Note on Evaluation of Hierarchical Modular Systems

TL;DR

This paper reviews methods for evaluating hierarchical modular systems, focusing on assessment scales, scale transformations, and integration techniques, with illustrative examples to clarify the evaluation process.

Contribution

It provides a systemic overview of evaluation approaches for hierarchical modular systems, highlighting scale types, transformation issues, and integration methods, with practical illustrations.

Findings

Different assessment scales are used for modular systems evaluation.

Scale transformation and integration are key challenges in system assessment.

Numerical examples demonstrate the application of evaluation methods.

Abstract

This survey note describes a brief systemic view to approaches for evaluation of hierarchical composite (modular) systems. The list of considered issues involves the following: (i) basic assessment scales (quantitative scale, ordinal scale, multicriteria description, two kinds of poset-like scales), (ii) basic types of scale transformations problems, (iii) basic types of scale integration methods. Evaluation of the modular systems is considered as assessment of system components (and their compatibility) and integration of the obtained local estimates into the total system estimate(s). This process is based on the above-mentioned problems (i.e., scale transformation and integration). Illustrations of the assessment problems and evaluation approaches are presented (including numerical examples).