| Self-configuring resource management in cooperative and uncooperative autonomous systems. (2007) | |||||||||||
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| In several circumstances, cooperation among autonomous agents is a prerequisite for effective or efficient task processing. This stems from the inherent or transient asymmetry of the agents resources and capabilities. Since agents process tasks autonomously, they have to decide by themselves under which conditions and to which means they cooperate. Such local decision making renders dedicated entities for resource management dispensable and, thus, may increase the systems fault-tolerance. In this report, we propose a framework for self-configuring resource management in cooperative and uncooperative environments. Therefore, we recognize the relatedness of autonomous agents and economic entities. Both are REMMs assess their resources and demands locally which leads to more efficiency of the overall system. We identify and discuss two dimensions of autonomy, i.e. principal-agent and inter-agent autonomy. | |||||||||||
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