In: Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 38, No. 11-12, pages 165-178. 1999.
Abstract: An autonomous decentralized system is a vital aspect supporting the information-oriented society. This not only entails cooperative operation within autonomous decentralized units, but also serves to maintain high performance and safety. This paper introduces a model of an autonomous decentralized system, since it is not enough to evaluate these systems by simply using availability. The goal of this study is to seek new standards to evaluate autonomous decentralized systems.
Keywords: Petri nets, autonomous decentralized systems, performance evaluation.