Journal article
Infrastructure for Engineered Emergence on Sensor/Actuator Networks
IEEE intelligent systems, Vol.21(2), pp.10-19
03/01/2006
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2006.29
Abstract
The ability to control emergent phenomena depends on decomposing them into aspects susceptible to independent engineering. The amorphous medium abstraction separates what behavior is desired on a continuous space and how the behavior is implemented on a sensor/actuator network approximating the space. The Proto language allows the composition of self-organizing primitives on an amorphous medium. This approach thus separates the engineering problem into three components: a discrete kernel to emulate an amorphous medium and distribute code, a Proto compiler, and implementations of high-level coordination and homeostasis primitives. Such separation allows simple, concise expression of programs controlling spatial behaviors. Using an implementation of this framework, researchers have written programs that they verified both in simulation on more than 10,000 nodes and on a network of Mica2 motes. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Infrastructure for Engineered Emergence on Sensor/Actuator Networks
- Creators
- Jacob Beal - Electrical and Computer EngineeringJonathan Bachrach - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- IEEE intelligent systems, Vol.21(2), pp.10-19
- Publisher
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
- DOI
- 10.1109/MIS.2006.29
- ISSN
- 1541-1672
- eISSN
- 1941-1294
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2006
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984627297202771
Metrics
1 Record Views