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Leveraging design thinking in MBSE: mitigating data and information uncertainties – an integration model approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Emir Gadzo*
Affiliation:
Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
Marvin Michalides
Affiliation:
Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
Alexander Koch
Affiliation:
Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany

Abstract

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The evolving needs of customers and stakeholders necessitate the collaboration of diverse system elements within a cyber-physical, socio-technical network. Socio-technical systems are characterized by numerous complex interdependencies as well as by endogenous and exogenous influences. A key issue that developers must address is the mitigation of data and information uncertainties. The authors introduce an approach that operationalizes Design Thinking as a supporting sufficient condition within the context of designing system models in the realm of Model-Based Systems Engineering.

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