Because of the law of requisite variety, designing a controller for complex systems implies
designing a complex system. In software engineering, usual top-down approaches become …

Over the past two decades, several languages have been proposed to describe software
architectures to promote the development of architecturefocused applications. In general …

We solve problems and make decisions all day long: at home, at work, while playing. Some
problems and decisions are very challenging: What is the best sequence of actions to reach …

Controlling complex systems, such as combustion engines, imposes to deal with high
dynamics, non-linearity and multiple interdependencies. To handle these difficulties we can …

This paper tackles the issue of ambient systems adaptation to users' needs while the
environment and users' preferences evolve continuously. We propose the adaptive multi …

The ASCENS project deals with the design and development of complex self-adaptive
systems, where self-organization is one of the possible means by which to achieve self …

This chapter presents the basic concepts of Multiagent systems (MAS), and then positions
them as a software architecture style that essentially concerns the “component and …

Cette thèse propose un modèle organisationnel et holonique de l'environnement pour la
simulation des déplacements de piétons dans des bâtiments. Une foule de piétons peut être …

Cette thèse présente une nouvelle approche pour la distribution de processus d'optimisation
continue dans un réseau d'agents coopératifs. Dans le but de résoudre de tels problèmes, le …

Résumé Les systèmes ambiants se composent de nombreux appareils électroniques
hétérogènes, distribués dans l'environnement et interagissant de façon dynamique. Dès …