EXPLORATION OF QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT IN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE USING EVIDENTIAL REASONING

A key issue in successful developing complex systems is how to assess the performance of architecture model during the development process. Traditional assessment techniques are subjective and usually highlight weaknesses rather than provide quantitative and objective results. In addition, the increasing complexity of systems nowadays; has led to a move from federated systems which were closed and target unique to embedded open systems, which extends new criteria to be considered in the assessment. This paper provides an insight into how Evidential Reasoning (ER) approach as the specific Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) method can be used as a type of system assessment technique. The theory and implementation details of ER with an initial case study are presented.