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Utilizing DSM and SysML for Modeling Data Flows in Complex Networks – A Case Study on Autonomous Public Transportation
Christopher Langner, Yevgeni Paliyenko, Daniel Roth, Matthias Kreimeyer
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2025
Editor:
Ali A. Yassine, Christopher Langner, Matthias Kreimeyer, Tyson R. Browning, Steven D. Eppinger
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DSM
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University of Stuttgart, Germany
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11-20
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Advancing communication functionalities of smart products result in a growing importance of data within modern systems. This requires a data-centric understanding of the system’s communication dynamics to support the interdisciplinary design of such networks. Especially when dealing with diverse, complex stakeholder networks, the modeling approaches of DSM/Graph and SysML are proven concepts. This work investigates the suitability of using those models for the described data-related analysis of complex systems by applying them to the case study of autonomous public transportation. After extensive data gathering and model building, numerous industry expert interviews are conducted. The general applicability of those modeling approaches for the given task is confirmed. The emphasized strengths of the models are the graph’s capability of presenting a fast systems overview, the ability of a comprehensive representation of all dependencies in one model view through DSM, and the possibility of combining functional and communication-related dependencies in the SysML model.
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