From Here to Autonomicity: Self-Managing Agents and the Biological Metaphors that Inspire Them
Roy Sterritt, Mike Hinchey · Ulster University Research Portal (Ulster University) · 2005
We seek inspiration for self-managing systems from (obviously, pre-existing) biological mechanisms.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 for integrating and designing reliable systems, while agent technologies have been identified as a key enabler for engineering autonomicity in systems.This paper looks at other biological metaphors such as reflex and healing, heartbeat monitors, pulse monitors and apoptosis for assisting in the realization of autonomicity.