Christophe Ponsard, Philippe Massonet and Jean-Christophe Deprez, Goal-Oriented Reasoning about Systems of Systems, ERCIM News 102, Trustworthy Systems of Systems, July 2015
Reasoning about Systems of Systems has proved difficult, not only because it is difficult to combine heterogeneous system models, but more fundamentally because of complex interactions that make it difficult to exactly predict the emerging behaviour. Goal-oriented requirements engineering techniques can help to drive the analysis and design of systems-based techniques, combining semi-formal reasoning with more focused quantified analysis carried out through the filter of specific goals.