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In this paper, we discuss the necessity of new observation and control structures for organic computing systems starting from the basic contradiction between bottom-up behaviour and top-down design. An Observer/Controller architecture serves the purpose to keep emergent behaviour within predefined limits. As an illustration, a framework for reconfigurable protocol stacks is introduced, which contains an agent-based monitoring framework as well as a reconfiguration manager. After describing a TCP/IP protocol stack implementation, based on the framework, similarities between the introduced framework and the Observer/Controller architectural pattern will be pointed out.
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Schöler, T., Müller-Schloer, C. (2005). An Observer/Controller Architecture for Adaptive Reconfigurable Stacks. In: Beigl, M., Lukowicz, P. (eds) Systems Aspects in Organic and Pervasive Computing - ARCS 2005. ARCS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3432. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31967-2_10
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