Towards the application of swarm intelligence in safety critical systems

Harper, Chris; Winfield, Alan; Nembrini, Julien

Abstract

Swarm Intelligence provides us with a powerful new paradigm for building fully distributed de-centralised systems in which overall system functionality emerges from the interaction of individual agents with each other and with their environment. Such systems are intrinsically highly parallel and can exhibit high levels of robustness and scalability; qualities desirable in high-integrity distributed systems.
Making use of a laboratory based swarm robotic system as a case study, this review paper explores dependability, robustness and reliability modelling in swarm based systems, and argues that there is considerable merit in further investigating their application to distributed safety-critical systems.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: The 1st Institution of Engineering and Technology International Conference on System Safety
• Start Date: Jun 6, 2006
• End Date: Jun 8, 2006
• Publication Date: Jun 6, 2006
• Deposit Date: Jun 10, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 14, 2022
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Pages: 89-95
• Book Title: The 1st Institution of Engineering and Technology International Conference on System Safety : 6-8 June 2006, Savoy Place, London, UK
• ISBN: 0-86341-646-2
• Keywords: Swarm intelligence; swarm robotics; dependability; distributed safety-critical systems
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9621562
• Publisher URL: https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/cp_20060207