Applying the system engineering environment to the reengineering process

Abstract

There is increasing motivation in both government and commercial enterprises to make the tools, methods, and information models common to modern system engineering environments available to support the reverse engineering and re-design of complex, computer-based systems. This paper reports on recent efforts to develop and validate a comprehensive system engineering environment which adequately supports both forward and reverse engineering processes. A key component of this engineering environment is the System Engineering Technology Interface Standard (SETIS). SETIS is composed of stadardized engineering information models, data interchange mechanisms, and data access methods by which engineering and analysis tools in the Navy's Engineering Complex Systems (ECS) project are being integrated.