Agent-based virtual organisations for the Grid

The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the major challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in the CONOISE-G project, we are developing an infrastructure to support robust and resilient virtual organisation formation and operation. Specifically, CONOISE-G provides mechanisms to assure effective operation of agent-based VOs in the face of disruptive and potentially malicious entities in dynamic, open and competitive environments. In this paper, we describe the CONOISE-G system, outline its use in the context of VO formation and perturbation, and review current efforts to progress the work to deal with unreliable information sources. 1 Keywords Virtual Organisations, Policing, Trust, Quality of Service Monitoring, Agents, Grid

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Jigar Patel, W. T. Luke Teacy, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Peter M. D. Gray, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. A. Gray, N. J. Fiddian, Simon G. Thompson
• Keywords: ATAL 2005, Competitive Environments, Scalable Virtual Organisations, Virtual Organisations