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2013 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

自律分散ロボット群向けの実用的非同期モデルの設計と耐故障分散アルゴリズムの研究

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23500060
Research InstitutionJapan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

DEFAGO Xavier  北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (70333557)

Keywords分散アルゴリズム / 分散システム / ロボット群 / モデル化 / 合意問題 / 自己安定 / センサーネットワーク / 国際情報交換
Research Abstract

The project is about investigating and developing realistic models to study distributed fault-tolerant algorithms for groups of mobile robots. During the research period, we have built several small robots in order to understand what is realistic and what is not. We have come to the conclusion that discrete models better match reality than continuous ones.
In FY 2013, we have obtained results on several problems: formal study of stigmergy and path planning with fundamental bounds in graphs (submitted); fault propagation in graphs (e.g., sensor networks) with simulations (submitted) and theoretical results (in preparation); reliable information propagation in a graph where malicious nodes may tamper with the information (submitted); deterministic and probabilistic gathering under crash and Byzantine faults in a continuous environment (under revision for journal); feasibility bounds for reaching distributed consensus under moving Byzantine faults (submitted).
In addition, motivated by the need to improve robot software reliability, we have also worked on software reliability modeling, with results published in two international conference and two journal papers.
Throughout the research period, we have mostly focused on the question of robot model definition. Our conclusion is that discrete models can provide a very good basis to bridge formal and algorithmic studies and application to practical problems.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Reliability prediction for component-based software systems with architectural-level fault tolerance mechanisms (Extended version)2014

    • Author(s)
      Thanh-Trung Pham, Francois Bonnet, Xavier Defago
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications

      Volume: 5(1) Pages: 4-36

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reliability prediction for component-based software systems2014

    • Author(s)
      Thanh-Trung Pham, Xavier Defago, Quyet-Thang Huynh
    • Journal Title

      Science of Computer Programming Journal

      Volume: tbd Pages: tbd

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reliability prediction for component-based software systems with architectural-level fault tolerance mechanisms2013

    • Author(s)
      Thanh-Trung Pham, Xavier Defago
    • Journal Title

      In Proc. 8th Intl Conf on Availability, Reliability and Security

      Volume: ARES'13 Pages: 11-20

    • DOI

      10.1109/ARES.2013.8

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Bridging the Chasm Between Theory and Practice of Multi-Robot Systems2014

    • Author(s)
      Xavier Defago
    • Organizer
      JAIST-LORIA Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Kanazawa, Japan
    • Year and Date
      20140401-20140402
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Self-stabilizing crash tolerant gathering with daemons and dice2013

    • Author(s)
      Xavier Defago
    • Organizer
      Research Meeting on Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots (MAC 2013)
    • Place of Presentation
      Ischia, Italy
    • Year and Date
      20130704-20130705
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Reaching group agreement in spite of faulty robots

    • Author(s)
      Xavier Defago
    • Organizer
      Research seminar at Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, U. Tokyo
    • Place of Presentation
      Kashiwa, Japan
    • Invited

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Published: 2015-05-28  

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