Autonomous decentralized system

Not to be confused with Decentralized autonomous organization or Autonomous peripheral operation.

Simplified schematic showing message passing in an autonomous decentralised system

An autonomous decentralized system (or ADS) is a decentralized system composed of modules or components that are designed to operate independently but are capable of interacting with each other to meet the overall goal of the system. This design paradigm enables the system to continue to function in the event of component failures. It also enables maintenance and repair to be carried out while the system remains operational. Autonomous decentralized systems have a number of applications including industrial production lines, railway signalling[1] and robotics.

The ADS has been recently expanded from control applications to service application and embedded systems, thus autonomous decentralized service systems and autonomous decentralized device systems.[2]

  1. ^ Winter, Victor L.; Bhattacharya, Sourav (2001). High Integrity Software. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-7923-7949-2.
  2. ^ "Extension from the concept of a data field: Research & Development". Hitachi. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-06.