Modeling complex systems of systems with Phantom System Models

Systems Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-346

  Haimes, Yacov Y ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

meta modeling; Phantom System Models; state variables; system identification; systems of systems

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELS; HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITIONS; HIERARCHICAL HOLOGRAPHIC MODELING; METAMODELING; MODELING METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; STATE VARIABLES; SYSTEM MODELS; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84863642781     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21205     Document Type: Article

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