Self-organizing Trusted Communities (Top-down)

OC TRUST调查了开放自组织系统中信任和声誉等社会概念的使用情况。由于越来越多的应用程序基于internet实现，开放代理系统和开放分布式系统受到越来越多的关注。例如桌面网格计算、无线传感器网络或自组织网络（SON）。由于这种系统的高波动性，自组织方法是有利的。这里提交的项目涉及技术系统内部社会机制的应用（系统对系统信任）。为此，我们开发了可信社区（TC）的概念。TC由部分自主决策的代理组成。他们的关系是合作或竞争的。由于这些系统是开放的，我们不能假设所有的代理都是仁慈的。TC内部强大的信任关系允许在没有重复检查和任务重复的情况下进行有效的交互。法团是一个主要分散的组织。这样的系统可以很好地扩展并适应当地情况。然而，它们可能会遭受不必要的突发效应。利用积极涌现，同时控制不需要的消极涌现（“可控涌现”）一直是OC研究的长期目标。这就是工作包Emergence （EM）的目标。在三个项目阶段，我们让代理商提高社会意识。与此同时，更高层次的控制程度和干扰程度也在逐渐增加。研究的中心假设是：1。包括关于其他代理人行为的与信任有关的资料，可提高复杂技术系统的效力和效率。可信代理社区在运行时的自组织可以通过分散或借助更高级别的机制（机构控制）来实现。控制突现的OC问题可以通过上层机构修正其决策逻辑的自主社会主体来解决。在项目第一阶段和第二阶段对纯去中心化可信社区进行调查后，我们计划在第三阶段通过规范和制裁来实现制度控制。在这个项目中，我们主要对整个系统方面（自上而下）感兴趣。社会代理人在Hähner教授（自下而上）的小组中进行调查和发展。我们使用来自Ungerer教授工作组的OCu中间件。在桌面网格计算系统和智能摄像机网络的背景下，对TC概念进行了实际评估。此外，我们将把这个概念应用于可信能源网格（工作组Reif教授）和可信显示网格（工作组Andr6教授）。

OC TRUST investigates the usage of social concepts like trust and reputation for open selforganising systems. Open agent systems and open distributed systems are of growing interest due to the increasing internet-based implementation of many applications. Examples are Desktop Grid Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks or Self-organising Networks (SON). Due to the high volatility of such systems, self-organising approaches are advantageous.The project submitted here deals with the application of social mechanisms inside technical systems (system-to-system trust). For this purpose we have developed the concept of Trusted Communities (TC). A TC consists of agents, which take decisions partially autonomously. Their relationship is cooperative or competitive. Since these systems are open we cannot assume that all agents are benevolent. A strong trust relationship inside the TC allows for efficient interactions without double-checking and task reduplication. OC assumes a predominantly decentralised organisation. Such systems scale well and adapt to local situations. However, they can suffer from unwanted emergent effects. It has been a long-term goal of OC research to utilize positive emergence while controlling unwanted negative emergence ("Controlled Emergence"). This is the goal of the work package Emergence (EM). During the three project phases we equip the agents with increasing social awareness. At the same time the degree of higher-level control and also the degree of disturbances are gradually increased.The central research hypotheses are:1. The inclusion of trust-relevant Information about the behaviour of other agents increases the effectiveness and efficiency of complex technical systems.2. The self-organisation of a trustworthy agent community at runtime can be achieved decentralized or with the help of higher-level mechanisms (institutional control).3. The OC problem of Controlled Emergence can be solved through autonomous social agents whose decision logic is modified by higher-level institutions.After the investigation of purely decentralised Trusted Communities in the project phases 1 and 2, we plan to realize institutional control with the help of norms and sanctions during phase 3. In this project we are interested predominantly in the total system aspect (top-down). The social agents are investigated and developed in the group of Prof. Hähner (Bottom-up). We use the OCu middleware from the workgroup of Prof. Ungerer. The TC concept is practically evaluated in the context of a Desktop Grid Computing system and a Smart Camera network. In addition we will apply the concept to the Trusted Energy Grid (workgroup Prof. Reif) and the Trusted Display Grid (workgroup Prof Andr6).