DAI betwixt and between: from 'intelligent agents' to open systems science

The authors discuss the development of open systems science (OSS) beginning with its roots in the fundamentals of concurrency. The nature of actors., which are the primitives of concurrency, is considered. The aim of OSS is to provide a foundation for effective technological solutions to the complex...

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Published inIEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 1409 - 1419
Main Authors Hewitt, C., Inman, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.11.1991
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Computer science; control theory; systems
Concurrent computing
Energy management
Exact sciences and technology
Intelligent agent
Large-scale systems
Management information systems
Open systems
Power system management
Problem solving, game playing
Robustness
Scalability
Distributed system
Information system
Open system
Artificial intelligence
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ISSN0018-9472
DOI10.1109/21.135685

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Summary:The authors discuss the development of open systems science (OSS) beginning with its roots in the fundamentals of concurrency. The nature of actors., which are the primitives of concurrency, is considered. The aim of OSS is to provide a foundation for effective technological solutions to the complex problems of large-scale open systems by providing a scientific discipline that focuses on issues of robustness, manageability, and scalability. In the large-scale open systems of the future, the focus with shift from centralized systems toward decentralized ones, with an emphasis on conflict processing. The evolution of this paradigm presents some challenges and some fruitful new ideas for distributed artificial intelligence that are discussed.< >
ISSN:0018-9472
DOI:10.1109/21.135685