Modeling and Simulation for Mission Operations Work System Design

Work system analysis and design is complex and nondeterministic. 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 pract...

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Published inJournal of management information systems Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 85 - 128
Main Authors Sierhuis, Maarten, Clancey, William J., Seah, Chin, Trimble, Jay P., Sims, Michael H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.04.2003
M. E. Sharpe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
AGENT LANGUAGES
Astronomical objects
Buildings
BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING
Business process reengineering
Communication models
Design
Language
MISSION OPERATIONS DESIGN
Modeling
MULTIAGENT SIMULATION
Operations research
Robotics
Robots
Simulation
Simulation training
Simulations
Space exploration
Studies
Systems design
WORK PRACTICES
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Summary:Work system analysis and design is complex and nondeterministic. 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.
ISSN:0742-1222
1557-928X
DOI:10.1080/07421222.2003.11045745