<s>
Model-based	B-Language
systems	I-Language
engineering	I-Language
(	O
MBSE	B-Language
)	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
International	O
Council	O
on	O
Systems	O
Engineering	O
(	O
INCOSE	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
formalized	O
application	O
of	O
modeling	O
to	O
support	O
system	O
requirements	O
,	O
design	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
verification	O
and	O
validation	O
activities	O
beginning	O
in	O
the	O
conceptual	O
design	O
phase	O
and	O
continuing	O
throughout	O
development	O
and	O
later	O
life	O
cycle	O
phases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBSE	B-Language
is	O
a	O
technical	O
approach	O
to	O
systems	O
engineering	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
creating	O
and	O
exploiting	O
domain	B-Application
models	I-Application
as	O
the	O
primary	O
means	O
of	O
information	O
exchange	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
document-based	O
information	O
exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBSE	B-Language
technical	O
approaches	O
are	O
commonly	O
applied	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
industries	O
with	O
complex	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
aerospace	O
,	O
defense	O
,	O
rail	O
,	O
automotive	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
known	O
prominent	O
public	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
Model-Based	B-Language
Systems	I-Language
Engineering	I-Language
"	O
is	O
a	O
book	O
by	O
A	O
.	O
Wayne	O
Wymore	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MBSE	B-Language
term	O
was	O
also	O
commonly	O
used	O
among	O
the	O
SysML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
consortium	O
during	O
the	O
formative	O
years	O
of	O
their	O
Systems	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
SysML	B-Language
)	O
open	O
source	O
specification	O
project	O
during	O
2003-2005	O
,	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
distinguish	O
SysML	B-Language
from	O
its	O
parent	O
language	O
UML	B-Language
v2	I-Language
,	O
where	O
the	O
latter	O
was	O
software-centric	O
and	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
term	O
Model-Driven	B-Language
Development	I-Language
(	O
MDD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standardization	O
of	O
SysML	B-Language
in	O
2006	O
resulted	O
in	O
widespread	O
modeling	O
tool	O
support	O
for	O
it	O
and	O
associated	O
MBSE	B-Language
processes	O
that	O
emphasized	O
SysML	B-Language
as	O
their	O
lingua	O
franca	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
MBSE	B-Language
approach	O
was	O
further	O
generalized	O
and	O
popularized	O
when	O
INCOSE	O
introduced	O
its	O
"	O
MBSE	B-Language
2020	O
Vision	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
restricted	O
to	O
SysML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
supported	O
other	O
competitive	O
modeling	O
language	O
standards	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
AP233	O
,	O
HLA	O
,	O
and	O
Modelica	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
MBSE	B-Language
2020	O
Vision	O
:	O
"	O
MBSE	B-Language
is	O
expected	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
document-centric	O
approach	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
practiced	O
by	O
systems	O
engineers	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
and	O
to	O
influence	O
the	O
future	O
practice	O
of	O
systems	O
engineering	O
by	O
being	O
fully	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
systems	O
engineering	O
processes.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
MBSE	B-Language
started	O
to	O
cover	O
more	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Simulation	O
topics	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
system	O
model	O
specifications	O
and	O
related	O
system	O
software	O
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation-based	O
systems	O
engineering	O
"	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
increasingly	O
associated	O
along	O
with	O
MBSE	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
INCOSE	O
SEBoK	O
(	O
Systems	O
Engineering	O
Book	O
of	O
Knowledge	O
)	O
MBSE	B-Language
may	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
"	O
subset	O
of	O
digital	O
engineering	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
INCOSE	O
hosts	O
an	O
annual	O
meeting	O
on	O
MBSE	B-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
MBSE	B-Language
working	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
