Classifying Distributed Self-* Systems Based on Runtime Models and Their Coupling

Sebastian Wätzoldt, Holger Giese
2014 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems  
Different kinds of self-* systems ranging from autonomous self-organizing to hierarchical self-adaptive systems have been developed in the past. However, today there are no clear technical criteria how to classify distributed self-* systems within the resulting design spectrum. In this paper, we provide such a classification by looking on runtime models and their coupling. As runtime models capture the shared knowledge employed by feedback loops, at first, we provide an improved runtime model
more » ... tegorization. With such a basis, we subsequently derive impact relations describing the coupling of runtime models. Finally, we show that the existence of complex impact relations can be employed to describe the spectrum of self-* systems.
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