A Chemical Inspired Simulation Framework for Pervasive Services Ecosystems

@talk{pianinimass2011,
    abstract = {This paper grounds on the SAPERE project (Self-Aware PERvasive Service Ecosystems), which aims at proposing a multi-agent framework for pervasive computing, based on the idea of making each agent (service, device, human) manifest its existence in the ecosystem by a Live Semantic Annotation (LSA), and of coordinating agent activities by a small and fixed set of so-called eco-laws, which are sort of chemical-like reactions evolving the distributed population of LSAs. System dynamics in SAPERE is complex because of openness and due to the self-* requirements imposed by the pervasive computing setting: a simulation framework is hence needed for what-if analysis prior to deployment. In this paper we present a prototype simulator which - due to the role of chemical-like character of eco-laws - is based on a variation of an existing SSA (Stochastic Simulation Algorithm), tailored to the specific features of SAPERE, including dynamicity of network topology and pattern-based application of eco-laws. The simulator is tested on a crowd steering scenario where groups are guided, through public or private displays, towards the preferential destination and by emergently circumventing crowded regions.},
    apice = {PianiniMass2011},
    author = {Montagna, Sara and Viroli, Mirko and Pianini, Danilo},
    date = {2011-09-19},
    howpublished = {Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems in Szczecin, Poland (FedCSIS 2011)},
    language = {en},
    month = sep,
    sort = {talk},
    speaker = {Pianini, Danilo},
    title = {A Chemical Inspired Simulation Framework for Pervasive Services Ecosystems},
    type = {Talk},
    year = 2011
}