From Model-based to Model and Simulation-based Systems Architectures—Achieving Quality Engineering through Descriptive and Analytical Models

Systems architecture design is a key activity that affects the overall systems engineering cost. Hence it is fundamental to ensure that the system architecture reaches a proper quality. In this paper, we leverage model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approaches and complement them with simulation techniques, as a promising way to improve the quality of the system architecture definition, and to come up with innovative solutions while securing the systems engineering process.