4 papers
A System-of-Systems Convergence Paradigm for Societal Challenges of the Anthropocene
Megan S. Harris, Mohammad Mahdi Naderi, Ehsanoddin Ghorbanichemazkati +11
Modern societal challenges, such as climate change, urbanization, and water resource management, demand integrated, multi-discipline, multi-problem approaches to frame and address…
An Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering and Hetero-functional Graph Theory for Hydrological Systems
Megan S. Harris, Mohammad Mahdi Naderi, Ehsanoddin Ghorbanichemazkati +2
This introductory overview introduces a unified modeling framework for representing interconnected environmental systems using Model-Based Systems Engineering and Hetero-functional…
Convergent Anthropocene Systems-of-Systems: Overcoming the Limitations of System Dynamics with Hetero-functional Graph Theory
Mohammad Mahdi Naderi, Megan Harris, Ehsanoddin Ghorbanichemazkati +2
Understanding the complexity and interdependence of systems in the Anthropocene is essential for making informed decisions about societal challenges spanning geophysical, biophysic…
Generalizing Linear Graphs and Bond Graph Models with Hetero-functional Graphs for System-of-Systems Engineering Applications
Ehsanoddin Ghorbanichemazkati, Amro M. Farid
In the 20th century, individual technology products like the generator, telephone, and automobile were connected to form many of the large-scale, complex, infrastructure networks w…