The ability to do good schedules is NP-complete from an optimization point of view but manageable through the use of naturally occurring hierarchies. Most DoD logistics shops are NT shops or Unix shops, or . The used Voyager to pass semantics and not just data. Clusters are being overlayed via a cost model. Clusters are composed of plugins.
Clusters are like agents.
They are units of requirements. Allocator plugins are like traders to associate needs with those who can execute them. Assessor plugins look at how well you are doing wrt the plan and actual. User interface plugs provide various visualizations. Data access plugins.