InThe 1993,first known prominent public usage of the term "Model-Based Systems Engineering" was coined asis a termbook by Wymore, A. Wayne in his bookWymore with the same name.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wymore|first=A. Wayne|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26850986|title=Model-based systems engineering : an introduction to the mathematical theory of discrete systems and to the tricotyledon theory of system design|date=1993|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0-8493-8012-X|___location=Boca Raton|oclc=26850986}}</ref> The MBSE term was also commonly used among the [[SysML Partners]] consortium during the formative years of their [[Systems Modeling Language]] (SysML) open source specification project during 2003-2005, so they could distinguish SysML from its parent language [[UML 2|UML v2]], where the latter was software-centric and associated with the term ''[[Model driven development|Model-Driven Development]]'' (MDD).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=MBSE FAQ: Who created MBSE and how did it get its name? |url=https://mbseworks.com/mbse-faq//mbse-faq/who-created-mbse.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=MBSEworks.com™ |language=en}}</ref> The standardization of SysML in 2006 resulted in widespread modeling tool support for it and associated MBSE processes that emphasized SysML as their ''lingua franca''. For example, [[PivotPoint Technology Corporation|PivotPoint Technology Corp.]], one of the founding members of the SysML Partners, released commercial training courseware in July 2007 that featured ''Model-Based Systems Engineering with SysML''.<ref name=":1" />
In September 2007, the MBSE approach was further generalized and popularized when [[International Council on Systems Engineering|INCOSE]] introduced its "MBSE 2020 Vision", which was not restricted to SysML, and supported other competitive modeling language standards, such as AP233, HLA, and [[Modelica]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 2007 |title=Systems Engineering Vision 2020, version 2.03 |url=http://www.ccose.org/media/upload/SEVision2020_20071003_v2_03.pdf |journal=INCOSE Technical Paper |issue=INCOSE-TP-2004-004-02}}</ref> <ref name=":0" /> According to the MBSE 2020 Vision: "MBSE is expected to replace the document-centric approach that has been practiced by systems engineers in the past and to influence the future practice of systems engineering by being fully integrated into the definition of systems engineering processes."
In January 2007, the MBSE approach began to be popularized when [[International Council on Systems Engineering|INCOSE]] introduced its MBSE Initiative. Goals included increased productivity, by minimizing unnecessary manual transcription of concepts when coordinating the work of large teams. The MBSE approach is outlined in INCOSE's "MBSE 2020 Vision", with a methodology focusing on distributed but integrated model management.<ref name=":0" />
As of 2014, the focusscope hasof alsoMBSE started to cover aspectsmore related[[Modeling toand thesimulation|Modeling modeland executionSimulation]] topics, in computeran simulation experiment,attempt to further overcomebridge the gap between the system model specificationspecifications and therelated respective simulationsystem software simulations. As a consequence, the term "modeling and simulation-based systems engineering" has also been usedincreasingly associated along with MBSE.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Gianni|editor1-first=Daniele|editor2-last=D'Ambrogio|editor2-first=Andrea|editor3-last=Tolk|editor3-first=Andreas|title=Modeling and Simulation-Based Systems Engineering Handbook|date=December 2014|publisher=CRC Press|___location=USA|isbn=9781466571457|edition=1}}</ref>
INCOSE hosts an annual meeting on MBSE, as well as MBSE working groups.<ref name=":0" />
