Updated on March 17, 2025

Component model

Component model is a set of components belonging to the analyzed engineering system and its supersystem.

Overview

Component model is an output of component analysis performed as a first step of function analysis, for both devices and processes. In the function analysis of devices, the model is an input for interaction analysis. In function analysis of processes, the interaction analysis is skipped, and the component model (in this case, operations) serves as the input for function modeling.

Presentation of the component model

The way the component model is presented is quite flexible.

Presentation for the device

It is a good practice to list the identified components in the form of a table. In the first column, enter the name of the engineering system, in the second column – its components, and in the third column – the components of its supersystem:

  • description of the engineering system,
  • system components, and
  • components of the supersystem.

Presentation for the process

For processes, the component model is usually presented as a list of operations. If it is needed to show whether the operations are sequential or parallel, it is useful to create a graph, for example:

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