Method for consensus decision making in a distributed system
US7630944B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/10
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for consensus decision making in a distributed system. Upon the detection of a system parameter change, the method specifies the communication of decision premises from one node to another node in the system. Consensus decision premises are determined by evaluating the various node premises. Each node then executes a choice function, allowing the system as a whole to respond to the system parameter change in either a centralized, decentralized, or independently coordinated fashion.
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