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Introduction to Systems Modeling

  • What constitutes a system model?
  • The four pillars of systems modeling
  • Model-centric versus document-centric approaches
  • An introduction to SysML
  • The relationship between SysML and UML
  • The four pillars of SysML

Common and Crosscutting Constructs

  • Profiles, stereotypes, and tags
  • Diagram frames
  • Comments
  • Allocations

Package Diagrams

  • Understanding packages
  • Organizing models using packages
  • Package containment
  • Package dependencies
  • Representing model structure
  • Views and viewpoints

Requirement Diagrams

  • Defining requirements
  • Modeling atomic requirements
  • Requirement traceability

Use Case Diagrams

  • The system as a black box
  • Defining system boundaries with actors
  • Viewing use cases as system services
  • Beyond the use case diagram
  • Use case structure: Nominal and alternative scenarios
  • Managing common behaviors
  • Extended and specialized behaviors

Activity Diagrams

  • Modeling flow-based logic
  • Differentiating actions from activities
  • Understanding token flow
  • Control flow versus object flow
  • Modeling decisions and concurrency
  • Swimlanes and responsibilities

Block Definition Diagrams

  • What is a block?
  • Block features
  • Modeling types
  • Representing system hierarchy
  • Generalizing system elements

Internal Block Diagrams

  • Revisiting parts
  • Ports with flow properties
  • Standard ports and interfaces
  • Proxy ports and interface blocks
  • Full ports

Parametric Diagrams

  • Understanding constraint blocks
  • Constraining system properties

Sequence Diagrams

  • Interaction-based behavior
  • Simple sequences
  • Synchronous versus asynchronous communication
  • Fragment nodes
  • Interaction use nodes

State Machine Diagrams

  • States and their syntax
  • Transitions between states
  • Pseudo-state notation (initial, decision, history, end)
  • Decomposing states
  • Modeling concurrent states

Systems Modeling Resources and Further Reading

  • Suggested web resources
  • Recommended literature

Requirements

Students wishing to enroll in this course do not need prior experience with systems modeling but should possess a solid understanding of "document-centric" systems engineering techniques.

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