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ISSTA
2009
ACM
14 years 7 days 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»
13 years 2 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
13 years 11 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»
14 years 2 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
14 years 1 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