Title
Using Formal Methods and Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Modeling NASA Swarm-Based Systems
Abstract
NASA is conducting research on advanced technologies for future exploration using intelligent swarms of robotic vehicles. One of these missions is the Autonomous Nano Technology Swarm (ANTS) mission that will explore the asteroid belt using 1,000 cooperative autonomous spacecraft. From an engineering point of view, the complexity and emergent behavior of this kind of system is one of the main challenges that has to be overcome, since it makes the behavior of the swarm unpredictable. In NASA, many approaches are being explored towards this goal, mainly, a tailored software engineering approach, called agent-oriented software engineering, and formal methods. In this paper, we report on the main advances we have made towards modeling, implementing, and testing NASA swarms-based concept missions
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/SIS.2007.367958
Honolulu, HI
Keywords
Field
DocType
aerospace computing,aerospace control,control engineering computing,cooperative systems,formal verification,mobile robots,multi-robot systems,software agents,space vehicles,Autonomous Nano Technology Swarm mission,NASA swarm-based systems,agent-oriented software engineering,cooperative autonomous spacecraft,formal methods,intelligent swarms,robotic vehicles
Particle swarm optimization,Remotely operated underwater vehicle,Space technology,Systems engineering,Swarm behaviour,Agent-oriented software engineering,Computer science,Simulation,Software agent,Formal methods,Formal verification
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-4244-0708-7
5
0.53
References 
Authors
13
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christopher A. Rouff140950.08
Michael G. Hinchey269791.11
joaquin pena siles3444.44
Antonio Ruiz Cortés484766.93
Ruiz-Cortes, A.550.53