Agent-based virtual organisations for the Grid

Issue title: Smart Grid Technologies & Market Models

Guest editors: Daniel J. Veitw, Torsten Eymannx, Nicholas R. Jenningsy and Jörg P. Müllerz

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Patel, Jigar^a | Teacy, W.T. Luke^a | Jennings, Nicholas R.^a | Luck, Michael^{a; *} | Chalmers, Stuart^b | Oren, Nir^b | Norman, Timothy J.^b | Preece, Alun^b | Gray, Peter M. D.^b | Shercliff, Gareth^c | Stockreisser, Patrick J.^c | Shao, Jianhua^c | Gray, W. Alex^c | Fiddian, Nick J.^c | Thompson, Simon^d

Affiliations: [a] School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK | [b] Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, UK | [c] School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK | [d] BT, Adastral Park, UK | [w] University of Karlsruhe, Information Management and Systems, Germany | [x] University of Bayreuth, Chair for Information Systems, Germany | [y] School of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK | [z] Technical University of Clausthal and Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Michael Luck, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. Tel.: +44 23 8059 6657; Fax: +44 23 8059 3313; E-mail: mml@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Virtual organisations, policing, trust, quality of service monitoring, agents, Grid

DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2005-1402

Journal: Multiagent and Grid Systems, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 237-249, 2005