Supervision : Amal EL FALLAH SEGHROUCHNI

Co-supervision : Ilié Jean-Michel

A multi-agent approach for ambient system design: A formal model incorporating planning and learning

This work presents a concrete software architecture dedicated to ambient intelligence (AmI) features and requirements. The proposed behavioral model, called Higher-order Agent (HoA) captures the evolution of the mental representation of the agent and the one of its plan simultaneously. Plan expressions are written and composed using a formal algebraic language, namely AgLOTOS, so that plans are built automatically and on the fly, as a system of concurrent processes. Based on a specific semantics, a guidance service is also proposed to assist the agent in its execution. Moreover due to the compositional structure of AgLOTOS expressions, the updates of sub-plans are realized automatically accordingly to the revising of intentions, hence maintaining the consistency of the agent.

2012-2023 Publications

• 2023
  • Ah. Chaouche, J.‑M. Ilié, A. Hebik, F. Pêcheux : “Integration of a Contextual Observation System in a Multi-Process Architecture for Autonomous Vehicles”, Computing and Informatics, vol. 42 (3), pp. 716-740, (Slovak University Press, Bratislava) (2023)
• 2022
  • J.‑M. Ilié, Ah. Chaouche, F. Pêcheux : “A Reinforcement Learning Integrating Distributed Caches for Contextual Road Navigation”, International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence, vol. 13 (1), pp. 1-19, (IGI Pub) (2022)
• 2020
  • J.‑M. Ilié, K. Lahiani, Ah. Chaouche, F. Pêcheux : “An Efficient Learning Assistant for a Contextual Road Navigation”, Procedia Computer Science, vol. 170, pp. 522-529, (Elsevier) (2020)
  • Ah. Chaouche, J.‑M. Ilié, F. Pêcheux : “Dealing with Failures for Execution Consistency in Context-aware Systems”, Procedia Computer Science, vol. 177, pp. 212-219, (Elsevier) (2020)
  • J.‑M. Ilié, Ah. Chaouche, F. Pêcheux : “E-HoA: A Distributed Layered Architecture for Context-aware Autonomous Vehicles”, Procedia Computer Science, vol. 170, pp. 530-538, (Elsevier) (2020)
• 2017
  • J.‑M. Ilié, Ah. Chaouche : “Toward an Efficient Ambient Guidance for Transport Applications”, 14^th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC 2017), Leuven, Belgium, (Procedia Computer Science) (2017)
• 2016
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “Smart Agent Foundations: From Planning to Spatio-temporal Guidance”, chapter in Enablers for Smart Cities, pp. 33-63, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc), (ISBN: 9781848219588) (2016)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “Learning from situated experiences for a contextual planning guidance”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, vol. 7 (4), pp. 555-566, (Springer) (2016)
• 2015
  • Ah. Chaouche : “Une approche multi-agent pour la conception de systèmes d’intelligence ambiante : Un modèle formel intégrant planification et apprentissage”, thesis, defence 05/14/2015, supervision El fallah seghrouchni, Amal, co-supervision : Ilié, Jean-Michel (2015)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “Improving the Contextual Selection of BDI Plans by Incorporating Situated Experiments”, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, vol. 458, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Bayonne, France, pp. 266-281, (Springer International Publishing) (2015)
  • R. Boukharrou, Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “Dealing with temporal failure in ambient systems: a dynamic revision of plans”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, vol. 6 (3), pp. 325-336, (Springer) (2015)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “Spatio-Temporal Guidance for Ambient Agents”, 20^th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS)}, Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 2015 20^th International Conference, Bucharest, Romania, pp. 719-726, (IEEE) (2015)
• 2014
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “A Formal Approach for Contextual Planning Management: Application to Smart Campus Environment”, Advances in Artificial Intelligence - IBERAMIA 2014, vol. 8864, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Santiago, Chile, pp. 791-803, (Springer) (2014)
  • R. Boukharrou, Ah. Chaouche, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “Contextual-Timed Planning Management for Ambient Systems”, 26^th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 107-114, (IEEE Computer Society) (2014)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “A Higher-order Agent Model with Contextual Management for Ambient Systems”, Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XVI, vol. 8780, pp. 146-169 (2014)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “From Intentions to Plans: A Contextual Planning Guidance”, The 8^th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing, vol. 570, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Madrid, Spain, pp. 403-413 (2014)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “A Dynamical Plan Revising for Ambient Systems”, The 5^th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies, vol. 32, Procedia computer science, Hasselt, Belgium, pp. 37-44, (Elsevier) (2014)
• 2013
  • N. Belala, D. Saidouni, R. Boukharrou, Ah. Chaouche, A. Seraoui, A. Chachoua : “Time Petri Nets with Action Duration: A True Concurrency Real-Time Model”, International Journal of Embedded and Real-Time Communication Systems, vol. 4 (2), pp. 62-83, (IGI Global) (2013)
  • Ah. Chaouche, A. El Fallah‑Seghrouchni, J.‑M. Ilié, D. Saidouni : “A Higher-order Agent Model for Ambient Systems”, The 4^th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN-2013), vol. 21, Procedia Computer Science, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, pp. 156-163 (2013)
• 2012
  • D. Saidouni, Ah. Chaouche, J.‑M. Ilié : “On the Fly PSO Inspired Algorithm For Graph Distribution”, 2^nd International Symposium on Modelling and Implementation of Complex Systems, vol. 21, Procedia Computer Science, Constantine, Algeria, pp. 156-163 (2012)