Phoenix: Complex Adaptive System of Systems (CASoS) Engineering (V.1.0)

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1038215· OSTI ID:1038215

Glass Jr., Robert John ^[1]; Brown, Theresa Jean ^[1]; Ames, Arlo Leroy ^[1]; Linebarger, John Michael ^[1]; Beyeler, Walter Eugene ^[1]; Maffitt, S. Louise ^[1]; Brodsky, Nancy S. ^[1]; Conrad, Stephen Hamilton ^[1]; Corbet Jr., Thomas Frank ^[1]; Detry, Richard Joseph ^[1]; Finley, Patrick D. ^[1]; Kelic, Andjelka ^[1]; Mitchell, Michael David ^[1]; Mitchell, Roger A. ^[1]; Moore, Thomas W. ^[1]; Quach, Tu-Thach ^[1]; Russell, Eric Dean ^[1]; Reedy, Geoffrey E. ^[1]; Starks, Shirley J. ^[1]; Sunderland, Daniel J. ^[1] ; Verzi, Stephen J. ^[1]; Zagonel, Aldo A. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems, or CASoS, are vastly complex ecological, sociological, economic and/or technical systems which we must understand to design a secure future for the nation and the world. Perturbations/disruptions in CASoS have the potential for far-reaching effects due to pervasive interdependencies and attendant vulnerabilities to cascades in associated systems. Phoenix was initiated to address this high-impact problem space as engineers. Our overarching goals are maximizing security, maximizing health, and minimizing risk. We design interventions, or problem solutions, that influence CASoS to achieve specific aspirations. Through application to real-world problems, Phoenix is evolving the principles and discipline of CASoS Engineering while growing a community of practice and the CASoS engineers to populate it. Both grounded in reality and working to extend our understanding and control of that reality, Phoenix is at the same time a solution within a CASoS and a CASoS itself.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1038215
• Report Number(s): SAND--2011-3446
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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