On decentralized self-adaptation: Lessons from the trenches and challenges for the future

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 84-93

  Weyns, Danny ^a   Malek, Sam ^b   Andersson, Jesper ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

decentralized control; self adaptation

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CONTROL; DECENTRALIZED SOFTWARE SYSTEM; KEY ATTRIBUTES; LESSONS LEARNED; REFERENCE MODELS; SELF ADAPTATION; SELF-ADAPTABILITY; SELF-ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE; SELF-ADAPTIVE SYSTEM; SELF-HEALING SYSTEMS; SELF-OPTIMIZING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESEARCH;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954577834     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1808984.1808994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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