LIP6 1999/029

• Reports
  Des écosystèmes artificiels d'aide à la conception: l'exemple du projet CAROSSE
• R. Foisel, A. Drogoul, O. Cayrol, M. Attia, N. Chauvat
• 18 pages - 12/17/1999- document en - http://www.lip6.fr/lip6/reports/1999/lip6.1999.029.ps.gz - 485 Ko
• Contact : Alexis.Drogoul (at) nulllip6.fr, Remy.Foisel (at) nulllip6.fr
• Ancien Thème : OASIS
In this article we present an original approach as an aid to the design of complex systems in an industrial context. There where the dominant approach in DAI consists in tackling the design from the analogue angle with teams of human designers (multi-expert systems, cognitive MAS), we describe the system to be designed as so many artificial ecosystems, peopled with heterogeneous agents whose objective is to work collectively towards the aims set by the designer. We argue that this approach allows us to obtain the qualities of modularity, reusability and extensibility which are increasingly necessary, while at the same time allowing the different points of view and levels of abstraction used in the design process to be represented. The example, which illustrates our approach, is the CAROSSE project, fruit of the co-operation between the LIP6, the LORIA and the automobile constructor PSA , whose aim is to integrate intelligent assistance tools into the present automobile design processes.
• Keywords : design aid, multi-agent industrial systems, allocation problems
• Publisher : Valerie.Mangin (at) nulllip6.fr