Developing pervasive multiagent systems with nature-inspired co-ordination

Franco Zambonelli; Andrea Omicini; Bernhard Anzengruber; Gabriella Castelli; Francesco DeAngelis; Giovanan di Marzo Serugendo; Simon Andrew Dobson; Jose-Luis Fernandez Marquez; Alois Ferscha; Marco Mamei; Stefano Mariani; Ambra Molesini; Sara Montagna; Jussi Nieminen; Danilo Pianini; Alberto Rosi; Graeme Turnbull Stevenson; Mirko Viroli; Juan Ye

doi:10.1016/j.pmcj.2014.12.002

Developing pervasive multiagent systems with nature-inspired co-ordination

Franco Zambonelli, Andrea Omicini, Bernhard Anzengruber, Gabriella Castelli, Francesco DeAngelis, Giovanan di Marzo Serugendo, Simon Andrew Dobson, Jose-Luis Fernandez Marquez, Alois Ferscha, Marco Mamei, Stefano Mariani, Ambra Molesini, Sara Montagna, Jussi Nieminen, Danilo Pianini, Alberto Rosi, Graeme Turnbull Stevenson, Mirko Viroli, Juan Ye

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Abstract

Pervasive computing systems can be modelled 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	236-252
Journal	Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Volume	17
Issue number	Part B
Early online date	11 Dec 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2014.12.002
Publication status	Published - Feb 2015

Keywords

Pervasive computing
Multi-agent systems
Coordination models
Self-organization

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EU FP7 'SAPERE' Grant Agreement 256873: EU FP7 - SAPERE Grant Agreement 256873
Dobson, S. A. (PI)
European Commission
1/10/10 → 30/09/13
Project: Standard

Developing pervasive multiagent systems with nature-inspired co-ordination (dataset)
Zambonelli, F. (Creator), Omicini, A. (Creator), Anzengruber, B. (Creator), Castelli, G. (Creator), DeAngelis, F. (Creator), di Marzo Serugendo, G. (Creator), Dobson, S. A. (Creator), Fernandez Marquez, J.-L. (Creator), Ferscha, A. (Creator), Mamei, M. (Creator), Mariani, S. (Creator), Molesini, A. (Creator), Montagna, S. (Creator), Nieminen, J. (Creator), Pianini, D. (Creator), Rosi, A. (Creator), Stevenson, G. T. (Creator), Viroli, M. (Creator) & Ye, J. (Creator), Bitbucket, 4 Nov 2013
https://bitbucket.org/gcastelli/saperemiddleware-javase/wiki/Home and one more link, https://bitbucket.org/gcastelli/saperemiddleware-android/wiki/Home (show fewer)
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Zambonelli, F., Omicini, A., Anzengruber, B., Castelli, G., DeAngelis, F., di Marzo Serugendo, G., Dobson, S. A., Fernandez Marquez, J.-L., Ferscha, A., Mamei, M., Mariani, S., Molesini, A., Montagna, S., Nieminen, J., Pianini, D., Rosi, A., Stevenson, G. T., Viroli, M., & Ye, J. (2015). Developing pervasive multiagent systems with nature-inspired co-ordination. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 17(Part B), 236-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2014.12.002

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Developing pervasive multiagent systems with nature-inspired co-ordination (dataset)

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