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2018 | 355 | 117-134

Article title

Use of a reputation indicator in assessing the performance of an autopoietic system’s components

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Title variants

PL
Zastosowanie wskaźnika reputacji w ocenie działania komponentów systemu autopojetycznego

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Abstracts

EN
Distributed IT systems require the application of mechanisms that support the monitoring and coordination of their operation. Such systems, characterised by selforganization and self-adaptation, can be perceived in terms of autopoietic systems, which are capable of self-production and defining the relationships among the system components. Self-organization as a bottom-up mechanism refers to the aspect of communication among entities of a structure for achieving certain outcomes. Adaptation, on the other hand, is a top-down mechanism initiated by a system’s control mechanisms which show how the individual entities should behave. An example of such a system is an organization knowledge management system supported by agent technologies. Such systems, equipped with autonomous agents, allow to model their self-organization and adaptability in response to changing environmental conditions. The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of autopoiesis and to propose a model for assessing the reputation of autopoietic elements and regulating the behaviour of agents.
PL
Rozproszone systemy informatyczne wymagają zastosowania mechanizmów wspomagających monitorowanie i koordynację ich działania. Systemy charakteryzujące się samoorganizacją oraz autoadaptacją postrzegane mogą być w kategoriach systemów autopojetycznych, posiadających możliwość samoprodukcji i związanej z nią umiejętności definiowania relacji między komponentami systemu. Samoorganizacja jako mechanizm realizowany „z dołu do góry” dotyczy aspektu komunikacji między jednostkami struktury dla celu osiągnięcia określonych rezultatów. Autoadaptacja działa odgórnie i jest inicjowana przez mechanizmy kontrolne systemu, które wskazują, jak poszczególne jednostki powinny się zachowywać. Przykładem takich rozwiązań mogą być systemy zarządzania wiedzą wspomagane przez technologie agentowe. Celem tego artykułu są analiza koncepcji autopojezy oraz propozycja modelu oceniającego reputację elementów autopojetycznych i regulującego zachowanie agentów.

Year

Volume

355

Pages

117-134

Physical description

Contributors

  • University of Economics in Katowice. Faculty of Informatics and Communication. Department of Informatics

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2083-8611

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.cejsh-6926a572-e603-4ae3-aa28-0dbafb7b0603
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