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Operads for Designing Systems of Systems

Software Engineering 2021-06-22 v1 Category Theory

Abstract

System of systems engineering seeks to analyze, design and deploy collections of systems that together can flexibly address an array of complex tasks. In the Complex Adaptive System Composition and Design Environment program, we developed "network operads" as a tool for designing and tasking systems of systems, and applied them to domains including maritime search and rescue. The network operad formalism offers new ways to handle changing levels of abstraction in system-of-system design and tasking.

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@article{arxiv.2009.12647,
  title  = {Operads for Designing Systems of Systems},
  author = {John C. Baez and John Foley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.12647},
  year   = {2021}
}

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2 pages, TikZ figure

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