| title: | Research of multi-agent systems in heterogeneous environment with dynamic structure (Hopadhoc project) |
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| reg no: | ETF6182 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| status: | accepted |
| institution: | Tallinn Technical University |
| head of project: | Leo Mõtus |
| duration: | 01.01.2005 - 31.12.2008 |
| description: | The goal of this project is to study possibilities to merge into united systems' development process, and mutual consistency of new emerging theoretical ideas (e.g. super-Turing, and interaction-centred models of computation), requirements for the new types of computer applications (e.g. proactive, autonomous, location- and time-sensitive, mobile with dynamically evolving structure, etc), and new systems' development technologies (e.g. agent-based technologies, model driven development). The project is implemented by combining experimental and theoretical methods. Experimental part of the project comprises integrating the still evolving tools and products (agent implementation and testing environment KRATT, agent-based digital map processing system, multi-agent system based on ant-nest paradigm) developed within ETF grant no. 4860 (2001-2004), conventional agent development tool JADE, and some motes of intelligent dust into Hopadhoc environment, and building applications in this environment. Theoretical part aims at stating and resolving problems discovered during experimental work -- e.g. methods for guaranteeing correctness of location- and time-sensitive computations, methods for secure communication between agents and coalitions of agents, viability of operation in the environment with dynamically changing structure, navigation without GPS, assessing and/or testing properties of new applications, etc. The project is immediately related to the thesis of three PhD student (V.Kimlaycuk, A.Kull, R.Serg) and one MSc student (J.Preden). Results and experiences from this project influence substantially the research work of a PhD student (A.Karpištšenko) and two MSc students (T.Lints and K.Sillmann). |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Jüri Helekivi | University of Tartu | technology specialist | |
| 2. | Tõnis Kelder | University of Tartu | technology specialist | |
| 3. | Vadim Kimlaychuk | Tallinn Technical University | PhD student | |
| 4. | Andres Kull | Tallinn Technical University | manager, PhD student at TUT | |
| 5. | Merik Meriste | University of Tartu | senior researcher | |
| 6. | Leo Mõtus | Tallinn Technical University | professor | |
| 7. | Risto Serg | Tallinn Technical University | assistant, PhD student | |