Modeling of an Integrated Reconfigurable Intelligent System (iris) for Ship Design

As the mission and performance demands for naval ships have increased, they have become more complex comprising an increasing number of heterogeneous interdependent subsystems. This increased complexity requires new methods for the design and operation of these naval systems. The Georgia Institute of Technology Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) is helping the Navy change its design practices to achieve reduced total ownership costs, increased survivability, and increased mission effectiveness through an initiative called Integrated Reconfigurable Intelligent Systems (IRIS). Using traditional systems engineering practices for the early design process followed by an integrated design environment, IRIS seeks to shift ship design to a distributed, intelligent control architecture through increased automation.