The computer after me : awareness and self-awareness in autonomic systems / Jeremy Pitt, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pitt, Jeremy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science--Philosophy.

Computer science.

Androids.

Intelligent agents (Computer software).

Emotions and cognition.

Human-computer interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Distribution:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

London, England : Imperial College Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We are increasingly seeing computer systems which are expected to function without operator intervention. This is perhaps acceptable for running computer networks or traffic lights; however, we are now seeing computer systems deployed to qualitatively influence human judgments such as rulings on legal disputes or fitness for work to evaluate disability benefits. In keeping with the precautionary principle, it is important that those who are developing this capability - technologists and scientists - think through its potential implications. The aim of this book is to explore the technological

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Introduction: The Computer After Me; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Computer Awareness in Science Fiction; 1.3 Computer Awareness and Self-Awareness; 1.3.1 How many senses does a computer have?; 1.3.2 Does a computer know that it is a computer?; 1.3.3 Does metal know when it is weakening?; 1.4 Why Does Computer Awareness Matter?; 1.5 Chapter Overviews; 1.6 Summary and Conclusions; What Comes After the 'Disappeared Computer'?; 2. Towards Self-Aware and Self-Composing Services; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Service Composition and Self-Awareness

2.2.1 Horizontal composition2.2.2 Vertical composition; 2.2.3 Towards self-aware services; 2.3 Approaches to Self-Aware Service Composition; 2.3.1 Nature-inspired self-composition approaches; 2.3.2 Composition and re-composition of service collaboration patterns; 2.3.2.1 Role-based approach; 2.3.2.2 Description-based approach; 2.3.2.3 Artificial Immune System inspired approach; 2.4 Research Challenges; 2.4.1 Challenges for nature-inspired self-composition; 2.4.2 Challenges for dynamic adaptation of system collaboration patterns; 2.5 The Impact; 2.6 Summary and Conclusions

3. Issues in Engineering Self-Aware and Self-Expressive Ensembles3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Classifying Awareness and Self-Expression; 3.2.1 Elements of the awareness mechanism; 3.2.2 A white-box definition of awareness; 3.2.2.1 Expressivity; 3.2.2.2 Quality; 3.2.2.3 Interface; 3.2.2.4 A white-box definition of awareness; 3.2.3 Self-expression; 3.2.4 A black-box definition of awareness; 3.3 Awareness Engineering; 3.4 Socio-Technical Issues; 3.4.1 Privacy, ownership and control of data; 3.4.2 Discrimination and responsibility; 3.4.3 Failure modes; 3.5 Summary and Conclusions

4. Social Awareness in Technical Systems4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Self-Governing Institutions; 4.3 Technical Agent Societies; 4.3.1 Trusted communities; 4.3.2 The social agent; 4.3.3 From implicit to explicit trusted communities; 4.4 No Society without Rules; 4.5 Outlook; 5. Self-Healing Software; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Self-Awareness as an Aspect of Self-Healing; 5.3 A Working Taxonomy for Software Self-Healing; 5.3.1 Failures, errors and faults; 5.4 Approaches to Software Self-Healing; 5.4.1 Self-healing at code level; 5.4.2 Self-healing through self-organisation

5.4.3 Self-healing based on policies5.4.4 Architectures for self-healing; 5.4.5 Model-based solutions for self-healing; 5.5 Discussion and Conclusion; 6. Bring It On, Complexity! Present and Future of Self-Organising Middle-Out Abstraction; 6.1 The Great Complexity Challenge; 6.2 Self-Organising Middle-Out Abstraction; 6.3 Optimising Graphics, Physics and Artificial Intelligence; 6.4 Emergence and Hierarchies in a Natural System; 6.5 The Technical Concept of SOMO; 6.5.1 Observation of interactions; 6.5.2 Interaction pattern recognition and behavioural abstraction

6.5.3 Creating and adjusting hierarchies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78326-418-7