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V. Michael Bove, Jr. Mallett, Jacky, 1963- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences. Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 2011-03-24T20:15:49Z 2011-03-24T20:15:49Z 2000 2000 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61847 48591321 Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84). This thesis presents a distributed computing system, Kami, which provides support for applications running in an environment of heterogeneous workstations linked together by a high speed network. It enables users to easily create distributed applications by providing a backbone infrastructure of localized daemons which operate in a peer-to-peer networking environment, providing support for software distribution, network communication, and data streaming suitable for use by coarse grained distributed applications. As a collective entity, kami daemons, each individually run on a single machine, form a cooperating anarchy of processes. These support their applications using adaptive algorithms with no form of centralized control. Instead of attempting to provide a controlled environment, this thesis assumes a heterogeneous and uncontrolled environment, and presents a model for distributed computation that is completely decentralized and uses multicast communication between workstations to form an ecology of co-operating processes, which actively attempt to maintain an equilibrium between the demands of their users and the capabilities of the workstations on which they are running. by Jacky Mallett. S.M. 84 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences. Kami : an anarchic approach to distributed computing Kamé : an anarchic approach to distributed computing Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="92d901cd-60be-43e1-8ee5-4755944368a9"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Kami : an anarchic approach to distributed computing</Title> <Subtitle>Kamé : an anarchic approach to distributed computing</Subtitle> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2000</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Mallett, Jacky, 1963-</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences.</Keyword> <Abstract>This thesis presents a distributed computing system, Kami, which provides support for applications running in an environment of heterogeneous workstations linked together by a high speed network. It enables users to easily create distributed applications by providing a backbone infrastructure of localized daemons which operate in a peer-to-peer networking environment, providing support for software distribution, network communication, and data streaming suitable for use by coarse grained distributed applications. As a collective entity, kami daemons, each individually run on a single machine, form a cooperating anarchy of processes. These support their applications using adaptive algorithms with no form of centralized control. Instead of attempting to provide a controlled environment, this thesis assumes a heterogeneous and uncontrolled environment, and presents a model for distributed computation that is completely decentralized and uses multicast communication between workstations to form an ecology of co-operating processes, which actively attempt to maintain an equilibrium between the demands of their users and the capabilities of the workstations on which they are running.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>