Systems Science Working Group

Promote the advancement and understanding of Systems Science and its application to SE.

Working Group Purpose & Mission

Mission:

Promote the advancement and understanding of Systems Science and its application to SE.

Systems Science provides a more rigorous, underlying basis to the empirically derived practices to systems engineering that have evolved over time.

Since the working group has a collaborative working agreement with the International Society of Systems Sciences (ISSS) many of our participants are not INCOSE members. Therefore we maintain a presence on our wiki site at https://sites.google.com/site/syssciwg/ 

We also have a google discussion group at https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21forum/syssciwg 

You can join this WG by going to our discussion group page and registering yourself as a member.

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Members

2012

Established

Chair

Javier Calvo-Amodio

Co-Chair(s)

James Martin

Swaminathan Natarajan

Bill Schindel - liaison with FuSE Foundations Streams

Alejandro Salado - liaison with INCOSE Academic Council

Inquiries

sys-science@incose.net

Scope

This WG contributes with advancing the Systems Science-related concepts that provide an underlying foundation for all Systems Engineering (SE) throughout the life‐cycle.

Systems Science Working Group Purpose
•Systems science provides a more rigorous, underlying basis to the empirically derived practices to systems engineering that have evolved over time.
–The application of systems thinking and systems science concepts and principles in engineering is the basis for the practice of systems engineering (SE).
–Applying SE, and reflecting on the results, helps us improve systems science and systems thinking, further enhancing our ability to design and intervene in complex systems - a virtuous cycle.
–The success of SE applications reinforces the credibility of the systems worldview.

Goals

  1. Highlight linkages between Systems Science theory and the empirical practice of Systems Engineering. (e.g. short, mid or long‐term)
  2. Promote awareness of Systems Science, its origins, and its possible futures.
  3. Encourage advancement of Systems Science principles and concepts.

Outcomes

The working group has a number of on-going projects, each of which has been producing useful information. These products can be found on the project page for each at our WG wiki site  https://sites.google.com/site/syssciwg/

  • Basic Structural Modeling
  • Better SE for INCOSE
  • SEBOK & Sys Sci BOK
  • Service Science
  • Sys Sci Education & Training
  • Systems of Innovation
  • Systems Philosophy for SE (NEW)
  • Systems Processes & Pathologies
  • System Top Level Categories
  • Unified Ontology of Science Systems
  • Working Paper on SS/SE Synergies

IW2023: International Workshop Focus

  • Provide an overview of the most relevant accomplishments of the past 12 years
  • connect accomplishments with FuSE Foundations Stream
  • Introduce the efforts to develop a Categorical Systems Theory which has the potential to serve as a mathematical basis for systems science and help strengthen SE tools

Planned Activities

  • Collaboration with Natural Systems Working Group | Natural Systems Laws
  • Bridge Team
  • Categorical Systems Theory

Planned Work Products

  • Guiding Propositions | A Category of SE Principles Maturity
  • Architectural Framework of Systems Engineering
  • Natural Systems Laws
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