Chapter 3: Systems and Interfaces
This chapter will focus on the two key concepts of systems and interfaces. In particular, the importance of different levels of abstraction of systems will be considered and the need to constrain the number of hierarchical levels. Once these systems and their levels have been discussed, the way that these different levels interact will be explored by introducing the crucial concepts of interfaces.
In particular, this chapter will cover the following topics:
- Defining systems: Here, we will introduce and discuss the key concepts that will be used throughout the chapter.
- Describing interfaces: This will show how to identify and define interfaces of different types and at different levels.
- Defining the framework: Here, all the views that are used in the chapter will be captured at a high level in the MBSE framework that is being developed in this book.
Understanding systems and interfaces is one of the most important aspects of developing...
