Requirements Engineering (RE) is an important activity in system engineering and
produces, from the users' needs, specifications related to what the final system must be. This …

Most formal models are used in detailed design and focus on a single domain. Few effective
approaches exist that can effectively tie these lower level models to a high level system …

Abstract In Industry 4.0, trends on Servitisation are intertwined with increased use of “smart
technologies”, bringing light to Smart Product-Service Systems. Currently, Smart-PSSs need …

In this paper we present a framework that aids and supports communication of modeling and
simulation activities in early systems engineering. We do this by analyzing existing …

Understanding the behavior of a system during its design is currently one of the greatest
challenges in systems engineering. These systems, for example interventional X-ray …

As mechatronic systems become more complex, their design requires different engineering
teams, each specialized in their own domain, to cooperate. This is often accomplished …

Through past decade, the complexity of integrated product development process has been
significantly increased, due to highly elaborated customer's needs, market requirements and …

The current product development scenario challenges manufacturing industry to deliver
improved products to the market while ensuring improved quality. To ensure the best value …

Creating modern safe automated systems like vehicles demands making them secure. With
many diverse components addressing different needs, it is hard to trace and ensure the …

At the pre-concept stage, an architect explores the problem space together with various
stakeholders, including engineers, marketing, and future users of the system. This requires …