Chapter 9 – An Emergency in a Smart City – Level Change in Action

An extended example of using level change to structure the design of an Emergency Situation Picture in a Smart City. The IVHM six level reference model is combined with product structure and repurposed to create a situation picture, collating data from Smart City sensorsm answering key situation questions such as What is happening? How bad is it going to get? and What can we do about it?

  • 9.1 Levels In Every Direction
  • 9.2 The Situation Picture
  • 9.3 The Physical (to Functional)
  • 9.4 A Functional Model of the SP
  • 9.5 Using Levels to Structure the Situation Picture
  • 9.5.1 The SP Basement
  • 9.5.2 The Information Model Conference Room
  • 9.5.3 Product Structures and the SP
  • 9.5.4 The Situation Picture – Iteration 2
  • 9.6 So What?
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