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M.: Modeling change without breaking promises

by Alva L Couch , Hengky Susanto , Marc Chiarini - In: Proceedings of AIMS. (February 2007) (submitted
"... Abstract. Promise theory defines a method by which static service bindings are made in a network, but little work has been done on handling the dynamic case in which bindings must change over time due to both contingencies and changes in policy. We define two new kinds of promises that provide temp ..."
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Abstract. Promise theory defines a method by which static service bindings are made in a network, but little work has been done on handling the dynamic case in which bindings must change over time due to both contingencies and changes in policy. We define two new kinds of promises that provide temporal scope for a conditional promise. We show that simple temporally-scoped promises can describe common network behaviors such as leasing and failover, and allow an agent to completely control the sequence of sets of promises to which it commits with another agent, over time. This allows agents to adapt to changing conditions by making short-term bilateral agreements rather than the long-term unilateral agreements provided by previous promise constructions.
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Estimating Reliability of Conditional Promises

by Alva L. Couch, Hengky Susanto, Marc Chiarini
"... Abstract. Using conditional promises, the reliability of promises can be measured without considering the reliability of the whole agent, by defining notions of when conditions operate and when promises are expected to be fulfilled. This inspires an analytical method based upon “incomplete condition ..."
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Abstract. Using conditional promises, the reliability of promises can be measured without considering the reliability of the whole agent, by defining notions of when conditions operate and when promises are expected to be fulfilled. This inspires an analytical method based upon “incomplete conditions ” that attributes failures to incomplete knowledge rather than operational faults. This analysis allows agents to choose offers based upon statistical measures of the completeness of stated conditions. 1
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0What’s Wrong with Knowledge Management? And the Emergence of Ontology

by Mark Burgess
"... Knowledge Management (KM) is undoubtedly the challenge of this decade, and it is destined to shape the way we go about a wide range of fields of human activity for decades to come. Yet, while technologies claiming to enable KM abound, there is little sign that any wide reaching principles have been ..."
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Knowledge Management (KM) is undoubtedly the challenge of this decade, and it is destined to shape the way we go about a wide range of fields of human activity for decades to come. Yet, while technologies claiming to enable KM abound, there is little sign that any wide reaching principles have been clearly understood or articulated, or that current research