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Building adaptive systems with predictable emergent behavior is a challenging task and it is becoming a critical need. The research community has accepted the challenge by introducing approaches of various nature: from software architectures, to programming paradigms, to analysis techniques. We recently proposed a conceptual framework for adaptation centered around the role of control data. In this paper we show that it can be naturally realized in a reflective logical language like Maude by using the Reflective Russian Dolls model. Moreover, we exploit this model to specify and analyse a prominent example of adaptive system: robot swarms equipped with obstacle-avoidance self-assembly strategies. The analysis exploits the statistical model checker PVesta.
Research supported by the European Integrated Project 257414 ASCENS.
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Bruni, R., Corradini, A., Gadducci, F., Lluch Lafuente, A., Vandin, A. (2012). Modelling and Analyzing Adaptive Self-assembly Strategies with Maude. In: Durán, F. (eds) Rewriting Logic and Its Applications. WRLA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7571. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34005-5_7
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