20.4 Systems of systems engineering
Systems of systems engineering is the process of integrating existing systems to create new functionality and capabilities. Systems of systems are not designed in a top-down way. Rather, they are created when an organization recognizes that they can add value to existing systems by integrating these into a SoS. For example, a city government might wish to reduce air pollution at particular hot-spots in the city. To do so, it might integrate its traffic management system with a national real-time pollution monitoring systems. This then allows for the traffic management system to alter its strategy to reduce pollution by changing traffic light sequences, speed limits and so on.
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