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An Adaptive Approach to Self-Healing in an Intelligent Environment

Authors:
Guanitta Brady
Roy Sterritt
George Wilkie

Keywords: fault tolerance; self-healing; sensor substitution; intelligent environment.

Abstract:
In this paper, we address the management of sensor faults in an intelligent environment. Our proposed approach aims to introduce self-healing as a method of fault management. This approach is based on the use of adaptive finite state machine automata which handle suspicious sensor behavior. These state machines communicate with a mobile robot which investigates the error states detected through the sensors in the environment in order to learn from the anomalies and adapt to the changes in sensor behaviors. Additionally, we have determined that two types of fault may arise: systemic faults which the system may learn from and adapt to, and random faults which the system may compensate for through the use of a mobile robot as a sensor substitute.

Pages: 99 to 103

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: May 25, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4146

ISBN: 978-1-61208-341-4

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from May 25, 2014 to May 29, 2014