ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION NETWORK

摘要

An adaptive distributed network comprises a plurality of information centres connected over a network. Each information centre holds any number of information units. The plurality of information applications are connected over the network to the information centres. The information applications retrieve information units from and/or update units at one or more of the information centres. Information applications retrieve and/or update information units at specified information centres. The passage of information over the network is monitored and the distribution of information units across the information centres is controlled adaptively, together with knowledge of the required connectivity between information application and information units. Also the specified information centres are determined in response to the monitored passage of information to improve the system performance.