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

Author

Hewitt, Carl ; Inman, Jeff

Author_Institution

MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

21

Issue

6

fYear

1991

Firstpage

1409

Lastpage

1419

Abstract

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

Keywords

artificial intelligence; concurrency control; distributed processing; open systems; actors; concurrency; conflict processing; distributed artificial intelligence; intelligent agents; large-scale open systems; manageability; open systems science; primitives; robustness; scalability; Artificial intelligence; Concurrent computing; Energy management; Intelligent agent; Large-scale systems; Management information systems; Open systems; Power system management; Robustness; Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9472

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/21.135685

Filename

135685