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Seventh International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC'03)   p. 98
Methods for Conflict Resolution in Policy-Based Management Systems
Nicole Dunlop, University of Westminster, London, UK
Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia; CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC), Australia
Kerry Raymond, CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC), Australia

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Abstract
While developments in distributed object computing environments, such as the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) [17] and the Telecommunication Intelligent Network Architecture (TINA) [16], have enabled interoperability between domains in large open distributed systems, managing the resources within such systems has become an increasingly complex task. This challenge has been considered for several years within the distributed systems management research community and policy-based management has recently emerged as a promising solution. Large evolving enterprises present a significant challenge for policy-based management partly due to the requirement to support both mutual transparency and individual autonomy between domains [2], but also because the fluidity and complexity of interactions occurring within such environments requires an ability to cope with the coexistence of multiple, potentially inconsistent policies. This paper discusses the need of providing both dynamic (run-time) and static (compile-time) conflict detection and resolution for policies in such systems and builds on our earlier conflict detection work [7, 8] to introduce the methods for conflict resolution in large open distributed systems.
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Citation:  Nicole Dunlop, Jadwiga Indulska, Kerry Raymond, "Methods for Conflict Resolution in Policy-Based Management Systems," edoc, p. 98,  Seventh International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC'03),  2003