Nos últimos anos, as redes de comunicação móveis se tornaram de fundamental importância para a infraestrutura dos sistemas de comunicação. Uma das áreas de maior crescimento é a computação móvel. Realizada através de sinais de rádio, a quantidade de canais disponíveis raramente é suficiente para atender a crescente demanda. Este trabalho apresenta uma solução para a questão da alocação de canais, um tópico desafiador dentro da área de redes móveis. A implementação de alocação dinâmica com uso de técnicas computacionais clássicas melhora a utilização dos recursos disponíveis,mas necessita de ajustes periódicos para se adequar a novos cenários. Para a construção de um sistema mais flexível e adaptável, a abordagem escolhida utiliza técnicas de Inteligência Artificial. O modelo proposto combina Teoria Nebulosa, Redes Neurais Artificiais e Sistemas Multi-Agentes. As características de cada técnica foram analisadas e identificamos as partes do sistema que poderiam ser beneficiadas por cada uma. O sistema é resultado da combinação coordenada das três técnicas, e constitui um método eficiente e flexível para gerenciamento de recursos de rádio. Após o detalhamento do modelo, realizamos uma simulação de uma rede celular com o sistema proposto e seu comportamento é comparado com uma rede de referência, para verificação das diferenças e melhorias alcançadas. Por fim, apresentamos a situação atual da pesquisa e os possíveis caminhos para aprimoramento do sistema. / In the last years, mobile networks became more important for communication systems’ infrastructure. One area of great growth is mobile computation, which is performed through radio signals. The amount of available channels rarely is enough to attend the increasing demand. This work presents a solution for the channel allocation topic, a challenging topic inside mobile networks area. The implementation of dynamic allocation using classic computational techniques improves the use of available resources, but it needs periodic and frequent adjustments for new scenarios. The construction of a more flexible and adaptable system was achieved using Artificial Intelligence techniques. Proposed model combines Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Networks and Multi-Agents Systems. Features of each technique had been analyzed and we identified the system modules which could be benefited by them. The system is the result of coordinated combination of these three techniques, and constitutes an efficient and flexible method for radio resources management. After model detailing, we executed a cellular network simulation using proposed system, and its behavior is compared with a reference network, presenting reached differences and improvements. Finally, we present current situation of this research and possible ways for system improvement.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T14:52:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Glenda de Lourdes Ferreira dos Santos.pdf: 972743 bytes, checksum: 111a2522d029325d266db2465a430638 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-11-21 / The development of approaches for proving fast reactions against intruders and attackers have been one of the most important requirements in the critical defense of computer networks, since the intrusion occur quickly, demanding reactions without human intervention. These approaches should be able to, autonomously, respond to attacks and deal with several important aspects of the computer security problem in order to reduce the system administrator s workload Such approaches can offer larger reliability and effectiveness in the detection and response processes, a higher rate of security to private networks, better defense possibilities and, in addition, minimize the intruder's change of success. This research work deals with the specification of a society of intelligent agents for assessment and enhancement of intrusion response systems in computer networks. The proposal of the model of intrusion response system (IRS) be based on in several available architectures, in order to look for better solutions for the problems faced in the modelling of a system of that level. With that, was modeled a system to approach the main desirable functionalities for a system of active answers. The system, as part of the NIDIA (Network Intrusion Detection System based on Intelligent Agents) (Lima, 2001), is formed by a society of agents that are responsible for the functions of identification of the characteristic of the attack, choice of the best reaction strategy and for the execution of the response.The society is composed by agents able to determine and apply automatically corrective actions against attacks classified according to a given severity taxonomic model. In the proposed model was looked for to define response to intrusions for abuse and for anomaly to guarantee a lower robustness to the system. / O desenvolvimento de mecanismos para reações rápidas contra intrusos tem sido um dos mais importantes requisitos na defesa crítica de redes de computador, visto que estes agem rapidamente exigindo reações sem intervenção humana. Tais mecanismos devem estar habitas a, automaticamente, responder um ataque e lidar com o vários aspectos do problema de seguança de computadores, e com isso reduzir a carga de trabalho do administrador do sistema. Semelhantes características podem oferecer confiança e efetividade no processo de detecção e resposta, alta taxa de segunça a redes privadas, melhores possibilidades de defesa e, ainda, minimizar as chances do intruso. Essa dissertação trata da especificação de uma sociedade de agentes para a avaliação e aprimoramento de sistema de resposta de intrusão em redes de computadores. A proposta de um modelo de sistema de resposta de intrusao(IRS) é baseada em várias arquiteturas disponíveis na procura da melhor solução para os problemas encontrados na modelagem de um sistema deste nível. Com isso, foi modelado um sistema que contenha as principais funcionalidades desejáveis para um de respostas ativas. O sistema, que faz parte do NIDIA(Network Intrusion Detection System based on Intelligent Agents) (Lima, 2001), é formado por uma sociedade de agentes que são responsáveis pelas funções de identificação das características do ataque, escolha da melhor estratégia de reação a pela execução resposta.A sociedade é composta por agentes artificiais aptos em determinar e aplicar automaticamente ações, corretivas e preventivas, contra ataques classificados de acordo com um modelo taxonômico de severidade. No modelo proposto procurou-se definir respostas de intrusoes por abuso e por anomalia para garantir maior robustes ao sistema.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T14:53:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Emanoel Claudino.pdf: 1555729 bytes, checksum: b4ba5604a13f7f5cbe0d556a5a9eedf8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-19 / The digital security has become an important factor for institutions of diverse domains. The Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) have appeared as a solution for detention and correction of intrusion of pro-active way. Thus, some models of SDIs have appeared to diminish the probability of compromising of on computational systems connected in net, identifying, reporting and answering to these incidents. In face to that diversity of solutions, they lack proposals of standardization of the information used for these Systems, as well as of mechanisms of interoperability and exchange of information between the solutions in use. This dissertation, proposes a model, an architecture and an implementation of a SDI´s Information Manager, using the technologies of Multi- Agents Systems and Web Services. The objective of the Information Manager is to keep the information that are necessary to the development of the inherent functions of a SDI, in a safe and updated way. We also propose a standard of format for storage of these data to insert requirements in the environment, as: Unified Storage, Transparent Access, Uniform Generation of Data and Friendly Interaction. / A Segurança digital tem se tornado fator inegociável para instituições de diversos domínios. Os Sistemas de Detecção de Intrusão (SDIs) têm surgido como uma solução para detecção e correção de intrusão de forma próativa. Assim, vários modelos de SDIs têm surgido para, identificando, reportando e respondendo a estes incidentes, diminuir a probabilidade de comprometimento dos sistemas computacionais ligados em rede. Diante desta diversidade de soluções, faltam propostas de padronização das informações utilizadas por estes Sistemas, bem como de mecanismos de interoperabilidade e troca de informações entre as soluções em uso. Esta dissertação, propõem um modelo, uma arquitetura e uma implementação de um Gerenciador de Informações para SDIs, usando as tecnologias de Sistemas Multiagentes e Web Services. O objetivo do Gerenciador de Informações é manter de forma segura e atualizada as informações que são necessárias ao desenvolvimento das funções inerentes a um SDI. É proposto também, um padrão de formato para armazenamento desses dados, de forma a inserir no ambiente requisitos como: Armazenamento Unificado, Acesso Transparente, Geração de Dados Uniforme e Facilidade de Interoperabilidade.

Ce travail de thèse, réalisé dans le cadre d’une convention CIFRE avec l’entreprise Essilor et le laboratoire ERPI de l’Université de Lorraine, propose un cadre d’évolution des organisations basée sur le management opérationnel des connaissances et des compétences. Nous avons mis en valeur les mécanismes organisationnels de partage et de mise en oeuvre des connaissances et compétences en environnement de conception, afin de proposer des modèles, méthodes et outils permettant aux acteurs et organisations d’améliorer leurs performances. Quatre aspects ont été développés dans ce travail, dont trois contributions et une évaluation de l’efficacité du cadre d’évolution proposé : • L’élaboration d’une méthode de modélisation d’entreprise basée sur le modèle conceptuel KROM et de sa déclinaison en modèles opérationnels. Cette méthode vise à expliciter les liens organisationnels des concepts de connaissance et de compétence afin de les rattacher à leurs contextes de mise en oeuvre. • La définition d’un cadre global d’évolution d’une organisation sur la base du management de ses connaissances et compétences. Ce cadre d’évolution comprend une caractérisation et une évaluation de la maturité des organisations dans leurs pratiques de gestion des connaissances et des compétences, ainsi qu’une méthode d’évolution des organisations reposant sur la proposition de scénarios d’actions d’amélioration : la méthode ACKME. • La proposition d’une approche organisationnelle de conception de Systèmes Multi-agents (SMA) appelée DOCK, permettant de spécifier des SMA adaptés aux enjeux rencontrés par les approches d’ingénierie à base de connaissances, à savoir la prise en compte et la gestion du cycle de vie de la connaissance. • Une évaluation de l’intérêt du cadre d’évolution mis en oeuvre (les trois contributions précédentes) sur la base de l’évaluation des compétences des acteurs de l’organisation. Cette évaluation repose d’une part sur la possibilité d’intégrer le cadre d’évolution dans une approche globale de pilotage du changement dans l’organisation et d’autre part, sur des expérimentations menées au sein du service Ingénierie d’Essilor. / This research, carried out under a PhD “CIFRE” with the company ESSILOR and the ERPI Laboratory of the Lorraine University, proposes a framework to make organizations evolve, based on the operational management of knowledge and competences. We have enhanced the organizational mechanisms of sharing, and the use of knowledge and competences within the design environment, in order to propose models, methods and tools allowing actors and organizations to improve their performances. Four key elements have been developed in this research, including three contributions and an assessment of the efficiency of the proposed development framework: • The development of an enterprise modeling method based on the conceptual model KROM and its translation into operational models. This method aims to clarify the organizational links of the knowledge and competence concepts in order to link them to their implementation contexts. • The definition of a global framework to make an organization evolve based on the management of its knowledge and competence assets. This evolution framework includes a characterization and an assessment of the organizations’ maturity in their knowledge and competences management practices, as well as a method to make organizations change, based on the proposal of scenario of improvement actions: the ACKME method. • The proposal of an organizational approach to design Multi-agent systems (MAS) called DOCK, allowing the designer to specify MAS oriented toward the issues faced by knowledge engineering approaches, namely the recognition and management of the knowledge life cycle. • An assessment of the value of the implemented framework (the three previous contributions) based on the assessment of the competences of the actors within the organization. This evaluation is based, on one hand, on the possibility to integrate the evolution framework into a global steering approach to make the organization evolve, and on the other hand, on experiments led within the Engineering department of Essilor

Les arbres classiques de distribution du signal d’horloge au sein des microprocesseurs synchrones présentent un certain nombre de limitations : skew, jitter, limitation de la fréquence, influence de perturbations et de dispersions quelles que soient leurs natures. Ces facteurs, critiques pour les microprocesseurs modernes complexes, sont devenus la raison principale qui a poussé à la recherche d’autres types d’architecture de génération et de distribution du signal d’horloge. Un exemple d’un tel système alternatif est le réseau de PLLs couplées, où les PLLs sont géographiquement distribuées sur la puce, et génèrent des signaux d’horloge locaux qui sont ensuite synchronisés, en temps réel, par un échange d’information entre les PLLs voisines et une rétroaction locale réalisé par leur correcteurs. La nature active du réseau de PLLs de génération et de distribution du signal d’horloge, qui peut permettre de surpasser les limitations mentionnées plus tôt, oblige à sortir du cadre classique des outils et des méthodes de la Microélectronique habituellement appliqués à l’étude et à la conception de ce type de systèmes. En effet, les aspects dynamiques de bouclage et de transformation de signaux au sein de tels systèmes complexes rendent leur conception extrêmement difficile voire parfois impossible. La difficulté principale consiste en un changement des propriétés d’un sous-système local indépendant par rapport aux propriétés du même sous-système faisant partie du réseau. Effectivement, il existe beaucoup de méthodes et d’outils de conception d’une PLL isolée garantissant un comportement et des propriétés locales désirés. Néanmoins, ces propriétés désirées locales, selon la topologie d’interconnexion considérée, ne sont pas forcément conservées quand il s’agit d’un réseau de PLLs interconnectées et de son comportement global. Le but principal de cette thèse est ainsi de développer une méthode de synthèse de la loi de commande décentralisée réalisée au sein de chaque sous-système (tel qu’une PLL) assurant le comportement désiré pour le réseau global. Une méthode de transformation du problème de synthèse globale en un problème équivalent de synthèse d’une loi de commande locale est proposée en se basant sur l’hypothèse des sous-systèmes identiques interconnectés en réseau. Le lien entre les propriétés locales et globales est établi grâce aux approches d’Automatique avancée telles que les approches entrée-sortie et la dissipativité. Ce choix de méthode permet non seulement de réduire considérablement la complexité du problème initial mais aussi de ramener le problème de synthèse à une forme proche des méthodes de conception locale utilisées en Microélectronique, ce qui garantit une continuité logique de leur évolution. Ensuite la méthode proposée est combinée avec la commande H∞ et l’optimisation sous contraintes LMIs conduisant au développement d’algorithmes efficaces de résolution du problème posé. Elles sont à la fois particulièrement bien adaptées à l’application considérée, c’est-à-dire à la synchronisation d’un réseau de PLLs, et sont facilement généralisables aux autres types de problèmes de commande de systèmes de grande dimension. Le premier aspect permet une intégration naturelle et aisée de la méthode dans le flux de conception existant en Microélectronique, très riche et mature à ce jour, alors que le deuxième offre une solution à d’autres problèmes de commande de systèmes interconnectés en réseau, un champ d’application aujourd’hui en plein essor. / The classical clock distribution trees used in the synchronous microprocessor systems in nowadays have several drawbacks such as skew, jitter, frequency limitation, perturbation and disturbance behavioral impact independently of their origin, etc.. These factors, critical for the modern microprocessors, motivate the research of an alternative architecture of the clock generation and distribution system. An example of such alternative architectures is the network of coupled PLLs where the PLLs are geographically distributed on the chip and produce the local clock signals. These local clock signals are then synchronized, in real time, by an exchange of information between the PLLs and by local feedback corrections realized by its controllers. Distributed PLLs network allows overcoming the mentioned limitation encountered for the classical clock distribution system. However, the active nature of this network requires going beyond the scope of usual stand-alone PLL design methods. Indeed, the dynamical aspects of the feedback loops and the transformations of the signal inside this complex system make the design problem extremely difficult to solve. The main issue consists in ensuring certain properties of the global network as well as local properties of each subsystem PLL because those properties may change drastically from independent stand-alone PLL designed with standard tools and methods. Indeed, depending on the network topology, the local properties and global dynamical behavior are not necessarily ensured for the overall network. The main contribution of this PhD thesis is the development of a control law design method for each subsystem (such as PLL) ensuring the desired behavior of the global network. A method for transforming the global design problem to an equivalent local control law design problem is proposed. It is based on the assumption that all subsystems are identical. The relation between the local and global properties is established using advanced Control System Theory tools such as input-output and dissipativity principle. This principle decreases significantly the problem complexity by transforming the design problem into a form that is closed to the design of a stand-alone closed loop system. The proposed method is combined with robust H∞ control and LMI optimization that can be solved efficiently with appropriate algorithms that are well suited for the considered application i.e. the PLLs network synchronization. The proposed approach can be easily generalized to other types of networked system to be controlled.