Self-adaptive systems: A survey of current approaches, research challenges and applications

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7267-7279

  Macías Escrivá, Frank D ^a   Haber, Rodolfo ^a,b   Del Toro, Raul ^b   Hernandez, Vicente ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Feedback loops; Goal based model; Model driven development; Self adaptive software; Software reflection

Indexed keywords

FEED-BACK LOOP; GOAL-BASED MODELS; MODEL DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; SELF-ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE REFLECTION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RESEARCH;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84881277433     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.07.033     Document Type: Review

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