The Atropos (formerly AVNMP) Toolkit allows
experimentation with predictive capability inside
a network while the network is operating: this
might be best described as 'in vitro' prediction
experimentation. Its purpose is to facilitate
experimentation towards addressing a severe
limitation in state-of-the-art network management:
current management techniques are reactive. The
toolkit is an active application that executes in
real time within a network that has an overlay
active network. Active networking provides a
framework in which executable code within data
packets executes upon intermediate network nodes.
The Atropos Toolkit provides the infrastructure to
develop and inject numerous, small, interacting
network component models in support of network
prediction. Research results in Complexity Theory
using Atropos can be found in the DARPA-funded GE
Fault Tolerant Networking Project.
