Welcome to the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Wiki. This wiki supports the activities of the MBSE Initiative that is sponsored by the International Council on Systems Engineering ( INCOSE) and the OMG Systems Engineering DSIG ( OMG SE DSIG). Refer to the MBSE Initiative Overview for a brief summary.

Please plan to come to the INCOSE International Symposium 2013 MBSE Track on June 24-27, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. The INCOSE IW 2013 MBSE Workshop was held on January 26-27, 2013 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The INCOSE SE Vision 2020 ( INCOSE-TP-2004-004-02 September, 2007) defines Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) as “the formalized application of modeling to support system requirements, design, analysis, verification and validation activities beginning in the conceptual design phase and continuing throughout development and later life cycle phases. MBSE is part of a long-term trend toward model-centric approaches adopted by other engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical and software. In particular, MBSE is expected to replace the document-centric approach that has been practiced by systems engineers in the past and to influence the future practice of systems engineering by being fully integrated into the definition of systems engineering processes.” Applying MBSE is expected to provide significant benefits over the document centric approach by enhancing productivity and quality, reducing risk, and providing improved communications among the system development team.

Modeling has always been an important part of systems engineering to support functional, performance, and other types of engineering analysis. Wayne Wymore introduced a mathematical foundation for MBSE in his book entitled Model-Based Systems Engineering in 1993. However, the growth in computing technology and the introduction of modeling standards such as SysML, UPDM, Modelica, HLA, and others, are helping to enable MBSE as a standard practice, and provide a foundation to integrate diverse models needed to fully specify and analyze systems.

1. Help is available on how to edit and setup new pages for this WIKI on the [MBSE WIKI Help page]
2. Information on communications such as livemeeting and the e-mail reflector is available on [mbse_communications]

INCOSE

• INCOSE MBSE Initiative Site on INCOSE Connect - Member login required

OMG Systems Engineering DSIG

• OMG Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML™)

The MBSE Initiative was initiated at the INCOSE International Workshop in 2007. Its Charter is to “Promote, advance, and institutionalize the practice of MBSE to attain the MBSE 2020 Vision through broad industry and academic involvement in:

• Research
• Standards
• Processes, Practices, & Methods
• Tools & Technology
• Outreach, Training & Education

The MBSE Initiative leadership includes the chair, co-chair, and support for communications as indicated below.

The MBSE Initiative is organized into MBSE Challenge Teams and MBSE Activity Teams. Challenge Teams are focused on demonstrating the application of MBSE to solve a particular problem that is identified by the team. Activity Teams are focused on advancing a particular aspect of MBSE. The names and leaders of these teams, along with the links to their individual sites, are shown below.

Note: these pages are generally open for editing by any participant in the challenge team. See Editing Instructions for information about editing wiki pages.

Note: these pages are generally open for editing by any participant in the activity area. See Editing Instructions for information on editing wiki pages.

This section maintains an archive of meetings sponsored by the MBSE Initiative.