The ecology of computation

Author

Huberman, B.A.

Author_Institution

Zerox Palo Alto Res. Center, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989

Firstpage

362

Abstract

Summary form only given. The author has developed a perspective on computational ecologies as well as a theory of their behavior which explicitly takes into account incomplete knowledge and delayed information on the part of its agents. When processes can choose among many possible strategies while collaborating in the solution of computational tasks, the dynamics lead to asymptotic regimes characterized by fixed points, oscillations and chaos. Spawn in an ongoing project which utilizes idle computational resources in a distributed network of high-performance workstations. The possible existence of a universal law regulating the way in which the benefit of cooperation is manifested in the system has been considered.<>

Keywords

distributed processing; Spawn; agents; asymptotic regimes; behaviour theory; chaos; computational ecologies; computational tasks; cooperation; delayed information; distributed network; dynamics; fixed points; idle computational resources; incomplete knowledge; oscillations; universal law; workstations; Biology computing; Chaos; Collaborative work; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Delay; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Environmental factors; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1909-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301957

Filename

301957