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Publikationen BV: Bibliographie 2006 BibTeX

 
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-70,
   author = {Pascal Montag and Steffen G{\"o}rzig and Paul Levi},
   title = {{Challenges of Timing Verification Tools in the Automotive Domain}},
   booktitle = {2nd IEEE International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, Paphos (Cyprus), November 15-19, 2006},
   publisher = {IEEE CS Press},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Fakult{\"a}t Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Germany},
   pages = {1--6},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {November},
   year = {2006},
   keywords = {embedded real-time systems; automotive safety},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics,     I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding,     I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence},
   contact = {Paul.Levi@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {Every embedded real-time system is inevitably time restricted. Therefore, worst-case execution times (WCETs) have to be known. The static timing analysis of embedded software promises the calculation of safe upper time bounds. We present the results of a case study which reveal the special challenges of this methodology in the automotive domain. For most of the encountered problems we describe our solutions or propose possible methods for a solution.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-70&engl=0}
}
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-69,
   author = {Pascal Montag and Dirk Nowotka and Paul Levi},
   title = {{Verification in the Design Process of Large Real-Time Systems: A Case Study}},
   booktitle = {Automotive Safety and Security 2006, Stuttgart (Germany), October 12-13, 2006},
   publisher = {Shaker Verlag},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Fakult{\"a}t Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Germany},
   pages = {1--13},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {Oktober},
   year = {2006},
   keywords = {complex real-time systems; automotive safety},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics,     I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding,     I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence},
   contact = {Paul.Levi@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {A verification case study of a complex real-time system from the automotive area, an emergency brake assistant, is conducted. In particular the application and usefulness of formal methods in the refinement process during the design of a large system is investigated, where we mean by ``large system'' a system which cannot be formally verified as a whole due to its complexity. We establish that the application of formal methods in the early phase of a system design is beneficial despite the limits of current tools. Useful directions of further work to improve the verified design of safety-critical systems are also shown.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-69&engl=0}
}
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-68,
   author = {Pascal Montag and Steffen G{\"o}rzig and Paul Levi},
   title = {{Applying Static Timing Analysis to Component Architectures}},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering, Shanghai (China), May 20-28, 2006},
   address = {Shanghai},
   publisher = {ICSE},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Fakult{\"a}t Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Germany},
   pages = {1--7},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {Mai},
   year = {2006},
   keywords = {automotive applications},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics,     I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding,     I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence},
   contact = {Paul.Levi@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {The increase in software functions and software complexity of automotive applications requires appropriate software architectures. A promising approach is the component architecture which also stands in the centre of the automotive standardisation project AUTOSAR. As every embedded real-time system inevitably has upper time bounds, we present an integrated method of timing estimation for highly flexible and variant applications based on a prototype component architecture. Therefore, we especially develop methods for parameterised timing estimation which depend on the grade of complexity, variability and necessary exactness. The feasibility of the introduced concept is shown in the prototype architecture and a prototype application.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-68&engl=0}
}
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-59,
   author = {Oliver Zweigle and Uwe-Philipp K{\"a}ppeler and Reinhard Lafrenz and Paul Levi},
   title = {{Situation recognition for reactive agent behavior}},
   booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing},
   address = {Palma de Mallorca},
   publisher = {IASTED},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Fakult{\"a}t Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Germany},
   pages = {1--8},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {August},
   year = {2006},
   keywords = {situation recognition; cooperative robotics},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {Situation recognition in RoboCup gets more and more important to enhance team behavior strategies. In this paper we present an approach for a cooperative situation recognition architecture which directly influences the game strategy of the own team. The presented situation recognition architecture is derived from the human archetype to recognize situations by a combination of learned knowledge and observation of the environment. Humans only consider a limited number of situation interpretations for certain environmental scenes. We transfer that concept and introduce Situation Libraries as an analogous approach for computer systems. Consequently for every recognized situation a cooperative team behavior is defined. This will effectively enhance the team play and the ability of a team to adapt its behavior to the strategies of an opponent and to the current game state.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-59&engl=0}
}
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-58,
   author = {Ralf Regele and Paul Levi},
   title = {{Cooperative Multi-Robot Path Planning by Heuristic Priority Adjustment}},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
   address = {Peking},
   publisher = {IEEE},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Fakult{\"a}t Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Germany},
   pages = {5954--5959},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {Oktober},
   year = {2006},
   isbn = {1-4244-0259-X},
   keywords = {cooperative path planning; multi-robot systems; conflict resolution},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics},
   contact = {Ralf.Regele@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {In this paper, a new algorithm for cooperative path planning in a multi-robot system is introduced. The algorithm is specially designed for a distributed system with a large number of robots, all of which should be able to reach their respective goal positions without blocking each other, even if the environment is heavily constricted by obstacles. The basic idea of the approach is based on fully distributed path planning without any central instance, but with the ability of communication and cooperation between the robots. Path planning is done on local sections of the time-space configuration space. Dynamic conflicts between the robots are solved by the heuristic adjustment of priority values. By a continuous enhancement of all plans the algorithm is very robust against dynamic changes and erroneous robot behavior.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-58&engl=0}
}
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-53,
   author = {R. Lafrenz and O. Zweigle and U.-P. K{\"a}ppeler and H. Rajaie and A. Tamke and T. R{\"u}hr and M. Oubbati and M. Schanz and F. Schreiber and P. Levi},
   title = {{Major Scientific Achievements 2006 - CoPS Stuttgart registering for world championships in Bremen}},
   booktitle = {RoboCup International Symposium 2006},
   address = {Bremen},
   publisher = {Universit{\`a} degli Studi di Milano},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Fakult{\"a}t Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Germany},
   pages = {1--9},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {Juni},
   year = {2006},
   keywords = {Robocup; robotics; autonomous; agent},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics,     I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding,     I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence,     I.2 Artificial Intelligence},
   ee = {http://robocup.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/,     http://www.robocup.org},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {The CoPS robot soccer team is used as a testbed for multiagent software architecture principles in dynamic real time domains. Based on a highly modular and e cient software infrastructure design for world modeling the current and future research activities focus on methods for a reliable and team consistent world modeling, as well as a coordinated distributed team behavior modeling. In this work, we present the current state of the software architecture of our team and the world modeling approach. Furthermore we describe our team behavior design approach which was developed during the last year.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-53&engl=0}
}
@inproceedings {INPROC-2006-37,
   author = {Oliver Zweigle and Reinhard Lafrenz and Thorsten Buchheim and Uwe-Philipp K{\"a}ppeler and Hamid Rajaie and Frank Schreiber and Paul Levi},
   title = {{Cooperative Agent Behavior Based on Special Interaction Nets}},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems 2006, IAS-9, Tokio},
   address = {Tokio},
   publisher = {IOS Press},
   institution = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart : Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 627 (Nexus: Umgebungsmodelle f{\"u}r mobile kontextbezogene Systeme), Germany},
   pages = {651--659},
   type = {Konferenz-Beitrag},
   month = {M{\"a}rz},
   year = {2006},
   isbn = {1-58603-595-9},
   keywords = {robotic; Robotik; cooperation; autonomous; autonom; Kooperation},
   language = {Deutsch},
   cr-category = {I.2.9 Robotics},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {An important aim of the current research e ort in artificial intelligence and robotics is to achieve cooperative agent behavior for teams of robots in real-world scenarios. Especially in the RoboCup scenario, but also in other projects like Nexus, agents have to cooperate eficiently to reach certain goals. In the RoboCup project, cooperative team-play and team strategies similar to real world soccer are intended. This article describes an approach that combines cooperative aspects, role assignment algorithms and the implementation of robot behavior with Interaction Nets. Based on these single methods, a complete framework for team strategies was developed that is used in the RoboCup environment for the middle-size team CoPs Stuttgart and in the Nexus project, where a team of robots guides persons through a building.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INPROC-2006-37&engl=0}
}
@article {ART-2006-09,
   author = {Viktor Avrutin and Michael Schanz and Soumitro Banerjee},
   title = {{Multi-parametric Bifurcations in a piecewise-linear discontinuous Map}},
   journal = {Nonlinearity},
   publisher = {IoP The Institute of Physics Publishing},
   volume = {19},
   pages = {1875--1906},
   type = {Artikel in Zeitschrift},
   month = {M{\"a}rz},
   year = {2006},
   doi = {10.1088/0951-7715/19/8/007},
   keywords = {codimension-3; non-smooth dynamical systems; period adding; period increment},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {G.1.0 Numerical Analysis General,     J.2 Physical Sciences and Engineering},
   contact = {Michael.Schanz@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de Viktor.Avrutin@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {In this paper a one-dimensional piecewise linear map with discontinuous system function is investigated. This map actually represents the normal form of the discrete-time representation of many practical systems in the neighbourhood of the point of discontinuity. In the 3D parameter space of this system we detect an infinite number of co-dimension one bifurcation planes, which meet along an infinite number of co-dimension two bifurcation curves. Furthermore, these curves meet at a few co-dimension three bifurcation points. Therefore, the investigation of the complete structure of the 3D parameter space can be reduced to the investigation of these co-dimension three bifurcations, which turn out to be of a generic type. Tracking the influence of these bifurcations, we explain a broad spectrum of bifurcation scenarios (like period increment and period adding) which are observed under variation of one control parameter. Additionally, the bifurcation structures which are induced by so-called big bang bifurcations and can be observed by variation of two control parameters can be explained.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2006-09&engl=0}
}
@article {ART-2006-03,
   author = {V. Avrutin and P. Levi and M. Schanz and D. Fundinger and G. Osipenko},
   title = {{Investigation of Dynamical Systems Using Symbolic Images: Efficient Implementation and Applications}},
   journal = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos},
   address = {New Jersey, London, Singapore, Hong Kong},
   publisher = {World Scientific Publishing Company},
   volume = {16},
   number = {12},
   pages = {3451--3496},
   type = {Artikel in Zeitschrift},
   month = {Dezember},
   year = {2006},
   doi = {10.1142/S0218127406016938},
   keywords = {symbolic image, invariant set, basin of attraction, stable manifold, unstable manifold},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {G.1.0 Numerical Analysis General,     G.1.5 Roots of Nonlinear Equations},
   contact = {Michael.Schanz@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de Viktor.Avrutin@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {Symbolic images represent a unified framework to apply several methods for the investigation of dynamical systems both discrete and continuous in time. By transforming the system flow into a graph, they allow it to formulate investigation methods as graph algorithms. Several kinds of stable and unstable return trajectories can be localized on this graph as well as attractors, their basins and connecting orbits. Extensions of the framework allow, e.g. the calculation of the Morse spectrum and verification of hyperbolicity. In this work, efficient algorithms and adequate data structures will be presented for the construction of symbolic images and some basic operations on them, like the localization of the chain recurrent set and periodic orbits. The performance of these algorithms will be analyzed and we show their application in practice. The focus is not only put on several standard systems, like Lorenz and Ikeda, but also on some less well-known ones. Additionally, some tuning techniques are presented for an efficient usage of the method.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2006-03&engl=0}
}
@article {ART-2006-02,
   author = {Viktor Avrutin and Michael Schanz},
   title = {{On multi-parametric Bifurcations in a scalar piecewise-linear Map}},
   journal = {Nonlinearity},
   publisher = {IoP The Institute of Physics Publishing},
   volume = {19},
   pages = {531--552},
   type = {Artikel in Zeitschrift},
   month = {M{\"a}rz},
   year = {2006},
   doi = {10.1088/0951-7715/19/3/001},
   keywords = {codimension-3; non-smooth dynamical systems; period adding; period increment},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {G.1.0 Numerical Analysis General,     J.2 Physical Sciences and Engineering},
   contact = {Viktor.Avrutin@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de, Michael.Schanz@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {In this work a one-dimensional piecewise-linear map is considered. The areas in the parameter space corresponding to specific periodic orbits are determined. Based on these results it is shown that the structure of the 2D and 3D parameter spaces can be simply described using the concept of multi-parametric bifurcations. It is demonstrated that an infinite number of two-parametric bifurcation lines starts at the origin of the 3D parameter space. Along each of these lines an infinite number of bifurcation planes starts, whereas the origin represents a three-parametric bifurcation.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=ART-2006-02&engl=0}
}
@inbook {INBOOK-2006-09,
   author = {V. Avrutin and M. Schanz},
   title = {{Co-dimension 2,3 and 4 Discontinuity induced Bifurcations and their Interaction}},
   series = {Book of Abstracts},
   address = {University of Crete},
   publisher = {n. a.},
   series = {XXVI Int. Conf. Dynamics Days Europe},
   pages = {1--45},
   type = {Beitrag in Buch},
   month = {Oktober},
   year = {2006},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {G.1.10 Numerical Analysis Applications},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {Piecewise-smooth dynamical systems with discontinuous system function were intensively investigated in the last years, motivated among other reasons by many practical applications as well as by Poincar{\'e} return maps of dynamical systems showing chaotic dynamics. However, bifurcations with co-dimension n$>$1 occurring in piecewise-smooth systems are still far away from being understood completely. In this work we investigate the properties of a special type of co-dimension three bifurcation, which we have detected in several maps with discontinuous system function. In the systems we consider, bifurcations with co-dimension one are caused by simple border collisions. Looking at the 2D parameter spaces, we detect some co-dimension two bifurcations points, where an infinite number of co-dimension one bifurcation curves intersect. As a next step, we consider 3D parameter spaces, and identify here the points, where an infinite number of co-dimension two bifurcation curves intersect. These co-dimension three bifurcations, reported by first time in, serve as organizing centers for periodic and quasi-periodic dynamics. Unfolding these bifurcations, we are able to explain several strange looking bifurcation structures, which are often observed in 1D and 2D parameter subspaces and which are really difficult to understand otherwise. Further we investigate the boundaries of the influence areas of the detected co-dimension three bifurcations. Such an influence area is defined as the union of the stability areas of all periodic and quasi-periodic dynamics emerging at the co-dimension three bifurcation point. Based on the structure of this boundary we are able to explain and to classify transitions to chaos, which occur at this boundary. Until now these transitions were reported in many publications, but not explained systematically. \% Finally, tracking the paths of the co-dimension three bifurcations in the 4D parameter space for one of the investigated models, we demonstrate, that the overall structure of this 4D parameter space is dominated by a single discontinuity induced co-dimension four bifurcation. The theoretical part of the work is illustrated by several applications examples from the field of electronic circuits. Especially, some models of DC/DC converters and \$$\backslash$Sigma/$\backslash$Delta\$ modulators are investigated in detail.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INBOOK-2006-09&engl=0}
}
@inbook {INBOOK-2006-08,
   author = {V. Avrutin and B. Eckstein and P. Levi and M. Schanz},
   title = {{Detection of Multi-Band chaotic Attractors}},
   series = {Book of Abstracts of XXVI Int. Conf. Dynamics Days Europe},
   address = {University of Crete},
   publisher = {n. a.},
   series = {XXVI Int. Conf. Dynamics Days Europe},
   pages = {1--45},
   type = {Beitrag in Buch},
   month = {Oktober},
   year = {2006},
   language = {Englisch},
   cr-category = {G.1.10 Numerical Analysis Applications},
   department = {Universit{\"a}t Stuttgart, Institut f{\"u}r Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Bildverstehen},
   abstract = {The occurrence of multi-band chaotic attractors (MBCA) represents a well-known phenomenon on the field of nonlinear dynamics. For instance, the period doubling cascade occurring in several dynamical systems is typically followed by an inverse band merging cascade. Whereas the first one is formed by a sequence of periodic attractors with periods \$p\_0 $\backslash$cdot 2^n\$ with increasing n, the second one represents a sequence of MBCAs with \$p\_0 $\backslash$cdot 2^n\$ bands, whereby n decreases from infinity to one. This bifurcation scenario is well-known and investigated in detail. However, the question, which other types of bifurcation scenarios can be caused by multi-band chaotic attractors and their interactions with each other and with unstable orbits, is still insufficiently investigated. When dealing with this question, it turns out, that efficient algorithms for investigation of MBCAs are missing. The seemingly simple question, how to determine the number of bands of a MBCA represents in fact a hard task from the numerical point of view. In this work two methods for the detection of the number of bands of a MBCA are presented. The first one is developed for dynamical systems with a continuous system function. It can be shown, that in this case the bands of a MBCA are visited by an orbit in the same order for all times. This fact combined with the mixing property of chaotic attractors allows us to solve the given task efficiently, with low requirements with respect to computation time and memory consumption. The second method does not use any assumptions concerning the properties of the system function and hence can be applied to dynamical systems with discontinuous system function as well. The price for this is the lower convergence rate and the higher memory consumption. For both methods we present the results of the performance tests, as well as some techniques for ajustment of the parameters. Both methods are validated by the investigation of scenarios in several well-known dynamical systems. Using our second method we investigate some models of electronic cirquits of practical interest (DC/DC converters and \$$\backslash$Sigma/$\backslash$Delta\$ modulators). These models are intensively investigated in the last few years, especially due to the increasing interest on dynamical systems with a discontinuous system function. Hereby we present and explain a number of complex bifurcation scenarios formed by MBCAs, not reported yet. The developed methods are implemented within the AnT 4.669 package for simulation and investigation of dynamical systems, which is free software and can be downloaded from the website: www.AnT4669.de.},
   url = {http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cgi-bin/NCSTRL/NCSTRL_view.pl?id=INBOOK-2006-08&engl=0}
}
 
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