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ISSTA
2009
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Run-time conformance checking of mobile and distributed systems using executable models
This paper describes an approach for conformance testing of mobile and distributed systems. The approach is based on kiltera — a novel, high-level language supporting the descri...
Ahmad A. Saifan, Ernesto Posse, Jürgen Dingel
CDC
2010
IEEE
139views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
14 years 11 months ago
Communication, convergence, and stochastic stability in self-assembly
Existing work on programmable self assembly has focused on deterministic performance guarantees--stability of desirable states. In particular, for any acyclic target graph a binary...
Michael J. Fox, Jeff S. Shamma
ATAL
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Gradient field-based task assignment in an AGV transportation system
Assigning tasks to agents is complex, especially in highly dynamic environments. Typical protocol-based approaches for task assignment such as Contract Net have proven their value...
Danny Weyns, Nelis Boucké, Tom Holvoet
CDC
2008
IEEE
161views Control Systems» more  CDC 2008»
15 years 11 months ago
Distributed policies for equitable partitioning: Theory and applications
Abstract— The most widely applied resource allocation strategy is to balance, or equalize, the total workload assigned to each resource. In mobile multi-agent systems, this princ...
Marco Pavone, Emilio Frazzoli, Francesco Bullo
ABIALS
2008
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
The Cognitive Body: From Dynamic Modulation to Anticipation
Abstract— Starting from the situated and embodied perspective on the study of biological cognition as a source of inspiration, this paper programmatically outlines a path towards...
Alberto Montebelli, Robert Lowe, Tom Ziemke