A watershed in systems engineering is represented by the advent of swarm-based systems that accomplish missions through cooperative action by a (large) group of autonomous individuals each having simple capabilities and no global knowledge of the group's objective. Such systems, with individuals capable qf surviving in hostile environments, pose unprecedented challenges to system developers. Design and testing and verification at much higher levels will be required, together with the corresponding tools, to bring such systems to fruition. Concepts for possible future NASA space exploration missions include autonomous, autonomic swarms. Engineering swarm-based missions begins with understanding autonomy and autonomicity and how to design, test, and verify systems that have those properties and, simultaneously, the capability to accomplish prescribed mission goals. Formal methods-based technologies, both projected and in development, are described in terms of their potential utility to swarm-based system developers.


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    Title :

    Autonomous and Autonomic Swarms


    Contributors:
    M. G. Hinchey (author) / J. L. Rash (author) / W. F. Truszkowski (author) / C. A. Rouff (author) / R. Sterritt (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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