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(1) Checkland, P. B. 1999.'' Systems Thinking, Systems Practice''. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | |||
(2) Maier, M. W. 1998. "Architecting principles for systems-of-systems." ''Systems Engineering, the Journal of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)'' 1 (4): 267-84. | |||
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(1) Two or more systems that are separately defined but operate together to perform a common goal. (Checkland 1999)
(2) an assemblage of components which individually may be regarded as systems, and which possess two additional properties:
(a) Operational Independence of the Components: If the system-of-systems is disassembled into its component systems the component systems must be able to usefully operate independently. That is, the components fulfill customer-operator purposes on their own.
(b) Managerial Independence of the Components: The component systems not only can operate independently, they do operate independently. The component systems are separately acquired and integrated but maintain a continuing operational existence independent of the system-of-systems. (Maier 1998, 267-284, pp. 267-284)
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(1) Checkland, P. B. 1999. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
(2) Maier, M. W. 1998. "Architecting principles for systems-of-systems." Systems Engineering, the Journal of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 1 (4): 267-84.