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A software architecture centric self-adaptation approach for Internetware

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Being one of the basic features of Internetware, self-adaptation means that the software system can monitor its runtime state and behavior and adjust them when necessary according to pre-defined policies. Focusing on the three fundamental issues of self-adaptation, including the scope, operability and trustworthiness, a software architecture (SA) centric approach for Internetware’s self-adaptation is presented in this paper. All of the self-adaptive actions, i.e. monitoring, analyzing, planning and executing, are performed based on SA. In detail, runtime state and behavior of Internetware are represented and changed in the form of runtime software architecture. The knowledge for self-adaptation is captured, organized and reasoned in the form of SA so that automatic analysis and decision-making are achieved.

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  1. Key Laboratory of High Confidence Software Technologies (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100871, China

    Hong Mei, Gang Huang, Ling Lan & JunGuo Li

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    Hong Mei, Gang Huang, Ling Lan & JunGuo Li

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Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (973) (Grant No. 2002CB312000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 90612011)

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Mei, H., Huang, G., Lan, L. et al. A software architecture centric self-adaptation approach for Internetware. Sci. China Ser. F-Inf. Sci. 51, 722–742 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-008-0052-y

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