Patent ID: 8078664

Claim:
A distributed computing system comprising: a first resource chain that includes resources that collaborate to provide a first service, wherein the resources in the first resource chain include a first resource that is capable of performing a first act; a control node that autonomically controls the distributed computing system; and a network the facilitates communication between the first resource chain and the control node; wherein the control node comprises: a first asset object that calculates a current capacity level of the first resource to perform the first act, wherein the first asset object is associated with a predicted pending capacity function that specifies a relationship between a predicted pending capacity level of the first resource and a length of time; and wherein the first asset object calculates the current capacity level of the first resource such that the current capacity level of the first resource is substantially equal to a predicted pending capacity level indicated by the predicted pending capacity function at a given time plus an actual capacity level of the first resource at the given time; a governance infrastructure that makes a determination, based on the current capacity level of the first resource to perform the first act, whether to assemble a second resource chain that includes resources that collaborate to provide the first service; and a chain assembly module that assembles the second resource chain when the governance infrastructure makes the determination to assemble the second resource chain.