Computer Communication Networks: Approaches, Objectives, and Performance Considerations
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
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This paper discusses various kinds of dominance relations that may hold among parts of computing systems, and between computers and people. That computers enter into "social relations" seems clear. Four models prevalent in thinking about computers are discussed: the Master-Slave, the Egalitarian Workgroup, the Division of Labor, and the Clamoring Children models. To help explicate the claim that "dominance" in a computing system may vary both in type and over time, steps towards a formal treatment of interacting devices are suggested, involving possible sequences of influenced behavior. Several varieties of dominance are then outlined, such as competition for resources, or attentional dominance for interrupts. Finally the matter of computer intentions is noted.