Policy Governed Software Agent System & Method of Operation

摘要

A system and method for deploying software agents in a policy-governed environment. The use of over-arching policies to control the actions and interactions of the software agents preserves desirable agent autonomy without allowing unwanted and potentially unpredictable (or at least difficult-to-predict) agent behavior. The system allows the agents to be deployed in a high-assurance environment.

主权项

1. A software agent control system, comprising:
a. a host computing device, the actions of which arc governed by a governing authority; b. an agent operating system running on said host computing device, said agent operating system including a set of governing policies established by said governing authority for said host computing device; c. a software agent approved by an external authority, said software agent embodied by software code running on said host computing device: and d. wherein said agent operating code restricts an action said software agent attempts to take on the basis of said set of policies in said agent operating system.