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Towards the application of swarm intelligence in safety critical systems

Year: 2006

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Swarm Intelligence provides us with a powerful new paradigm for building fully distributed decentralised 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.

Source: IET International Conference on System Safety

DOI: 10.1049/cp:20060207

Authors: A.F.T. Winfield, C.F. Harper, J. Nembrini

Institutions: University of the West of England, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Language: English

Topic: Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2052264962