Synergistic FACE™ and AADL Modeling to Support Behavioral Analysis
Channel: The Open Group
Date: 2020-10-16

The Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) Data Architecture and Architectural Analysis and Design Language (AADL) are complementary modeling standards, both of which can be represented in SysML using SysML profiles. State Linked Interface Compliance Engine for Data (SLICED) is a behavior analysis tool from Adventium Labs which can evaluate the behavior of FACE™ UoCs augmented with execution details specified in AADL. The FACE, AADL, and SLICED profiles and plugins for MagicDraw SysML enable a streamlined workflow for modeling and analyzing UoCs. This presentation describes the relationships between these technologies and describes recommended workflows for using them in concert.

SLICED profiles and plugins for MagicDraw SysML enable a streamlined workflow for modeling and analyzing UoCs. This presentation describes the relationships between these technologies and describes recommended workflows for using them in concert. SLICED is an example of an analysis tool that works from FACE/AADL models to support virtual integration. SLICED is available from Adventium Labs as part of the CAMET library. SLICED enables the system designer to uncover design faults which would otherwise remain hidden until integration and testing. By discovering faults earlier, the designer can correct the faults during design and implementation. This significantly reduces integration effort and cost. Additional analysis tools can be developed to further the application of virtual integration as the FACE™ Data Architecture and AADL applications mature. For additional information on SLICED and the modeling capabilities presented in this presentation visit camet-library.com 

Speaker: 
Tyler Smith is a senior research scientist at Adventium Labs and is leading Adventium’s work supporting the Army Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Mission Systems Architecture Demonstration (MSAD) effort in model-based procurement and continuous virtual integration. Mr. Smith is responsible for the design and implementation of the Continuous Virtual Integration Server (CVIS) that enables users to stand up a server to automatically execute scripts for model retrieval, integration, analysis, and report generation. Mr. Smith is coordinating an Architecture Centric Virtual Integration Process (ACVIP)-aligned exercise to evaluate AADL model-based procurement and integration with Single Source of Truth (SSoT) practices and tools. Mr. Smith was the Principal Investigator (PI) on a Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) building tools for integration of virtual and physical components in a lab setting for early testing. 

Mr. Smith is a co-author of the AADL Annex for the FACE Technical Standard, version 3.0. The Annex was released in February 2018 and has been distributed to both the AADL and FACE Technical Standard communities. Prior to joining Adventium in 2014, Mr. Smith was a software engineer with General Dynamics and worked on components aligned to the FACE Technical Standard Edition 2.0. Mr. Smith is a member of the AADL Standards Committee and is Adventium’s primary representative in the FACE Consortium.