Apoptosis and self-destruct: a contribution to autonomic agents?

Authors:
Roy Sterritt;Mike Hinchey
Affiliations:
School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland;NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Software Engineering Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD
Venue:
FAABS'04 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Autonomic Computing (AC), a self-managing systems initiative based on the biological metaphor of the autonomic nervous system, is increasingly gaining momentum as the way forward in designing reliable systems. Agent technologies have been identified as a key enabler for engineering autonomicity in systems, both in terms of retrofitting autonomicity into legacy systems and designing new systems. The AC initiative provides an opportunity to consider other biological systems and principles in seeking new design strategies. This paper reports on one such investigation; utilizing the apoptosis metaphor of biological systems to provide a dynamic health indicator signal between autonomic agents.