公开(公告)号：AU2003260503A1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-08

申请号：AU2003260503

申请日：2003-08-13

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HELLERSTEIN JOSEPH L ,  KEPHART JEFFREY OWEN ,  LASSETTRE EDWIN RICHIE ,  PASS NORMAN J ,  SAFFORD DAVID ROBERT ,  TETZLAFF WILLIAM HAROLD ,  WHITE STEVE RICHARD

IPC: G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for constructing a self-managing distributed computing system comprised of "autonomic elements" is disclosed. An autonomic element provides a set of services, and may provide them to other autonomic elements. Relationships between autonomic elements include the providing and consuming of such services. These relationships are "late bound," in the sense that they can be made during the operation of the system rather than when parts of the system are implemented or deployed. They are dynamic, in the sense that relationships can begin, end, and change over time. They are negotiated, in the sense that they are arrived at by a process of mutual communication between the elements that establish the relationship.