Distributed Big Brother

Author

So, Young-pa ; Durfee, Edmund H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

2-6 Mar 1992

Firstpage

295

Lastpage

301

Abstract

Distributed Big Brother (DBB) is a distributed network management system consisting of cooperating autonomous computing agents. The techniques for distributed network management that were developed to build DBB are described. DBB represents a pragmatic blending of diverse technologies from the field of distributed artificial intelligence (AI), such as contract formation, organizational structuring, election for role assignment, and hierarchical control. The result is a network management system in which separate management agents reconfigure themselves when hardware and software failures occur to assure the authority structure demanded by network operators. The efforts illustrate how integrating existing distributed AI technologies can meet realistic needs and can highlight open problems that require the development of new technologies

Keywords

computer networks; distributed processing; network operating systems; Distributed Big Brother; contract formation; distributed artificial intelligence; distributed network management system; hierarchical control; organizational structuring; role assignment; Artificial intelligence; Centralized control; Computer network management; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Engineering management; Humans; Nominations and elections; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence for Applications, 1992., Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2690-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIA.1992.200044

Filename

200044