Adaptive Creation of Network Applications in the Jack-in-the-Net Architecture

Abstract

The Jack-in-the-Net Architecture (Ja-Net) is a biologically-inspired approach to design adaptive network applications in large-scale networks. In Ja-Net, a network application is dynamically created from a collection of autonomous components called cyber- entities. Cyber-entities first establish relationships with other cyber-entities and collectively provide an application through interacting or collaborating with relationship partners. Strength of a relationship is the measure for the usefulness of the partner and adjusted based on the level of satisfaction indicated by a user who received an application. As time progresses, cyber-entities self-organize based on strong relationships and useful applications that users prefer emerge. We implemented Ja-Net platform software and cyber-entities to verify how popular applications (i.e., applications that users prefer) are created in Ja-Net.

A part of Tatsuya Suda’s research presented in this paper was supported by the National Science Foundation through grants ANI-0083074 and ANI-9903427, by DARPA through Grant MDA972-99-1-0007, by AFOSR through Grant MURI F49620-00-1-0330, and by grants from the University of California MICRO Program, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT). Tatsuya Suda also holds the title of NTT Research Professor, and his NTT contact information is same as the co-authors’ contact information.

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