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Abstract

The complexity of modern middleware and software solutions is growing at an exponential rate. Only self-managing, or autonomic computing technology can reasonably stem the confusion this complexity brings to bear on human administrators. While much has been published on “architecture” and “function” for producing such systems, little has been written about the engineering of self-managing systems as a distinct paradigm. In this short article we suggest a set of software engineering principles for engineering of autonomic systems that should guide the planning of autonomic systems and their interfaces, with the intent to guide the thinking of R&D organizations pursuing the development of autonomic computing capability.

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Lightstone, S. Seven software engineering principles for autonomic computing development. Innovations Syst Softw Eng 3, 71–74 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11334-006-0012-x

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