Many system modeling methods and associated modeling languages have been developed and deployed to support various aspects of system analysis, design, and implementation. Functional modeling languages include the data flow diagram (DFD) (Yourdon and Constantine 1979), Integration Definition for Functional Modeling (IDEF0) (Menzel and Maier 1998), and enhanced functional flow block diagram (eFFBD). Other behavioral modeling techniques include the classical state transition diagram, statecharts (Harel 1987), and process flow diagrams. Structural modeling techniques include data structure diagrams (Jackson 1975), entity relationship diagrams (Chen 1976), and object modeling techniques (Rumbaugh et al. 1991), which combine object diagrams, DFDs, and statecharts.
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Some of the recent system modeling methods and languages evolved from these roots and are highlighted in A Survey of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Methodologies (Estefan 2008). This survey identifies several candidate MBSE methodologies and modeling languages that can be applied to support an MBSE approach.
Additional modeling methods are available from the MBSE Wiki [1] under the section on Methodology and Metrics
[2] . The modeling standards section refers to some of the standard system modeling languages and other modeling standards that support MBSE.
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