Joint Task Allocation and Resource Optimization for Blockchain Enabled Collaborative Edge Computing

Collaborative edge computing is a promising direction to handle the computation intensive tasks in B5G wireless networks.However,edge computing servers(ECSs)from different operators may not trust each other,and thus the incentives for collaboration cannot be guaranteed.In this paper,we propose a consortium blockchain enabled collaborative edge computing framework,where users can offload computing tasks to ECSs from different operators.To minimize the total delay of users,we formulate a joint task offloading and resource optimization problem,under the constraint of the computing capability of each ECS.We apply the Tammer decomposition method and heuristic optimization algorithms to obtain the optimal solution.Finally,we propose a reputation based node selection approach to facilitate the consensus process,and also consider a completion time based primary node selection to avoid monopolization of certain edge node and enhance the security of the blockchain.Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm,and the total delay can be reduced by up to 40%compared with the non-cooperative case.

Multi-Agent Collaborative Task Planning with Uncertain Task Requirements

In response to the uncertainty of information of the injured in post disaster situations,considering constraints such as random chance and the quantity of rescue resource,the split deliv-ery vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands(SDVRPSD)model and the multi-depot split delivery heterogeneous vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands(MDSDHVRPSD)model are established.A two-stage hybrid variable neighborhood tabu search algorithm is designed for unmanned vehicle task planning to minimize the path cost of rescue plans.Simulation experiments show that the solution obtained by the algorithm can effectively reduce the rescue vehicle path cost and the rescue task completion time,with high optimization quality and certain portability.

Satellite-Air-Terrestrial Cloud Edge Collaborative Networks:Architecture,Multi-Node Task Processing and Computation

Integrated satellite-terrestrial network(ISTN)has been considered a novel network architecture to achieve global three-dimensional coverage and ultra-wide area broadband access anytime and anywhere.Being a promising paradigm,cloud computing and mobile edge computing(MEC)have been identified as key technology enablers for ISTN to further improve quality of service and business continuity.However,most of the existing ISTN studies based on cloud computing and MEC regard satellite networks as relay networks,ignoring the feasibility of directly deploying cloud computing nodes and edge computing nodes on satellites.In addition,most computing tasks are transferred to cloud servers or offloaded to nearby edge servers,the layered design of integrated satellite-air-terrestrial architecture and the cloud-edge-device cooperative processing problems have not been fully considered.Therefore,different from previous works,this paper proposed a novel satellite-air-terrestrial layered architecture for cloud-edge-device collaboration,named SATCECN.Then this paper analyzes the appropriate deployment locations of cloud servers and edge servers in ISTN,and describes the processing flow of typical satellite computing tasks.For computing resource allocation problems,this paper proposed a device-edge-cloud Multi-node Cross-layer Collaboration Computing(MCCC)method to find the optimal task allo-cation strategy that minimizes the task completion delay and the weighted system energy consumption.Furthermore,the approximate optimal solutions of the optimization model are obtained by using successive convex approxi-mation algorithm,and the outstanding advantages of the proposed method in reducing system energy consumption and task execution delay are verified through experiments.Finally,some potential issues and directions for future research are highlighted.

Multi-Robot Collaborative Hunting in Cluttered Environments With Obstacle-Avoiding Voronoi Cells

This work proposes an online collaborative hunting strategy for multi-robot systems based on obstacle-avoiding Voronoi cells in a complex dynamic environment. This involves firstly designing the construction method using a support vector machine(SVM) based on the definition of buffered Voronoi cells(BVCs). Based on the safe collision-free region of the robots, the boundary weights between the robots and the obstacles are dynamically updated such that the robots are tangent to the buffered Voronoi safety areas without intersecting with the obstacles. Then, the robots are controlled to move within their own buffered Voronoi safety area to achieve collision-avoidance with other robots and obstacles. The next step involves proposing a hunting method that optimizes collaboration between the pursuers and evaders. Some hunting points are generated and distributed evenly around a circle. Next, the pursuers are assigned to match the optimal points based on the Hungarian algorithm.Then, a hunting controller is designed to improve the containment capability and minimize containment time based on collision risk. Finally, simulation results have demonstrated that the proposed cooperative hunting method is more competitive in terms of time and travel distance.

On the Task-based Collaborative Learning

Task-based language teaching(TBLT) has been a prevalent teaching practice in the TEFL field in the recent years and its momentum for striving to be the legitimate one has never ceased. The present study tries to provide a theoretical foundation for its application in the communicative learning approach of English as the second language(ESL),namely the collaborative learning mode.

A Two-stage Service-oriented Task Offloading Framework with Edge-cloud Collaboration:A Game Theory Approach

With the fast development of Mobile Internet,data traffic generated by end devices is anticipated to witness substantial growth in the future years.However,processing tasks locally will cause latency due to the limited resources of the end devices.Edge-cloud collaboration,an effective solution for latency-sensitive applications,is attracting greater attention from both industry and academia.It combines the advantages of the cloud center with abundant computing resources and edge nodes with low-latency capabilities.In this paper,we propose a two-stage task offloading framework with edge-cloud collaboration to assist end devices processing latency-sensitive tasks either on the edge servers or in the cloud center.As for homogeneous task offloading,in the first stage,the competitive end devices offload tasks to the edge gateways.We formulate the selfish task offloading problem among end devices as a potential game.In the second stage,the edge nodes request resources from the cloud center to process end devices tasks due to their limited resources.Then,we consider the heterogeneous task offloading problem and use intelligent optimization algorithm to obtain the optimal offloading strategy.Simulation results show that the service prices of edge nodes influence the decisions and task offloading costs of end devices.We also verify the intelligent optimization algorithm can achieve optimal performance with low complexity and fast convergence.

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based URLLC-Aware Task Offloading in Collaborative Vehicular Networks

Collaborative vehicular networks is a key enabler to meet the stringent ultra-reliable and lowlatency communications(URLLC)requirements.A user vehicle(UV)dynamically optimizes task offloading by exploiting its collaborations with edge servers and vehicular fog servers(VFSs).However,the optimization of task offloading in highly dynamic collaborative vehicular networks faces several challenges such as URLLC guaranteeing,incomplete information,and dimensionality curse.In this paper,we first characterize URLLC in terms of queuing delay bound violation and high-order statistics of excess backlogs.Then,a Deep Reinforcement lEarning-based URLLCAware task offloading algorithM named DREAM is proposed to maximize the throughput of the UVs while satisfying the URLLC constraints in a besteffort way.Compared with existing task offloading algorithms,DREAM achieves superior performance in throughput,queuing delay,and URLLC.

A Task-oriented Modular and Agent-based Collaborative Design Mechanism for Distributed Product Development

The rapid expansion of enterprises makes product collaborative design （PCD） a critical issue under the distributed heterogeneous environment, but as the collaborative task of large-scale network becomes more complicated, neither unified task decomposition and allocation methodology nor Agent-based network management platform can satisfy the increasing demands. In this paper, to meet requirements of PCD for distributed product development, a collaborative design mechanism based on the thought of modularity and the Agent technology is presented. First, the top-down 4-tier process model based on task-oriented modular and Agent is constructed for PCD after analyzing the mapping relationships between requirements and functions in the collaborative design. Second, on basis of sub-task decomposition for PCD based on a mixed method, the mathematic model of task-oriented modular based on multi-objective optimization is established to maximize the module cohesion degree and minimize the module coupling degree, while considering the module executable degree as a restriction. The mathematic model is optimized and simulated by the modified PSO, and the decomposed modules are obtained. Finally, the Agent structure model for collaborative design is put forward, and the optimism matching Agents are selected by using similarity algorithm to implement different task-modules by the integrated reasoning and decision-making mechanism with the behavioral model of collaborative design Agents. With the results of experimental studies for automobile collaborative design, the feasibility and efficiency of this methodology of task-oriented modular and Agent-based collaborative design in the distributed heterogeneous environment are verified. On this basis, an integrative automobile collaborative R＆D platform is developed. This research provides an effective platform for automobile manufacturing enterprises to achieve PCD, and helps to promote product numeralization collaborative R＆D and management development.

Optimization and Design of Cloud-Edge-End Collaboration Computing for Autonomous Robot Control Using 5G and Beyond

Robots have important applications in industrial production, transportation, environmental monitoring and other fields, and multi-robot collaboration is a research hotspot in recent years. Multi-robot autonomous collaborative tasks are limited by communication, and there are problems such as poor resource allocation balance, slow response of the system to dynamic changes in the environment, and limited collaborative operation capabilities. The combination of 5G and beyond communication and edge computing can effectively reduce the transmission delay of task offloading and improve task processing efficiency. First, this paper designs a robot autonomous collaborative computing architecture based on 5G and beyond and mobile edge computing(MEC).Then, the robot cooperative computing optimization problem is studied according to the task characteristics of the robot swarm. Then, a reinforcement learning task offloading scheme based on Qlearning is further proposed, so that the overall energy consumption and delay of the robot cluster can be minimized. Finally, simulation experiments demonstrate that the method has significant performance advantages.

Cost-Effective Task Scheduling for Collaborative Cross-Edge Analytics

Collaborative cross-edge analytics is a new computing paradigm in which Internetof Things (IoT) data analytics is performed across multiple geographically dispersededge clouds. Existing work on collaborative cross-edge analytics mostly focuses on reducingeither analytics response time or wide-area network (WAN) traffic volume. In thiswork, we empirically demonstrate that reducing either analytics response time or networktraffic volume does not necessarily minimize the WAN traffic cost, due to the price heterogeneityof WAN links. To explicitly leverage the price heterogeneity for WAN cost minimization,we propose to schedule analytic tasks based on both price and bandwidth heterogeneities.Unfortunately, the problem of WAN cost minimization underperformance constraintis shown non-deterministic polynomial (NP)-hard and thus computationally intractablefor large inputs. To address this challenge, we propose price- and performanceawaregeo-distributed analytics (PPGA) , an efficient task scheduling heuristic that improvesthe cost-efficiency of IoT data analytic jobs across edge datacenters. We implementPPGA based on Apache Spark and conduct extensive experiments on Amazon EC2to verify the efficacy of PPGA.

Collaboration strategy for software dynamic evolution of multi-agent system

As the ability of a single agent is limited while information and resources in multi-agent systems are distributed, cooperation is necessary for agents to accomplish a complex task. In the open and changeable environment on the Internet, it is of great significance to research a system flexible and capable in dynamic evolution that can find a collaboration method for agents which can be used in dynamic evolution process. With such a method, agents accomplish tasks for an overall target and at the same time, the collaborative relationship of agents can be adjusted with the change of environment. A method of task decomposition and collaboration of agents by improved contract net protocol is introduced. Finally, analysis on the result of the experiments is performed to verify the improved contract net protocol can greatly increase the efficiency of communication and collaboration in multi-agent system.

Multi-Task Timing Assignment Algorithm for Intelligent Production of Vegetables in Open Field

Vegetable production in the open field involves many tasks,such as soil preparation,ridging,and transplanting/sowing.Different tasks require agricultural machinery equipped with different agricultural tools to meet the needs of the operation.Aiming at the coupling multi-task in the intelligent production of vegetables in the open field,the task assignment method for multiple unmanned tractors based on consistency alliance is studied.Firstly,unmanned vegetable production in the open field is abstracted as a multi-task assignment model with constraints of task demand,task sequence,and the distance traveled by an unmanned tractor.The tight time constraints between associated tasks are transformed into time windows.Based on the driving distance of the unmanned tractor and the replacement cost of the tools,an expanded task cost function is innovatively established.The task assignment model of multiple unmanned tractors is optimized by the consensus based bundle algorithm(CBBA)with time windows.Experiments show that the method can effectively solve task conflict in unmanned production and optimize task allocation.A basic model is provided for the cooperative task of multiple unmanned tractors for vegetable production in the open field.

基于邻域采样的多任务图推荐算法

近年来,图神经网络(GNN)成为解决协同过滤的主流方法之一。它通过构建用户-物品图,模拟用户与物品的交互关系,并用GNN学习它们的特征表示。尽管现有在模型结构上的研究已取得了较大进展,但如何在图结构上更有效地进行负采样仍未有效解决。为此,提出一种基于邻域采样的多任务图推荐算法。该算法提出了一种基于GNN的邻域采样策略,该策略以每个用户为中心构建子图,将次高阶物品作为用户邻域采样的负样本,可以更有效地挖掘强负样本并提高采样质量。通过GNN对图结点进行信息聚合与特征提取,得到结点的最终嵌入表示。设计一种余弦边际损失来过滤部分冗余负样本,以有效减少采样过程中的噪声数据。同时,该算法引入了多任务策略对模型进行联合优化,以增强模型的泛化能力。在3个公开数据集上进行的大量实验表明,该算法在大多数情况下明显优于其他主流算法。

多机协同自主任务规划系统研究综述

针对多机协同自主任务规划显著提升无人机任务感知效能、提高任务执行能力的现状,对其关键技术进行阐述,主要包括知识表示、通感一体化、任务调度及航迹规划等技术。针对知识表示技术,阐述基于任务环境上下文感知的知识库构建方法,进而对多域融合知识图谱构建、动态知识图谱更新与共享方法进行分析总结;针对通感一体化技术,分析了环境适变、灵活可扩的多机协同通感一体化架构,进而揭示多机协同通感一体化理论能限,阐述面向任务差异性需求的资源共享方法;针对任务调度及航迹规划技术,阐述资源适配的多机协同自主任务调度方案,并对基于动力学模型的航迹控制策略及不完美环境下的鲁棒控制机制进行分析总结。

面向绿色计算的车辆协同任务卸载方法

车辆边缘计算(VEC)为处理计算密集、延迟敏感型任务提供了新的范式,然而边缘服务器在整合可再生能源方面的能力较差。因此,为了提高边缘服务器的能效,该文设计了一种面向绿色计算的车辆协同任务卸载框架。在该框架中,车辆配备能源收集(EH)设备,通过彼此间共享绿色能源和计算资源协作执行任务。为有效促进车辆的参与积极性,该文通过动态定价激励车辆,并综合考虑了车辆的移动性、任务优先级等。为了使卸载决策适应动态环境的变化,该文提出了一种基于双延迟深度确定性策略梯度(TD3)的任务卸载方法,以在最大化所有车辆平均任务完成效用的同时减少边缘端电网电力的使用。最后,仿真结果验证了该方法的有效性,相比基于深度确定性策略梯度(DDPG)和基于贪心原则(GPE)的方法在性能上分别提升了7.34%和37.47%。

任务协作表示增强的要素及关系联合抽取模型

对文本中诸如实体与关系、事件及其论元等要素及其特定关系的联合抽取是自然语言处理的一项关键任务.现有研究大多采用统一编码或参数共享的方式隐性处理任务间的交互,缺乏对任务之间特定关系的显式建模,从而限制模型充分利用任务间的关联信息并影响任务间的有效协同.为此,提出了一种基于任务协作表示增强的要素及关系联合抽取模型(Task-Collaboration Representation Enhanced model for joint extraction of elements and relationships,TCRE).该模型旨在从多个阶段处理任务间的特定关系,帮助子任务进行更细致的调节和优化,促进整体性能的提升.在三个关系抽取和一个事件抽取数据集上进行实验,TCRE在实体识别和关系提取任务上平均性能分别提高0.57%和0.77%,在触发词识别和论元角色分类任务上分别提高0.7%和1.4%.此外,TCRE还显示出在缓解“跷跷板现象”方面的作用.

新媒体应用背景下档案专业服务大局的实践路径——基于“闻档察社”微信公众号的案例分析

本文介绍了依托新媒体平台能够捕捉时事并融合创作立体呈现、突破圈际以辐射多元阅读受众、传播高效以推动响应大政方针的客观优势,“闻档察社”原创微信公众号形成档案专业服务中心大局的特色实践,具体表现为密切追踪时事以专业视角切入、理论联系实践并多方协同思政、契合多元受众同时扩展辐射范围等。在此基础上,笔者从内容创作、运营主体、成果输出三个方面提出“闻档察社”在未来的发展目标,或可为其他同类型新媒体运作提供参考。

一种任务驱动的车联网边缘卸载策略

边缘计算为解决未来车联网中移动流量的爆炸式增长提供了可行范式,然而位置的动态变化以及计算任务的多样性和差异性,使得资源有限的边缘服务器很难在规定时间内完成区域内多车辆任务的并行处理需求。基于此,以最小化时延为目标,提出一种结合深度确定性策略梯度算法的任务驱动卸载策略。首先,结合差异性任务类型和紧迫程度进行预处理,构建了一种基于最大延迟容忍度的任务动态优先级调整模型;然后,利用道路区域内的车辆拓扑和通信半径,提出了基于网络密度和负载均衡的动态协作簇划分方法,解决了多样性任务的动态协作卸载优化问题。实验结果表明,所提算法在收敛性、卸载时延及卸载命中率等方面具有性能优势。

基于异步深度强化学习的车联网协作卸载策略

随着车联网(IoV)的快速发展,智能网联汽车产生了大量延迟敏感型和计算密集型任务,有限的车辆计算资源以及传统的云服务模式无法满足车载用户的需求,移动边缘计算(MEC)为解决海量数据的任务卸载提供了一种有效范式。但在考虑多任务、多用户场景时,由于车辆位置、任务种类以及车辆密度的实时性和动态变化,IoV中任务卸载场景复杂度较高,卸载过程中容易出现边缘资源分配不均衡、通信成本开销过大、算法收敛慢等问题。为解决以上问题,重点研究了IoV中多任务、多用户移动场景中的多边缘服务器协同任务卸载策略。首先,提出一种多边缘协同处理的三层异构网络模型,针对IoV中不断变化的环境,引入动态协作簇,将卸载问题转化为时延和能耗的联合优化问题;其次,将问题分为卸载决策和资源分配两个子问题,其中资源分配问题又拆分为面向边缘服务器和传输带宽的资源分配,并基于凸优化理论求解。为了寻求最优卸载决策集,提出一种能在协作簇中处理连续问题的多边缘协作深度确定性策略梯度(MC-DDPG)算法,并在此基础上设计了一种异步多边缘协作深度确定性策略梯度(AMCDDPG)算法,通过将协作簇中的训练参数异步上传至云端进行全局更新,再将更新结果返回每个协作簇中提高收敛速度。仿真结果显示,AMC-DDPG算法较DDPG算法至少提高了30%的收敛速度,且在奖励和总成本等方面也取得了较好的效果。

一种基于云边端架构的雷达组网协同系统设计方案

在现代战争的复杂电磁环境下,基于雷达组网的预警与防空作战体系是应对隐身作战飞机、巡飞弹、无人机、超高音速导弹等多种新质作战对象所形成的多维度多层次立体突防威胁的必然选择。雷达组网系统的协同体系架构是实现防空系统效能增量的关键。文中提出了一种基于云边端架构的雷达组网协同系统设计方案,介绍了以高精度北斗设备为时间频率同步基准的多站空时频同步方法,设计了一种软件化雷达实现方案和两级管控的资源管控系统,阐述了系统能够支持的协同方式及任务类型,详细说明了以子任务为最小颗粒度的资源管控机制,针对任务级和参数级协同任务,揭示了组网系统实时远程紧密闭环反馈式控制原理。最后对本系统的预案设计过程进行了介绍。