Alan Winfield Alan.Winfield@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Robotics
Towards dependable swarms and a new discipline of swarm engineering
Winfield, Alan F.T.; Harper, Christopher J.; Nembrini, Julien
Authors
Chris Harper Christopher4.Harper@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Robitics Autonomous Systems Safety Engineering
Julien Nembrini
Contributors
Erol Şahin
Editor
William M. Spears
Editor
Abstract
This review paper sets out to explore the question of how future complex engineered systems based upon the swarm intelligence paradigm could be assured for dependability. The paper introduces the new concept of 'swarm engineering': a fusion of dependable systems engineering and swarm intelligence. The paper reviews the disciplines and processes conventionally employed to assure the dependability of conventional complex (and safety critical) systems in the light of swarm intelligence research and in so doing tries to map processes of analysis, design and test for safety-critical systems against relevant research in swarm intelligence. A case study of a swarm robotic system is used to illustrate this mapping. The paper concludes that while some of the tools needed to assure a swarm for dependability exist, many do not, and hence much work needs to be done before dependable swarms become a reality. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.
Citation
Winfield, A. F., Harper, C. J., & Nembrini, J. (2005). Towards dependable swarms and a new discipline of swarm engineering. In E. Şahin, & W. M. Spears (Eds.), SR 2004: Swarm Robotics (126-142). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30552-1_11
Conference Name | International Workshop on Swarm Robotics |
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Conference Location | Santa Monica, CA, USA |
Start Date | Jul 17, 2004 |
End Date | Jul 17, 2004 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 28, 2005 |
Publication Date | Jan 24, 2005 |
Deposit Date | Jun 26, 2023 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag (Germany) |
Volume | 3342 |
Pages | 126-142 |
Series Title | Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNTCS,volume 3342) |
Series ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Book Title | SR 2004: Swarm Robotics |
Chapter Number | 11 |
ISBN | 978-3-540-24296-3 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30552-1_11 |
Keywords | Collaboration swarm behavior; decentralized control; distributed systems; mobile computing; multi-agent systems; multi-robot systems; robot; robotics; self-organization; sensor networks; swarm engineering; swarm intelligence; swarm robotics; swarmbots; al |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10773958 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-30552-1_11 |
Related Public URLs | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b105069 |
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