Engineering System of Systems Conceptual Design in Theoretical Basis of Hierarchical Systems.

The paper suggests a conceptual model based on the ideas of Hierarchical Systems (HS) technology for design of System of Systems (SoS). Traditional mathematics and artificial intelligence (AI) models do not describe complex engineering systems being designed on all its levels in one common formal basis, i.e. they do not give connected descriptions of the systems structure, the system as dynamic unit in its environment and the environment construction. So, the models of hierarchical and dynamic systems were chosen in the work for the creation of a conceptual model for engineering System of Systems design. All the above descriptions are connected by the coordinator of HS which performs the design and control tasks on its selection, learning and self-organization strata. HS technology application for the case of Stewart robot and its control system is partially described in the paper as a brief example of an engineering System of Systems design and control. The results of the robot design tasks performing are presented as well.