Modeling sustainability of complex systems: A multi-scale framework using SysML

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 2, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 1437-1448

  Azevedo, Kyle ^a   Bras, Bert ^a   Doshi, Siddharth ^a   Guldberg, Tina ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTA; COMPLETE SYSTEM; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ENERGY USE; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; GEORGIA; INTERACTING LAYERS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL RE-USE; MODELING CONSTRUCT; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-MODAL; MULTI-SCALE SYSTEM; MULTISCALES; NETWORK PARAMETERS; PROBLEM DOMAIN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM CAPACITY; SYSTEMS MODELING; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; WELL-TO-WHEEL;

DESIGN;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77953730708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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