MENTORS: Monitoring Environment for System of Systems

Context: Systems Of Systems (SoSs) are becoming a widespread emerging architecture, and they are used in several daily life contexts. Therefore, when a new device is integrated into an existing SoS, facilities able to efficaciously assess and prevent anomalous and dangerous situations are necessary. Objective: The aim is to define a reference environment conceived for monitoring and assessing the behavior of SoS when a new device is added. Method: In this paper, we present MENTORS, a monitoring environment for SoS. MENTORS is based on semantic web technologies to formally represent SoS and Monitoring knowledge through a core ontology, called MONTOLOGY. Results and Conclusion: We defined the conceptual model of MENTORS, which is composed of two phases: Off-line and On-line, supported by a reference architecture that allows its (semi-)automation. Validation of the proposal with real use-cases is part of future activities.