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It is commonly agreed that a self-adaptive software system is one that can modify itself at run-time due to changes in the system, its requirements, or the environment in which it is deployed. A cursory review of the software engineering literature attests to the wide spectrum of software systems that are described as self-adaptive. The way self-adaptation is conceived depends on various aspects, such as the users’ requirements, the particular properties of a system, and the characteristics of the environment. In this paper, we propose a classification of modeling dimensions for self-adaptive software systems. Each modeling dimension describes a particular facet of the system that is relevant to self-adaptation. The modeling dimensions provide the engineers with a common set of vocabulary for specifying the self-adaptive properties under consideration and select suitable solutions. We illustrate how the modeling dimensions apply to several application scenarios.
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Andersson, J., de Lemos, R., Malek, S., Weyns, D. (2009). Modeling Dimensions of Self-Adaptive Software Systems. In: Cheng, B.H.C., de Lemos, R., Giese, H., Inverardi, P., Magee, J. (eds) Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02161-9_2
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