Metaphor Vision
Metaphor’s products and methodology significantly improve model based system development, operational model based simulation and model based implementation. By simplifying Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Metaphor enables much better system development and enables operational use of engineering information.
The Need
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) holds the promise to increase the effectiveness of systems engineering through its life cycle. The current implementation of MBSE in industry is slow though various tools and approaches are offered for its implementation. The reasons given for low implementation of MBSE are the complexity of using and tailoring the UML tools for different stakeholders of the development cycle, the lack of catalogs of reusable assets, and the incapability to simulate the operational requirements. The methodology of Metaphor Vision and its software tools address this need.
Metaphor Builder
Metaphor Builder (MB) is a set of software components that enable to apply the Metaphor methodology MV-MBSE and simplify Model Based System Engineering leading to a better and more efficient development cycle.
MB consists of the following components:
- Metaphor Builder Search and New (MBS&N)
- Metaphor Builder Simulation (MBSim)
- Metaphor Builder Requirements
- Digital-Twin
Highlights
Simplifying MBSE Tools
Metaphor Builder (MB) significantly simplifies the use of standard modelling products, such as Enterprise Architect (EA).
Simulating Operational Processes
MBSim enables requirements elicitation by simulating operational processes diagrams automatically from the modeling environment.
Requirements management
Enables requirements management processes within an MBSE model.
Digital-Twin
Enables using the engineering information as a source for managing autonomous entities, such as autonomous vehicles, airplanes, drones, trains.
Customization
Metaphor’s products customize the underlying UML tool for the specific customer methodology נט ודןמע profiling, patterns, and catalogs of reusable elements within the modeling environment.
Methodology
Metaphor Vision MBSE (MV-MBSE) methodology supports the entire development and maintenance lifecycle of any system:
Operational Model (OM) to describe the requirements, the organization structure and behavior, once the system exists; System Model (SM) to describe architecture, services, components and communication of the system under development; Technical Model (TM) to describie the detailed technical specifications and code generation, if possible; and the Verification Model (VM) to describe verification integration labs, configurations and test cases.
Major Features
Customize the modeling environment
Using Domain Specific Languages (DSL), or UML Profiles, one may customize the terms used for proposing elements for the modeler using the diagram toolbox to the language used by the modeler, the icons that associate with the term and the required constraints.
Figure 2: MBSim Requirements Profile Example
Figure 3: MB Sim Requirements Toolbox and Diagram
Catalog and Catalog Lookup
Metaphor Builder provides the ability to build catalog of reusable elements, of any kind. The catalog may contain Requirements, Operational Processes, Components, Technical Services, Code Packages and Test Cases.
The Catalog has a lookup mechanism for searching “similar” catalog elements when trying to create them in any diagram.
Figure 4: Catalog of Reusable Elements and Its Search Mechanism
And, if the search is unsuccessful …
Use Patterns for new model elements
Predefined modeling patterns are used for defining all structures of new modeling elements. A new model element can be, for example, a new utility component or an Instance of an existing component (“Instance” Option).
Figure 5: the New Mechanism
Metaphor Builder Operational Simulation (MBSim)
MBSim Goal
The goal of operational processes simulation is to improve requirements. Wrong originating and derived requirements is a major obstacle for system development. Finding “bugs” at the requirements definition phase may solve significant resources for any system development.
Simulation Definitions
The Operational Model (OM) elements are the entire set of elements for the simulation behavioral definitions.
Simulation Execution
The simulation execution environment is a Unity tool with our catalog of reusable simulative objects.
Clients
Israeli Defense Industries
Modeling of systems using MB and MBSim.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- As a tool for modeling the systems within a research.
- As a subject for research on the MBSE concept.
Hurfesh
Metaphor decided to establish its development office in the Druze village – Horfaish. The decision came after Eiad Bader, Hurfaish inhabitant and Arkiya Captain, joined the company as a shareholder.
Address
6b Atzag St.
Kefar-Saba , Israel 4440918
info@metaphor.co.il
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