System-of-Systems Engineering - Liophant Simulation

Impact of Complexity on Modeling and Simulation• Self Organization– Feedback and interactions must be captured• Non-Linearity– Behavior is more than sum of the behavior of the components– Tiny change in a condition can eventually lead to a huge numberof different possible results• Adaptation– Complex systems continually adapt to their environment toimprove performance– Adaptive agents are more robust but more difficult to create• Heterogeneity– Chance of emulating emergent behavior increases with moreinteractions of diverse agentsDeveloping Methods and Techniques for System of Systems EngineeringDr. Dimitri Mavris, dimitri.mavris@ae.gatech.edu26