A multi-dimensional assessment system for technology readiness levels

Technology readiness levels are widely used to indicate maturities of technologies. Traditional calculators assign a scalar from 1 to 9 to describe how mature a technology is. The level 1 is the lowest level and 9 is the highest level. However, this method cannot provide further details about each l...

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Published in2017 4th International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI) pp. 798 - 802
Main Authors Shanqing Li, Xiaozhao Xing, Shengmei Du
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2017
Subjects
B/S architecture
Calculators
critical technology elements
multi-dimensional assessment system
NASA
Radar
Safety
technology readiness levels
US Department of Defense
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Summary:Technology readiness levels are widely used to indicate maturities of technologies. Traditional calculators assign a scalar from 1 to 9 to describe how mature a technology is. The level 1 is the lowest level and 9 is the highest level. However, this method cannot provide further details about each level. This paper presents an assessment system to calculate technology readiness levels from seven dimensions including requirement, design, implementation, verification, configuration, risk and safety. Besides, this system also provides a management scheme for complicated technologies with a divide-and-conquer strategy. A web-based application is developed to demonstrate the usability and effectiveness of our system.
DOI:10.1109/ICSAI.2017.8248394