Meeting the challenges of decentralized embedded applications using multi-agent systems

International audienceToday embedded applications become large scale andstrongly constrained. They require a decentralized embedded intelligencegenerating challenges for embedded systems. A multi-agent approach iswell suited to model and design decentralized embedded applications.It is naturally able to take up some of these challenges. But somespecific points have to be introduced, enforced or improved in multiagentapproaches to reach all features and all requirements. In thisarticle, we present a study of specific activities that can complementmulti-agent paradigm in the ”embedded” context.We use our experiencewith the DIAMOND method to introduce and illustrate these featuresand activities

Artificial Emotions for Distributed Cyber-physical Systems Resilience

International audienceThe concept of system resilience is important and popular in different domains like psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and more recently in cognitive science, biological disciplines, ecology and computer science. The main objective of this paper is to present a research avenue exploring the applicability of knowledge from those domains to solve resilience problems in cyber-physical systems. Emotions have been identified as an important process to cope with unexpected events and is therefore crucial for resilience. Our work is thus aimed at utilizing emotion-like processes in cyber-physical systems to improve their resilience, at individual and collective levels. Furthermore, one of our main assumptions is that the multi-agent paradigm is particularly well suited to embed such emotion-like processes in this type of systems

Baghera Assessment Project, designing an hybrid and emergent educational society

Edited by Sophie Soury-Lavergne ; Available at: http://www-leibniz.imag.fr/LesCahiers/2003/Cahier81/BAP_CahiersLaboLeibniz.PDFResearch reportThe Baghera Assessment Project (BAP) has the objective to ex plore a new avenue for the design of e-Learning environments. The key features of BAP's approach are: (i) the concept of emergence in multi-agents systems as modelling framework, (ii) the shaping of a new theoretic al framework for modelling student knowledge, namely the cK¢ model. This new model has been constructed, based on the current research in cognitive science and education, to bridge research on education and research on the design of learning environments

Actes de JFSMA 2010 - 18e Journées francophones sur les systèmes multi-agents

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Une approche multi-agents pour la gestion de la communication dans les réseaux de capteurs sans fil

National audienceThis paper deals with multiagent self-organization giving adaptive features to a distributed system embodied in an agressive environment. It proposes an original approach of open multiagent systems in the context of wireless networks of intelligent sensors. Such networks are composed by sensors with independant energy sources. These networks need routing techniques which minimize communication energy cost with a strong fault tolerant feature. The paper presents finally the simulation platform, which we built, who allows us to compare our solution based on self-organization and common ad hoc routing protocols

HW/SW Hybrid Simulation as part of the Design of Wireless Instrumentation Systems: Discussion about an Experience

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Using MASH in the Context of the Design of Embedded Multiagent System

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Un intergiciel par envoi de message économe en énergie basé sur une approche multi-agents

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