Self-organisation for survival in complex computer architectures

  • Authors:
  • Fiona A. C. Polack

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK

  • Venue:
  • SOAR'09 Proceedings of the First international conference on Self-organizing architectures
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This chapter steps back from specific self-organisational architectural solutions to consider what self-organisation means in the context of complex systems. Drawing on insights in complexity and self-organisation, the chapter explores how the natural propensity of complex systems (such as the mammalian immune system) to self-organise could be exploited as a mechanism for adaptation in complex computer architectures. Drawing on experience of immune-inspired fault-tolerant swarm robotics, the chapter speculates on how complex systems such as global information systems could adopt self-organised survivability.