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Towards Characterizing Distributed Complex Situation Assessment as Workflows in Loosely Coupled Systems

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Intelligent Distributed Computing VI

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 446))

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This paper introduces challenges in contemporary situation assessment using collaborative inference and discusses solutions that are based on workflows between distributed processing nodes. The paper exposes the necessary conditions that workflows have to satisfy in order to support accurate situation assessment and provides a systematic approach to verification of the workflows. In particular, we emphasize the link between the complexity of the domain and the complexity of the workflows in terms of data and control coupling. With the help of graphical representations, we characterize the complexity of the domains and identify critical relations that have to be captured by collaborating processes in a workflow supporting correct situation assessment.

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  1. Software Engineering Department, Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Electronics, University of Craiova, Bvd.Decebal, Nr.107, Craiova, RO-200440, Romania

    Costin Bădică

  2. D-CIS Lab, Thales Research & Technology Netherlands, P.O. Box 90, NL 2600 AB, Delft, The Netherlands

    Claudine Conrado, Franck Mignet, Patrick de Oude & Gregor Pavlin

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  2. Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Ele, Software Engineering Department, University of Craiova, Bvd. Decebal 107, Craiova, 200440, Romania

    Costin Badica

  3. , Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica,, Università di Catania, V.le Andrea Doria, 6, Catania, 95125, Italy

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    Rainer Unland

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Bădică, C., Conrado, C., Mignet, F., de Oude, P., Pavlin, G. (2013). Towards Characterizing Distributed Complex Situation Assessment as Workflows in Loosely Coupled Systems. In: Fortino, G., Badica, C., Malgeri, M., Unland, R. (eds) Intelligent Distributed Computing VI. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 446. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32524-3_16

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