Promise theory - a model of autonomous objects for pervasive computing and swarms

Abstract— The theory of promises describes policy governed services, in a framework of completely autonomous agents, which assist one another by voluntary cooperation alone. We propose this as a framework for analysing realistic models of modern networking, and as a formal model for swarm intelligence. Keywords— Pervasive computing, control theory, promise theory, swarm intelligence.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ICNS
• Authors: Mark Burgess, Siri Fagernes
• Keywords: Autonomous Agents, Computer Networks, ICNS 2006, Promises Describes Policy, Swarm Intelligence