Modeling and Simulation for Mission Operations Work System Design

Work System analysis and design is complex and non-deterministic. In this paper we describe Brahms, a multiagent modeling and simulation environment for designing complex interactions in human-machine systems. Brahms was originally conceived as a business process design tool that simulates work practices, including social systems of work. We describe our modeling and simulation method for mission operations work systems design, based on a research case study in which we used Brahms to design mission operations for a proposed discovery mission to the Moon. We then describe the results of an actual method application project-the Brahms Mars Exploration Rover. Space mission operations are similar to operations of traditional organizations; we show that the application of Brahms for space mission operations design is relevant and transferable to other types of business processes in organizations.

• 저널Journal of Management Information Systems · 19(4) · 85–128
• 토픽Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services · Information Systems
• DOI10.1080/07421222.2003.11045745
• 저자Maarten Sierhuis, William J. Clancey, Chin Seah, Jay Trimble, Michael H. Sims