@inproceedings{casadei-mass2016,
author = {Viroli, Mirko and Casadei, Roberto and Pianini, Danilo},
title = {Simulating Large-scale Aggregate MASs with Alchemist and Scala},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science Systems, FedCSIS 2016, Gda{\'{n}}sk, Poland, September 11-14, 2016.},
pages = {1495--1504},
editor = {Ganzha, Maria and Maciaszek, Leszek and Paprzycki, Marcin},
month = {11-14 September},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
address = {Gdansk, Poland},
year = {2016},
status = {Published},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2016F407},
doi = {10.15439/2016F407},
timestamp = {Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:39:01 +0200},
abstract = {Recent works in the context of large-scale adaptive systems, such as those based on opportunistic IoT-based applications, promote aggregate programming, a development approach for distributed systems in which the collectivity of devices is directly targeted, instead of individual ones. This makes the resulting behaviour highly insensitive to network size, density, and topology, and as such, intrinsically robust to failures and changes to working conditions (e.g., location of computational load, communication technology, and computational infrastructure). Most specifically, we argue that aggregate programming is particularly suitable for building models and simulations of complex large-scale reactive MASs. Accordingly, in this paper we describe SCAFI (Scala Fields), a Scala-based API and DSL for aggregate programming, and its integration with the ALCHEMIST simulator, and usage scenarios in the context of smart mobility.}
} @article{SASO2016,
author = {Jacob Beal and
Mirko Viroli and
Danilo Pianini and
Ferruccio Damiani},
title = {Self-Adaptation to Device Distribution Changes},
booktitle = {10th {IEEE} International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing
Systems, {SASO} 2016, Augsburg, Germany, September 12-16, 2016},
pages = {60--69},
year = {2016},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SASO.2016.12},
doi = {10.1109/SASO.2016.12},
editor = {Giacomo Cabri and
Gauthier Picard and
Niranjan Suri},
note = {Best paper of IEEE SASO 2016.},
abstract = {A key problem when coordinating the behaviour of devices in situated networks (e.g., pervasive computing, smart cities, Internet of Things, wireless sensor networks) is adaptation to changes impacting network topology, density, and heterogeneity. Computational goals for such systems are often expressed in terms of geometric properties of the continuous environment in which the devices are situated, and the results of resilient computations should depend primarily on that continuous environment, rather than the particulars of how devices happen to be distributed through it. In this paper, we identify a new property of distributed algorithms, eventual consistency, which guarantees that computation selfstabilizes to a final state that approximates a predictable limit as the density and speed of devices increases. We then identify a large class of programs that are eventually consistent, building on prior results on the field calculus computational model to identify a class of self-stabilizing programs. Finally, we confirm through simulation of pervasive network scenarios that eventually consistent programs from this class can provide resilient behavior where programs that are only self-stabilizing fail badly.}} @INPROCEEDINGS{VBPB-ECAS2016,
author = {Viroli, Mirko and
Bucchiarone, Antonio and
Pianini, Danilo and
Beal, Jacob},
title = {Combining Self-Organisation and Autonomic Computing in CASs with Aggregate-MAPE},
booktitle = {2016 {IEEE} 1st International Workshops on Foundations and Applications
of Self* Systems (FAS*W), Augsburg, Germany, September 12-16, 2016},
pages = {186--191},
year = {2016},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/FAS-W.2016.49},
doi = {10.1109/FAS-W.2016.49},
editor = {Elnikety, Sameh and
Lewis, Peter R. and
M{\"{u}}ller{-}Schloer}, Christian}
publisher = {{IEEE}},
isbn = {978-1-5090-3651-6}
} @inproceedings{AggregatecomputingVlsubicomp16,
author = {Viroli, Mirko and Casadei, Roberto and Pianini, Danilo},
title = {On Execution Platforms for Large-scale Aggregate Computing},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct},
series = {UbiComp '16},
year = {2016},
isbn = {978-1-4503-4462-3},
location = {Heidelberg, Germany},
pages = {1321--1326},
numpages = {6},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2968219.2979129},
doi = {10.1145/2968219.2979129},
acm = {2979129},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {aggregate computing, cloud computing, execution platforms, internet of things, large-scale systems},
} @inproceedings{GossipingCoordination2016,
author = {Pianini, Danilo and
Beal, Jacob and
Viroli, Mirko},
title = {Improving Gossip Dynamics Through Overlapping Replicates},
booktitle = {Coordination Models and Languages - 18th {IFIP} {WG} 6.1 International
Conference, {COORDINATION} 2016, Held as Part of the 11th International
Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec
2016, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 6-9, 2016, Proceedings},
pages = {192--207},
year = {2016},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39519-7_12},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-39519-7_12},
editor = {Alberto Lluch Lafuente and
Jos{\'{e}} Proen{\c{c}}a},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {9686},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2016},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39519-7},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-39519-7},
isbn = {978-3-319-39518-0}
}
@incollection{mabsde-mabsXVI,
author = {Montagna, Sara and Omicini, Andrea and Pianini, Danilo},
booktitle = {Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVI. International Workshop, MABS 2015, Istanbul, Turkey, May 5, 2015, Revised Selected Papers},
chapter = 1,
dblp = {conf/mabs/MontagnaOP15},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-31447-1_1},
editor = {Gaudou, Benoit and Sichman, Jaime Simão},
eisbn = {978-3-319-31447-1},
iris = {11585/562458},
isbn = {978-3-319-31446-4},
issn = {0302-9743},
keywords = {ALCHEMIST, Discrete-event simulation, Gillespie algorithm, Multi-agent based simulation, Stochastic simulation},
month = {15}}},
scopus = {2-s2.0-84961257364},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
subseries = {Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence},
title = {Extending the {G}illespie's Stochastic Simulation Algorithm for Integrating Discrete-Event and Multi-Agent Based Simulation},
url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-31447-1_1},
volume = 9568,
year = 2016
} @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/coordination/PianiniBV16,
author = {Pianini, Danilo and
Beal, Jacob and
Viroli, Mirko},
title = {Improving Gossip Dynamics Through Overlapping Replicates},
booktitle = {Coordination Models and Languages - 18th {IFIP} {WG} 6.1 International
Conference, {COORDINATION} 2016, Held as Part of the 11th International
Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec
2016, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 6-9, 2016, Proceedings},
pages = {192--207},
year = {2016},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39519-7_12},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-39519-7_12},
timestamp = {Wed, 25 May 2016 12:44:08 +0200},
biburl = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/rec/bib/conf/coordination/PianiniBV16},
bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, http://dblp.org}
} @article{sapere-ker31,
author = {Dobson, Simon and Viroli, Mirko and Fernandez-Marquez, Jose Luis and Zambonelli, Franco and Stevenson, Graeme and Di Marzo Serugendo, Giovanna and Montagna, Sara and Pianini, Danilo and Ye, Juan and Castelli, Gabriella and Rosi, Alberto},
doi = {10.1017/S0269888916000199},
iris = {11585/587618},
journal = {The Knowledge Engineering Review},
month = sep,
number = 4,
numpages = 24,
pages = {343-366},
scopus = {2-s2.0-85002973358},
title = {Spatial awareness in pervasive ecosystems},
url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_ S0269888916000199},
volume = 31,
year = 2016
} @inproceedings{viroli-ecas2016,
author = {Viroli, Mirko and Antonio Bucchiarone and Pianini, Danilo and Jacob Beal},
booktitle = {2016 IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems Workshops, SASO Workshops 2016, Augsburg, Germany, September 18-22, 2016},
doi = {10.1109/FAS-W.2016.49},
ieee = {7789466},
title = {Combining Self-Organisation and Autonomic Computing in CASs with Aggregate-MAPE},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7789466},
year = 2016
} 
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