JChoc DisSolver - Bridging the Gap Between Simulation and Realistic Use

Imade Benelallam, Zakarya Erraji, Ghizlane El Khattabi, Jaouad Ait Haddou, El Houssine Bouyakhf

2015

Abstract

The development of innovative and intelligent multiagent applications based on Distributed Constraints Reasoning techniques is obviously a fastidious task, especially to tackle new combinatorial problems (e.i. distributed resource management, distributed air traffic management, Distributed Sensor Network (Bejar et al., ´ 2005)). However, there are very few open-source platforms dedicated to solve such problems within realistic uses. Given the difficulty that researchers are facing, simplifying assumptions and simulations uses are commonly used techniques. Nevertheless, these techniques may not be able to capture all the details about the problem to be solved. Hence, transition from the simulation to the actual development context causes a loss of accuracy and robustness of the applications to be implemented. In this paper, we present preliminary results of a new distributed constraints programming platform, namely JChoc DisSolver. Thanks to the extensibility of JADE communication model and the robustness of Choco Solver, JChoc brings a new added value to Distributed Constraints Reasoning. The platform is user-friendly and the development of multiagent applications based on Constraints Programming is no longer a mystery to users. A real distributed problem is used to illustrate how the platform can be appropriated by an unsophisticated user and the experimental results are encouraging for more investigations.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Benelallam I., Erraji Z., Elkhattabi G., Ait Haddou J. and Bouyakhf E. (2015). JChoc DisSolver - Bridging the Gap Between Simulation and Realistic Use . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-073-4, pages 66-74. DOI: 10.5220/0005208600660074

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart15,
author={Imade Benelallam and Zakarya Erraji and Ghizlaneg Elkhattabi and Jaouad Ait Haddou and El Houssine Bouyakhf},
title={JChoc DisSolver - Bridging the Gap Between Simulation and Realistic Use},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2015},
pages={66-74},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005208600660074},
isbn={978-989-758-073-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - JChoc DisSolver - Bridging the Gap Between Simulation and Realistic Use
SN - 978-989-758-073-4
AU - Benelallam I.
AU - Erraji Z.
AU - Elkhattabi G.
AU - Ait Haddou J.
AU - Bouyakhf E.
PY - 2015
SP - 66
EP - 74
DO - 10.5220/0005208600660074