Pervasive computing systems can be modeled effectively as populations of interacting autonomous components. The key challenge to realizing such models is in getting separately-specified and -developed sub-systems to discover and interoperate with each other in an open and extensible way, supported by appropriate middleware services. In this paper, we argue that nature-inspired coordination models offer a promising way of addressing this challenge. We first frame the various dimensions along which nature-inspired coordination models can be defined, and survey the most relevant proposals in the area. We describe the nature-inspired coordination model developed within the SAPERE project as a synthesis of existing approaches, and show how it can effectively support the multifold requirements of modern and emerging pervasive services. We conclude by identifying what we think are the open research challenges in this area, and identify some research directions that we believe are promising.
Titolo: | Developing Pervasive Multi-Agent Systems with Nature-Inspired Coordination |
Autore/i: | Franco Zambonelli; OMICINI, ANDREA; Bernhard Anzengruber; Gabriella Castelli; Francesco L. DeAngelis; Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo; Simon Dobson; Jose Luis Fernandez Marquez; Alois Ferscha; Marco Mamei; MARIANI, STEFANO; MOLESINI, AMBRA; MONTAGNA, SARA; Jussi Nieminen; PIANINI, DANILO; Matteo Risoldi; Alberto Rosi; Graeme Stevenson; VIROLI, MIRKO; Juan Ye |
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Anno: | 2015 |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2014.12.002 |
Abstract: | Pervasive computing systems can be modeled effectively as populations of interacting autonomous components. The key challenge to realizing such models is in getting separately-specified and -developed sub-systems to discover and interoperate with each other in an open and extensible way, supported by appropriate middleware services. In this paper, we argue that nature-inspired coordination models offer a promising way of addressing this challenge. We first frame the various dimensions along which nature-inspired coordination models can be defined, and survey the most relevant proposals in the area. We describe the nature-inspired coordination model developed within the SAPERE project as a synthesis of existing approaches, and show how it can effectively support the multifold requirements of modern and emerging pervasive services. We conclude by identifying what we think are the open research challenges in this area, and identify some research directions that we believe are promising. |
Data stato definitivo: | 2020-12-18T13:14:08Z |
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