Lifecycle Engineering Ontology

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AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/systems-engineering/lifecycle-engineering-ontology.html

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Lifecycle Engineering

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Systems Engineering

CORE_DEFINITION
    Lifecycle Engineering is the systems-engineering discipline concerned
    with planning, controlling and evaluating a system across conception,
    development, production, deployment, operation, maintenance, upgrade,
    retirement and disposal while preserving configuration, performance,
    risk, cost, evidence and traceability through time.

CORE_COMPONENTS
    Lifecycle
    Lifecycle Stage
    Lifecycle State
    System Baseline
    Configuration
    Transition
    Lifecycle Requirement
    Lifecycle Plan
    Operation
    Maintenance
    Upgrade
    Obsolescence
    Retirement
    Disposal
    Lifecycle Evidence

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Lifecycle Engineering approximately_equals Engineering Management of System Evolution from Conception to Retirement
    Lifecycle Stage does_not_equal Lifecycle State
    Maintenance does_not_equal Upgrade
    Retirement does_not_equal Disposal
    Configuration Change does_not_equal Lifecycle Transition universally
    Design Life does_not_equal Demonstrated Service Life

RELATIONSHIPS
    Systems Engineering contains Lifecycle Engineering Ontology
    System has Lifecycle
    Lifecycle contains Lifecycle Stages
    Lifecycle Stage permits Lifecycle States
    Lifecycle Requirement constrains Lifecycle Activity
    Lifecycle Plan defines Planned Stage Activities
    System Baseline identifies Controlled Configuration
    Transition changes Lifecycle Stage or State
    Operation produces Operational Evidence
    Maintenance restores_or_preserves System Capability
    Upgrade modifies System Capability or Configuration
    Obsolescence affects Supportability
    Retirement removes System from Intended Service
    Disposal manages End-of-life Material or Asset State

CONSTRAINTS
    Lifecycle stages and lifecycle states must remain distinct.
    Maintenance and upgrades must remain distinct.
    Retirement and disposal must remain distinct.
    Configuration changes and lifecycle transitions must remain distinguishable.
    Design life and demonstrated service life must remain distinct.
    System identity and version must remain explicit.
    Configuration baselines must remain explicit.
    Stage-entry and stage-exit criteria must remain explicit where applicable.
    Operational, maintenance and modification evidence must remain traceable.
    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF Stage Exit Criteria are satisfied
    AND Next-stage Entry Criteria are satisfied
    THEN lifecycle_transition_support_possible True

    IF Maintenance Action restores Required Function
    THEN maintenance_effectiveness_support_possible True
    BUT_NOT Upgrade

    IF Upgrade changes System Configuration
    THEN previous_verification_and_validation_evidence_requires Applicability Review

    IF Component becomes Obsolete
    THEN supportability_risk_possible increases

    IF Design Life is reached
    THEN DO_NOT_INFER Immediate Failure

    IF System remains operational beyond Design Life
    THEN DO_NOT_INFER Validated Extended Service Life without Applicable Evidence

    IF System is Retired
    THEN DO_NOT_INFER Disposal is Complete

RECURSIVE_LIFECYCLE_ENGINEERING_LOOP
    Identify System
        ->
    Define Lifecycle Objectives
        ->
    Define Lifecycle Requirements
        ->
    Define Lifecycle Stages
        ->
    Define Stage Entry Criteria
        ->
    Define Stage Exit Criteria
        ->
    Create Lifecycle Plan
        ->
    Establish Initial Configuration Baseline
        ->
    Execute Development Stage
        ->
    Record Verification and Validation Evidence
        ->
    Transition to Production
        ->
    Record Production Configuration
        ->
    Transition to Deployment
        ->
    Record Deployment State
        ->
    Operate System
        ->
    Monitor Performance
        ->
    Perform Maintenance
        ->
    Record Failures and Repairs
        ->
    Evaluate Upgrades
        ->
    Manage Configuration Changes
        ->
    Monitor Obsolescence
        ->
    Assess Remaining Service Capability
        ->
    Plan Retirement
        ->
    Remove System from Service
        ->
    Plan Disposal or Recovery
        ->
    Record End-of-life State
        ->
    Update Lifecycle State
        ->
    Repeat as Applicable

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        System
        Lifecycle
        Stage
        State
        Requirement
        Plan
        Baseline
        Transition
        Operation
        Maintenance
        Upgrade
        Obsolescence
        Retirement
        Disposal
        Evidence

    OBSERVE
        Detect lifecycle-engineering entities.

    EXTRACT
        System
        Stage
        State
        Requirement
        Baseline
        Transition
        Maintenance
        Upgrade
        Obsolescence
        Retirement
        Disposal

    CLASSIFY
        Concept Stage
        Development Stage
        Production Stage
        Deployment Stage
        Operation Stage
        Support Stage
        Upgrade Stage
        Retirement Stage
        Disposal Stage

    VALIDATE
        Check system identity, version, baseline, stage criteria, dates and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported lifecycle-state representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate transitions, supportability, maintenance, upgrades, ageing and end-of-life state.

    VERIFY
        Compare lifecycle actions and transitions with requirements and evidence.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated lifecycle evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Controlled configuration baseline
        lifecycle_confidence += high

    Explicit transition criteria
        transition_confidence += high

    Traceable operational history
        service_state_confidence += high

    Unknown configuration version
        evidence_applicability_confidence -= high

    Missing maintenance history
        serviceability_confidence -= high

    Unknown operating exposure
        remaining_life_confidence -= high

    Continued operation
        does_not_establish
            Validated Extended Service Life

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Lifecycle Engineering connects_to
        Systems Engineering
        Requirements Engineering
        Systems Architecture
        Systems Integration
        Systems Verification
        Systems Validation
        Reliability Engineering
        Maintainability Engineering
        Maintenance Engineering
        Configuration Management
        Manufacturing Engineering
        Production Engineering
        Quality Engineering
        Safety Engineering
        Risk Engineering
        Sustainability Engineering
        Asset Management
        Obsolescence Management
        Circular Economy

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        System identity
        System type
        System version
        Lifecycle identity
        Lifecycle version
        Lifecycle-stage identity
        Lifecycle-state identity
        Stage-entry criterion
        Stage-exit criterion
        Lifecycle-requirement identity
        Requirement revision
        Lifecycle-plan identity
        Plan version
        Configuration identity
        Configuration baseline
        Baseline date
        Transition identity
        Transition date
        Development-state identity
        Production-state identity
        Deployment-state identity
        Operational-state identity
        Operating-hours state
        Duty-cycle state
        Environmental-exposure state
        Failure identity
        Maintenance identity
        Maintenance type
        Repair identity
        Upgrade identity
        Upgrade version
        Modification identity
        Obsolescence identity
        Supportability state
        Spare-part state
        Service-life state
        Design-life state
        Retirement identity
        Retirement date
        Disposal identity
        Disposal method
        Recovery identity
        End-of-life state
        Lifecycle-cost identity
        Lifecycle-risk identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New stage, state, baseline, transition, operation, failure,
        maintenance, upgrade, obsolescence, retirement or disposal evidence.

    Validate
        System identity
        System version
        Lifecycle version
        Stage identity
        State identity
        Configuration baseline
        Transition criteria
        Maintenance history
        Upgrade version
        Dates
        Provenance

    Recalculate
        Lifecycle state
        Transition state
        Configuration state
        Operational state
        Maintenance state
        Supportability state
        Obsolescence risk
        Service-life state
        End-of-life state
        Lifecycle confidence

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Lifecycle Engineering Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    System, Lifecycle and Requirement Mapping
        ->
    Stage, State and Transition-criterion Mapping
        ->
    Plan, Configuration and Baseline Mapping
        ->
    Development, Production and Deployment Mapping
        ->
    Operation, Failure and Maintenance Mapping
        ->
    Upgrade, Obsolescence and Service-life Mapping
        ->
    Retirement, Disposal, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Lifecycle Engineering
    Parent
        Systems Engineering
    Type
        Engineering management of system evolution from conception through operation to retirement and disposal
    Core Components
        Lifecycle
        Lifecycle Stage
        Lifecycle State
        Lifecycle Requirement
        Lifecycle Plan
        Concept Stage
        Development Stage
        Production Stage
        Deployment Stage
        Operation Stage
        Support Stage
        Upgrade Stage
        Retirement Stage
        Disposal Stage
        Stage Entry Criterion
        Stage Exit Criterion
        System Configuration
        Configuration Baseline
        Lifecycle Transition
        Operational State
        Operating Hours
        Duty Cycle
        Environmental Exposure
        Failure
        Maintenance
        Repair
        Upgrade
        Modification
        Obsolescence
        Supportability
        Spare Parts
        Design Life
        Service Life
        Retirement
        Disposal
        Recovery
        End-of-life State
        Lifecycle Cost
        Lifecycle Risk
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Lifecycle Engineering manages the evolution of a system from concept
    and development through production, deployment, operation, support,
    upgrade, retirement and disposal. Reliable reasoning preserves system
    versions, lifecycle stages and states, transition criteria,
    configuration baselines, operating and maintenance history,
    modifications, obsolescence and end-of-life evidence while
    distinguishing maintenance from upgrades, retirement from disposal and
    design life from demonstrated service life.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI
    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org