System and method for resource management and resource allocation in a self-optimizing network of heterogeneous processing nodes

An orchestrator comprising:

• a processor;
• a network interface connected to a network of processing nodes, the network of processing nodes comprising a token network;
• and
• a memory containing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the orchestrator to:
• receive a processing request;
• identify one or more tasks within the processing request;
• apportion, via the network interface, the one or more tasks of the processing request to a set of nodes of the network for processing, the apportioning based on a scorecard for each node of the set of nodes;
• receive, via the network interface;
• a completed task from a node of the set of nodes;
• perform a determination whether the completed task was processed by a node in the token network;
• in response to a determination that the completed task was processed by a node not in the token network, update a value of a progress metric for the node not in the token network;
• perform a determination whether the value of the progress metric exceeds a predetermined value;
• and
• in response to a determination that the value of the progress metric exceeds a predetermined value, add the node to the token network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program code, which when executed by a processor, causes an orchestrator to:

• receive a processing request via a network interface of the orchestrator connected to a network of processing nodes, the network of processing nodes comprising a token network;
• identify one or more tasks within the processing request;
• apportion, via the network interface, the one or more tasks of the processing request to a set of nodes of the network for processing, the apportioning based on a scorecard for each node of the set of nodes;
• receive, via the network interface;
• a completed task from a node of the set of nodes;
• perform a determination whether the completed task was processed by a node in the token network;
• in response to a determination that the completed task was processed by a node not in the token network, update a value of a progress metric for the node not in the token network;
• perform a determination whether the value of the progress metric exceeds a predetermined value;
• and
• in response to a determination that the value of the progress metric exceeds a predetermined value, add the node to the token network.