A GENERIC METHODOLOGY OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM DESIGN FOR RESILIENCE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES 

Andrey V. Masloboev, Doctor of technical sciences, associate professor, leading researcher of the laboratory of information technologies for industrial-natural system management, Putilov Institute for Informatics and Mathematical Modeling of the Federal Research Centre "Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences" (14 Fersmana street, Apatity, Russia), E-mail: masloboev@iimm.ru 

Background. The study is aimed at adapting, applying and developing distributed artificial intelligence technologies for the issues of information and analytical support of situational centers at the regional level and efficiency enhancement of their operation when managing the security and resilience of critical infrastructures. Digitalization of situational control requires the development and implementation of adaptive self-organizing systems based on knowledge and with high autonomy, pro-activeness and interoperability. Materials and methods. The work is based on a comprehensive analysis and generalization of the well-known methodological approaches potential to the engineering of applied multi-agent systems, as well as modern practices for the synthesis of network-centric systems for situational control of distributed objects. The methods and tools for designing multi-agent systems are reviewed. Results and conclusions. A generic methodology for multi-agent systems engineering to support the management of critical infrastructures resilience, based on the combined use of the principles of analysis and synthesis of security systems for critical facilities, adaptive situational control systems and agent-based applications, has been developed. A distinctive feature of the methodology is the expansion of the functionality of known technological solutions in terms of the implementation of a simulation apparatus within the agents and a unit for joint activities coordination through «untying interactions» and self-organization of the agents into coalitions based on the model of gradient computational fields. This will improve the performance of systems for ensuring the critical infrastructures security and resilience used in situational centers by maintaining a high level of controllability, adaptability and intelligentization of these systems applying multi-agent technologies. 

engineering methodology, multi-agent system, management, systems analysis, resilience, critical infrastructure, modeling 

Masloboev A.V. A generic methodology of multi-agent system design for resilience management of critical infrastructures. Nadezhnost' i kachestvo slozhnykh sistem = Reliability and quality of complex systems. 2024;(2):134–146. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2307-4205-2024-2-16