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Figure 3.9. Self-piloting system. For a color version of the figure,
see www.iste.co.uk/pujolle/software.zip
The piloting system may be referred to by a number of different
names, such as “orchestrator”, “governor” or “high-level pilot”, to
indicate that this element directs the controllers which are situated in
the control layer. This piloting system feeds the underlying layer with
the best possible information, and the control layer makes the
decisions on the basis of the information received from the pilot.
The piloting system may be centralized, which is generally the case
with centralized Cloud architectures, or totally distributed to the
controllers, or, as is most often the case in a conventional situation, a
mixture between centralized and distributed organization. At present,
numerous developments are being made in this field, with virtual
machines that act as intelligent agents.
3.5. Intelligence in networks
Intelligence is a much-used term in computer science, which
simply means the ability to communicate, to reason and to make
decisions. Up until the start of the 2000s, intelligence in networks was
very low. The concepts of intelligent networks, dating from the start
of the 1990s, introduce a primary intelligence, whose role is to
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Figure 3.9. Self-piloting system. For a color version of the figure,
see www.iste.co.uk/pujolle/software.zip
The piloting system may be referred to by a number of different
names, such as “orchestrator”, “governor” or “high-level pilot”, to
indicate that this element directs the controllers which are situated in
the control layer. This piloting system feeds the underlying layer with
the best possible information, and the control layer makes the
decisions on the basis of the information received from the pilot.
The piloting system may be centralized, which is generally the case
with centralized Cloud architectures, or totally distributed to the
controllers, or, as is most often the case in a conventional situation, a
mixture between centralized and distributed organization. At present,
numerous developments are being made in this field, with virtual
machines that act as intelligent agents.
3.5. Intelligence in networks
Intelligence is a much-used term in computer science, which
simply means the ability to communicate, to reason and to make
decisions. Up until the start of the 2000s, intelligence in networks was
very low. The concepts of intelligent networks, dating from the start
of the 1990s, introduce a primary intelligence, whose role is to
www.it-ebooks.info