Distributed event-based coordination model

Abstract

The present invention relates to coordinating tasks in a distributed mesh of systems, such as between autonomous vehicles, multi-camera systems, IoT distributed node systems and/or modular factories in a variety of use cases. More particularly, the present invention relates to coordinating events in a distributed mesh of systems based on parameters and constraints and can be used to provide a messaging arrangement that allows distributed systems to communicate and ensure that tasks are completed within the distributed system and/or at one or more nodes within the distributed system. Aspects and/or embodiments seek to provide a method for coordinating machines/nodes/devices of a distributed network, without a centralised system component, by synchronising devices of a distributed system without using an absolute timestamp. Instead, a logical, event-based dependency tree is collaboratively constructed by the nodes of a distributed network to manage decisions at each node of a distributed network.

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