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The Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach has already been researched heavily, and started to be introduced for the management of complexity, maintaining consistency, and reducing development costs and the time-to-market. However, a major drawback of the current MBSE methodologies is the lack of capability to integrate with domain-specific simulation models to investigate design concepts in the early phases of the development process. In order to address this issue, we propose a holistic system modeling approach that allows system engineers to link descriptive system models with domain-specific simulation models. In this paper, the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) is used as the standard architecture modeling language. A system modeling approach in SysML based on the system\u2019s functional architecture for system design and validation is defined. The approach was developed to integrate domain-specific models into the system model using a SysML modeler with the capability of running and reusing simulation tasks via the coupling of external tools, which helps to bridge the existing gap between models on the system level and detail level. The feasibility of the proposed approach will be evaluated based on the case study of a wind turbine (WT) system. The study shows that our approach has the potential to enable the consistent, parameter-based interlinkage of domain-specific models based on always-up-to-date data, and to assist engineers in making design decisions to meet the system requirements accurately and rapidly in different engineering fields.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems9040076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,26]],"date-time":"2021-10-26T23:55:23Z","timestamp":1635292523000},"page":"76","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Towards Holistic System Models Including Domain-Specific Simulation Models Based on SysML"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5116-350X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yizhe","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4451-3978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gregor","family":"Hoepfner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9178-0596","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joerg","family":"Berroth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8520-7726","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gerwin","family":"Pasch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7564-288X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Georg","family":"Jacobs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Anu, M. 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