Open AccessBio-inspired Self-Adaptive Agents in Distributed Systems
Author(s) -
Ichiro Satoh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advances in distributed computing and artificial intelligence journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2255-2863
DOI - 10.14201/adcaij2012124956
Subject(s) - distributed computing , middleware (distributed applications) , function (biology) , computer science , adaptation (eye) , software , division (mathematics) , dictyostelium discoideum , multi agent system , artificial intelligence , biology , operating system , biochemistry , arithmetic , mathematics , neuroscience , gene , evolutionary biology
This paper proposes a bio-inspired middleware for selfadaptive software agents on distributed systems. It is unique to other existing approaches for software adaptation because it introduces the notions of differentiation, dedifferentiation, and cellular division in cellular slime molds, e.g., dictyostelium discoideum, into real distributed systems. When an agent delegates a function to another agent coordinating with it, if the former has the function, this function becomes lessdeveloped and the latter’s function becomes welldeveloped.