Enabling small businesses to more cost-effectively use big data on cloud computing platforms. This project will invent a new generic cost model for managing big data in cloud computing. This model will enable agent-based, innovative data management technologies to reduce the cost of storage, computation and bandwidth consumption in the cloud. Outcomes will enable small businesses to use big data in cloud computing more cost effectively.
Integrating and automating testing in multi-agent system development. This research will provide mechanisms that facilitate easier and more thorough testing of multi-agent systems. Multi-agent technology is extremely powerful and can save businesses substantial time and effort in developing complex systems. Automated testing will ensure that systems built using this technology are more robust, and will also enable substantial savings in time required for testing. Multi agent systems are notorio ....Integrating and automating testing in multi-agent system development. This research will provide mechanisms that facilitate easier and more thorough testing of multi-agent systems. Multi-agent technology is extremely powerful and can save businesses substantial time and effort in developing complex systems. Automated testing will ensure that systems built using this technology are more robust, and will also enable substantial savings in time required for testing. Multi agent systems are notoriously difficult to test, due to their complexity. However the approaches used in this project will enable intelligent generation of test cases that are potentially difficult, and also generation of test cases that are based on specified functionality.Read moreRead less
Tools, methodologies and reasoning support for developing companion-toy modules. This project investigates building of modules for an intelligent Toy which can be customised and adapted over time by add-on modules. Intelligent interactive toys are growing in popularity, and the ability for such a toy to develop over a prolonged lifetime, is both a sound business idea and a mechanism for extending the useful life of the Toy.
Smart quality management for service-based systems in cloud environment. Cloud computing is a rapidly growing paradigm for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). For enabling broad applications of a huge number of services available in the cloud, quality management for service-based systems is critical. This project aims to cover smart quality management for the whole lifetime of SaaS from service composition to service delivery. The project is expected to offer a novel solution for managing both build-t ....Smart quality management for service-based systems in cloud environment. Cloud computing is a rapidly growing paradigm for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). For enabling broad applications of a huge number of services available in the cloud, quality management for service-based systems is critical. This project aims to cover smart quality management for the whole lifetime of SaaS from service composition to service delivery. The project is expected to offer a novel solution for managing both build-time service selection and runtime service monitoring and adaptation by inventing corresponding innovative efficient and effective strategies for quality management. Given the prediction that the SaaS market will grow from $13.5 billion in 2011 to $32.8 billion in 2016, the success of this project is anticipated to translate into scientific and economic value.Read moreRead less