DistOS-2011W Observability & Contracts

Problem Outline

Observability & Contracts

• How do I observe the acts of other agents, particularly "public" acts?
• How can make contracts between computers (promises to exchange actions in present for actions in the future)?

Here is one paper I found Regarding Contracts (HS):

Service Level Agreements on IP Networks, by Dinesh C. Verma, IBM T.J Watson Research Center

They break SLAs in IP network environments into three main services: 1) Network Connectivity 2) Hosting Services 3) Integrated Services

They also mention three common approaches used to support and manage service level agreements. 1) Insurance Approach 2) Configuration and Provisioning techniques 3) Adaptive Approach

Members

• Seyyed Hadi Sajjadpour
• Tarjit Komal
• Scott Lyons
• Andrew Luczak