Méthodologie de développement de systèmes multi-agents adaptatifs et conception de logiciels à fonctionnalité émergente

Environments within which applications are embedded are growing in complexity and dynamicity, considering the large number and the diversity of the takeholders. Functions of such systems become more and more difficult to define, and their specifications are often incomplete, even if their components are easily identifiable and specifiable. Without new design and modeling methods, managing such project will become too constraining, long and costly to cope with.We propose to use cooperative self-organising adaptive multi-agent systems (AMAS) to tackle these design problems. The functionality of such systems emerges from coopera- tive interactions between agents. Nevertheless, developing using AMAS is still an ad-hoc process and reduced to a small group of users. Several applications have been designed by using AMAS, but it has never been executed by novices and non AMAS experts. To answer to this lack of visibility and openess, the ADELFE project – for Atelier de DEveloppement de Logiciels à Fonctionnalité Emergente or Toolkit for developing applications with emergent functionalities – proposes to develop a methodology based on these emergence oriented principles. This methodology is defined in three points : process, notations and tools. The ADELFE process is based on the Rational Unified Process and extends or adds some agent specific activities. Notations are extensions of UML and A-UML. Tools have been developed or extended in to support notations, with OpenTool, and following the process is eased by using AdelfeToolkit.The relevance of this approach has been confronted to the development of experimental applications. Some results from a dynamic timetable solver, ETTO, and from a multi-robot transportation task are presented and analysed.Les environnements des applications d’aujourd’hui sont de plus en plus complexes et dy- namiques, compte tenu du grand nombre et de la diversité des acteurs en jeu. Les fonctions de tels systèmes deviennent alors de plus en plus difficiles à définir, et leur spécification est souvent incomplète, même si les composantes restent pleinement identifiables et spécifiables. Si de nouvelles méthodes de conception et de modélisation ne sont pas mises au point, la gestion des projets deviendra de plus en plus contraignante, longue et coûteuse.Nous proposons d’utiliser les systèmes multi-agents adaptatifs par auto-organisation coopérative pour palier ces problèmes de conception. La fonctionnalité de ces systèmes est une résultante émergeant des interactions coopératives entre agents. Toutefois, le développement de tels systèmes est resté confidentiel et réduit à un groupe autour de ses créateurs directs. Certes de nombreuses applications ont été conçues grâce à ces systèmes, mais jamais par des novices, non experts du domaine. Pour répondre à ce manque de visibilité et d’ouverture, le projet ADELFE - pour Atelier de DEveloppement de Logiciels à Fonctionnalité Emergente - propose de développer une méthode de développement d’applications repo- sant sur ces principes et définie en trois points : un processus, des notations et des outils. Le processus d’ADELFE est basé sur le Rational Unified Process et y ajoute des activités spécifiques à l’ingénierie orientée agent. Les notations sont une extension des notations UML et A-UML. Des outils ont été développés ou étendus afin de prendre en charge à la fois les notations, grâce à OpenTool, et le processus, grâce à un outil d’aide au suivi appelé AdelfeToolkit.La pertinence de cette méthodologie a été mise à l’épreuve au cours de développements d’applications diverses. Nous présentons ici les résultats obtenus pour un problème de résolution dynamique d’emploi du temps, ETTO (pour Emergent Time Tabling Organisation), et pour un problème de transport multi-robot de ressources

Research reports: 1985 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program

A compilation of 40 technical reports on research conducted by participants in the 1985 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is given. Weibull density functions, reliability analysis, directional solidification, space stations, jet stream, fracture mechanics, composite materials, orbital maneuvering vehicles, stellar winds and gamma ray bursts are among the topics discussed

Proceedings of the DOE Chemical Energy Storage and Hydrogen Energy Systems Contracts Review

The background and objectives of thirty-nine hydrogen-related tasks were discussed, the status of the studies or technical effort is shown, and state projected solutions for resolving the identified problems are projected

2006-2007 Louisiana Tech University Catalog

The Louisiana Tech University Catalog includes announcements and course descriptions for courses offered at Louisiana Tech University for the academic year of 2006-2007.https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/university-catalogs/1008/thumbnail.jp

2008-2009 Louisiana Tech University Catalog

The Louisiana Tech University Catalog includes announcements and course descriptions for courses offered at Louisiana Tech University for the academic year of 2008-2009.https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/university-catalogs/1006/thumbnail.jp

Interface Agents' Design for a DRT Transportation System using PASSI

Abstract. The present work continues a longer research in the field of flexible transportation services and the design of an agent system devoted to the planning, scheduling and control of trips under such a domain. In particular, this paper focuses in the design and development of the interface agents present in the system by following an agent development methodology named PASSI. The interface agent devoted to interaction with the customers is explained in detail and its prototype is shown

Education handbook

2003 handbook for the faculty of Educatio

LE REGIONI D'EUROPA TRA IDENTITÀ LOCALI, NUOVE COMUNITÀ E DISPARITÀ TERRITORIALI

L’Europa è oggi attraversata da una forte domanda di autonomia da parte dei territori: da un lato, a tutela dell’identità delle comunità locali e, dall’altro, per la crescente rivendicazione di una più ampia rappresentanza delle cittadinanze. Queste istanze possono, però, mettere a rischio gli obiettivi di equilibrio e di coesione economica, sociale e territoriale, da sempre al centro della riflessione e delle proposte sviluppate dagli studiosi delle scienze regionali. La recente crisi ha acuito l’instabilità e allargato i complessivi divari tra le regioni, anche nella loro dinamica interna di evoluzione. Alla resilienza economica non sempre è corrisposto, nell’attuale transizione verso un nuovo paradigma, il mantenimento di solidi livelli di coesione sociale e di integrazione tra aree e comunità. Il volume raccoglie una selezione di contributi presentati alla XXXIX Conferenza Italiana di Scienze Regionali, svoltasi a Bolzano il 17, 18 e 19 settembre 2018. Nella sua articolazione, esso si sviluppa in tre parti. La prima analizza il tema della domanda di autonomia da parte dei territori all’interno dello sviluppo economico e sociale di regioni e paesi, e dell’attuale dibattito sul federalismo differenziato. Nella seconda le riflessioni si estendono alla crescente disparità tra aree centrali e aree periferiche, tra aree interne e aree esposte, tra Nord e Sud dei Paesi e dell’Europa, mentre nella terza parte, l’analisi guarda ai mutevoli equilibri tra territori e sistemi locali urbani e rurali, tra pianura e montagna e, all’interno delle aree montane, tra i fondivalle maggiormente urbanizzati e i territori di alta quota, zone spesso di confine tra province, regioni e stati. La novità editoriale di quest’anno è rappresentata da uno spazio dedicato a brevi contributi a cura di giovani autori vincitori dei premi AISRe.Europe is today crossed by a strong demand for autonomy from the territories: to protect the identity of local communities and, also analyze the growing demand for a broader representation of citizens. However, these issues can jeopardize the objectives of balance and economic, social and territorial cohesion, which have always been at the center of the reflection and proposals developed by scholars of regional sciences. The recent crisis has worsened instability and widened the overall gaps between the regions, including in their internal dynamics of evolution. Economic resilience is not always matched, in the current transition towards a new paradigm, by maintaining solid levels of social cohesion and integration between areas and communities. The volume collects a selection of contributions presented at the XXXIX Italian Conference of Regional Science, held in Bolzano on 17, 18 and 19 September 2018. The volume is divided into three parts. The first analyzes the issue of the demand for autonomy by the territories within the economic and social development of regions and countries, and the current debate on differentiated federalism. In the second, the reflections extend to the growing disparity between central and peripheral areas, between internal and exposed areas, between North and South of countries and Europe, while in the third part, the analysis looks at the changing balance between territories and systems. urban and rural areas, between plains and mountains and, within mountain areas, between the most urbanized valleys and high altitude territories, areas often bordering provinces, regions and states. This year ia space is dedicated to short contributions by young authors who have won the AISRe Awards

Education handbook

2002 handbook for the faculty of Educatio