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Showing 1 to 20 of 165 for “"Systems Architecture"”.
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More Electric Systems Architecture Effect on Business Jet Performance
<p>A more-electric systems architecture, using current state of the art components, is proposed for the business jet Dassault Falcon 2000. A model of the existing aircraft, both of its overall flying characteristics and performance and of its detail systems layout, is created using Pacelab APDc and …
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Systems architecture perspective on digital transformation for financial services
The evolution of technology has had a dramatic impact on the way organizations conduct business. These changes have been felt throughout all industries and financial services is not immune to this transformation. However, Financial Services has unique conditions that have impacted the evolution and …
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Acies-OS: a twin-assisted systems architecture for edge intelligence
… the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) has created new opportunities for intelligent sensing, perception, and control at the network edge. However, deploying deep learning-based intelligence on embedded platforms introduces fundamental challenges, including limited …
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A systems architecture framework towards hardware selection for autonomous navigation
… methods for evaluation and certification of systems on the vehicle. Adding sensors or computing capabilities to the vehicle might improve performance for specific tasks, or resilience, but can also be accompanied with an increase in cost, system latency, and energy consumption. Currently, no …
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A systems architecture-based approach to assess candidate upgrades to complex systems
… for assessing compatibility between parent systems and child subsystems is proposed and applied to several cases where subsystems are being replaced in legacy systems. CAM is a screening process intended to be used by project managers who need to replace components of complex systems. The …
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Enhancing Innovation in Technical Teams: A Study of Design Thinking and Systems Architecture Integration
… human-centered design and leveraging tools from systems architecture to address complex societal problems through aviation. This thesis investigates how to influence the technical experts using the CAS project as a case study in addition to interviews conducted with team members. This real-world …
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A systems architecture approach to the design of autonomous underwater vehicles and their servicing platforms
… could be overcome, what could a potential system architecture of future autonomous underwater vehicles look like? Fundamentally this thesis asks: "could novel architectures of AUV systems - specifically pairing AUVs to remote service platforms - lead to significant performance increases?" In …
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Using Systems Architecture and the EVDT Framework for Monitoring Methane Emissions in Rio de Janeiro
… from above the atmosphere. This Thesis uses two Systems Engineering frameworks, Systems Architecture and EVDT, to examine a case study of methane monitoring in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data from one of these novel satellite systems, GHGSat, is taken over the Seropédica landfill near the city, and …
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A Framework for Grid-Enabling Scientific Workflow Systems. Architecture and application case studies on interoperability and heterogeneity in support for Grid workflow automation.
Since the early 2000s, Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) have played a key role in the development of complex applications within a virtual organization (VO) context. Grids and workflows have emerged as vital technologies for addressing the (SOA) paradigm. Given the variety of Grid middleware, …
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A conceptual framework for supply: supply chain systems architecture and integration design based on practice and theory in the North Wales slate mining industry
… specific to the context of greenfield project architecture and integration design. This study addressed the aim and objective by synthesising existing methods and techniques which are outlined into a research framework of supply chain strategy problems. The study applied the case study and …
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Exploring the use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to develop systems architectures in naval ship design
… reduction, survivability, modularity, power systems, computing systems, and automation. The modem day warship is an exceptionally complex system and the design process is long and intricate, spanning several years from feasibility studies to detailed design. The plethora of new technologies …
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Biofuel supply chain restructuring -- An economic viability and environmental sustainability investigation for enhancing second generation biofuel adoption
… to second generation biofuel supply chain, as a systems architecture optimization problem. First, first generation biofuel supply chain is modelled as a complex system of systems architecture with multiple stakeholders. After this, an initial study of critical process parameters in second …
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Multi-Objective System Optimization of a Mars Atmospheric ISRU Plant
… Specifically, this dissertation defines a systems architecture for an extensible MOXIE system, called the Big Atmospheric MOXIE (BAM), based on the development of a detailed optimization model. The primary subsystems of interest are the solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) stack, the compressor, …
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Complexity measures for system architecture models
… groundwork for measuring the complexity of systems architecture models. We propose a set of complexity measures, which are usable with models defined using the Object-Process Model (OPM). In order to do this, we introduce a new concept of interface complexity multiplier for compensating the …
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Development of a System Architecture for Unmanned Systems Across Multiple Domains
<p>In the unmanned systems industry, there is no common standard for systems components, connections and relations. Such a standard is never likely to exist. Needless to say, a system needs to have the components that are required for the application, however, it is possible to abstract the common …
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Multifunctional systems with polymer actuators : mechanochromism and peristalic pumping
… of two multifunctional soldier survivability systems, pumping microfibers and mechanochromic pixels. Progress was made along the two major paths of investigation towards the realization of a pumping microfiber. Polypyrrole was chemically deposited onto copolyetherester. Tubular polypyrrole …
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System interface challenges in combining mature technologies with rigid architectures
… integration of mature technologies with rigid architectures through concepts from Systems Architecture, Systems Engineering, and Project Management. The research focuses on a project with John Deere to integrate large-scale GPS vehicle control for agricultural fertilizer sprayers into an …
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System modeling, analysis, and optimization methodology for diesel exhaust after-treatment technologies
… best balance of performance and cost developing systems in this manner. Two useful product development tools that can address this issue is Systems Architecture and multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO). This thesis develops and exercises a framework for modeling, designing, analyzing, and …
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“Biomarkers” for Translational Success in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Comparative Analysis of the Research to Practice Trends in Breast Cancer and ALS to Identify Systematic Indicators of Translational Success
… practice. A literature review and principles of systems architecture and dependencies were used to qualitatively assess key indicators and their impacts on successful translation. By comparing the history of research and translation between breast cancer and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), …
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