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-====== Maybe This Way: An Adaptive Stochastic One-Way Communication in Distributed Systems ======
+====== Maybe This Way: Adaptive Stochastic One-Way Communications in Distributed Systems ======
 ===== Abstract =====
-Inspired by some imaginary biological phenomena,this paper experiments the long distance communication in distributed systems by adaptive stochastic attempts. The experiments let tumors emit virtual smells to attract medicine particles. Those virtual smells act as one-way messengers to help roving medicines to locate tumors. On the Movable Feast Machine, communication within event-windows is accurate and bidirectional. Without unique global addresses, these experiments help to extend communication distances outside event-windows, thus to increase the robustness of the Movable Feast Machine.
+Inspired by biology, we present a model of long distance communications in a distributed system. The experiments let tumors emit virtual smells to attract medicine particles. Those virtual smells act as one-way messengers to help roving medicines to locate tumors. On the Movable Feast Machine, communication within event-windows is accurate and bidirectional. Without unique global addresses, these experiments help to extend communication distances outside event-windows, thus to increase the robustness of the Movable Feast Machine.
-===== Hoped-for Outcome =====
+===== Introduction =====
-Basic elements include Cell, Medicine, M-Emitter and M-Consumer. A group of cell atoms forms a big structure to resemble a real Cell. Medicine atoms move randomly. They only have certain possibilities to find tumors and kill them. To increase this curing chances, we designed the Aura element. Tumors will emit Aura atoms which can be attract Medicine atoms. In real world, this Aura can be implemented by magnetic fields or electric fields. Auras have a timer representing their life time. The longer this timer is, the strong the virtual magnetic fields is. The effect of attracting medicine is stronger then. However, too strong auras also damage healthy cells.  We will adjust the threshold of the Aura strength to find out its effect on the whole system.
+Basic elements include Tumor, Medicine, and Aura. When Medicines roaming the universe, they only have a certain possibility to find Tumors and kill them. To increase the chances for Medicines to locate Tumors, we let Tumors to emit Auras as if they are sending out messengers to Medicines. In the world of distributed computation, Tumors can be some hosts in need of certain resources, and Auras can be broadcast messages. We can use these messages to allocate resources without a global address manage mechanism. This is a step towards more robust computations.