Supervision : Jacques MALENFANT

Co-supervision : TRUCK Isis

Coordination in decision-making for large-scale autonomic architectures

Though autonomic computing has received a lot of attention since its inception in the early 2000, to date the research has mainly considered relatively small-scale systems. But Kephart recently reminded that the main challenges in this area revolve around facing the inherent decentralisation when going large-scale, which greatly complicates often interdependent adaptation decisions. Especially as autonomic computing imposes inevitable time constraints as it de facto implies a reactive control for adapting. In this paper, we propose a decentralised approach for coordinating the decision-making that uncouples the exchange and gathering of coordination information on one hand from the coordinated local decision-making on the other hand. This uncoupling allows for these local decisions to be made without delays as they are based upon information gathered previously. This approach is illustrated by a geotracking application for large fleets of trucks from the SALTY ANR project, and validated through a series of simulations demonstrating the adequacy and the good performances of its various algorithms.

2010-2018 Publications

• 2018
  • O. Melekhova, J. Malenfant, R. Mescheriakov, A. Chueshev : “A decentralised solution for coordinating decisions in large-scale autonomic systems”, 13^th International Scientific-Technical Conference on Electromechanics and Robotics “Zavalishin’s Readings” - 2018, vol. 161, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, pp. 03024 (2018)
• 2017
  • O. Melekhova, J. Malenfant : “A Token-Based Scheme for Coordinating Decisions in Large-Scale Autonomic Systems”, IEEE 26^th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE 2017), 2017 IEEE 26^th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), Poznan, Poland, (IEEE Computer Society) (2017)
• 2014
  • O. Melekhova : “Coordination dans la décision pour les architectures autonomiques à grande échelle”, Revue des Sciences et Technologies de l'Information - Série TSI : Technique et Science Informatiques, vol. 33 (1-2), pp. 31-62, (Lavoisier) (2014)
• 2013
  • O. Melekhova : “Modèle de décision de composants autonomiques pour systèmes répartis à grande échelle”, thesis, phd defence 11/18/2013, supervision Malenfant, Jacques, co-supervision : Truck, Isis (2013)
• 2011
  • X. Dutreilh, S. Kirgizov, O. Melekhova, J. Malenfant, N. Rivierre, I. Truck : “Using Reinforcement Learning for Autonomic Resource Allocation in Clouds: towards a fully automated workflow”, 7^th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS’2011), Venice, Italy, pp. 67-74 (2011)
• 2010
  • Ph. Collet, M.‑A. Abchir, Th. Bathias, M. Blay‑Fornarino, F. Krikava, J. Lenoir, J. Lesbegueries, S. Madelénat, J. Malenfant, D. Manset, O. Melekhova, R. Mollon, J. Montagnat, R. Nzekwa, A. Pappa, J. Revillard, R. Rouvoy, L. Seinturier, I. Truck : “Requirements of the SALTY project”, (2010)
  • O. Melekhova, M.‑A. Abchir, P. Châtel, J. Malenfant, I. Truck, A. Pappa : “Self-Adaptation in Geotracking Applications: Challenges, Opportunities and Models”, ADAPTIVE AND SELF-ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. 2ND 2010. (ADAPTIVE 2010), Lisbonne, Portugal, pp. 68-77 (2010)