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Abstract. The science of architectonics, the study of architectures, appears to
be "missing". Relatively little attention is paid to overall systems
architectures. The paper presents means and methods for identifying and
transferring knowledge between different architectural domains, from hill-forts, medieval castles
and animal architectures, to SDI and industrial organization, so as
to understand and enhance performance, survivability, effectiveness and efficiency. Isomorphisms
and archetypes relating many different kinds of architectures are presented,
with examples of architecture evolution using simple genetic algorithms. The
paper illustrates some of the simple mathematics of architecture, identifies
some invariants, presents hard examples of real benefits to CIS
from architectonics, and recommends the adoption of architectonics as highly
beneficial to the CIS community, not least in the development
of auto-adaptive architectures.
Related topics:
system architecture, command systems
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