven approach is proposed in order to evaluate the interoperability issues of System-of-System. This paper analyzed the interoperability evaluation models for SoS based on Model Driven Architecture (MDA). The main objective of MDA is to design once and implement multiple times. The proposed approach uses CORBA, CWM, and MOF in order to collaborate between different types of operating systems and hardware platforms. The study based on smart-homes elaborates that not only our approach enhances the interoperability among SoS components using the formulation of business knowledge throughout a Model-Driven Architecture approach, but also opens the new horizons of formal basis for describing and scrutinizing the designs.