Patent ID: 7743008
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system including a number of subject entities and at least one authority entity, an autonomic management method for self-configuring the number of subject entities, each subject entity belonging to at least one of a number of categories, wherein the method includes: the at least one authority entity publishing a number of rules to said subject entities, each rule defining a target state for one of the number of categories, at least one of the number of rules being associated with at least one stage in a predefined flow of application of the rules; the at least one authority entity publishing an indication of at least one current stage to said subject entities; and each subject entity applying each rule for the at least one of the number of categories and corresponding to the at least one current stage, to configure each subject entity according to the target state defined in the number of rules.