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An infrastructure for autonomic system development: the selflet approach

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Davide Devescovi,

Elisabetta Di Nitto,

Raffaela MirandolaAuthors Info & Claims

ASE '07: Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering

Pages 449 - 452

https://doi.org/10.1145/1321631.1321706

Published: 05 November 2007 Publication History

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Autonomic computing is an emergent field for the development of large-scale, self-managing, complex distributed computer-based systems. This paper aims to be a practical approach to Autonomic Computing, by defining and implementing a generic model for autonomic systems, allowing software developers to create autonomic applications using a common and comprehensive infrastructure. In particular, this paper defines a simple but complete model andarchitecture of an autonomic computing element called SelfLet, which could be the building components used to create autonomic systems. SelfLets can be defined by specifying their behaviour, the abilities and goals they need to use and/or provide, and a high-level policy guiding their self-management.

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An infrastructure for autonomic system development: the selflet approach
1. Applied computing
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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Reviewer: Larry Bernstein

Are selflets for real, or are they just another set of jargon that constrains components to certain design constraints__?__ This insightful paper from Milan Polytechnic offers a sound approach for producing systems that can evolve. Selflets are self-sufficient software components that have constrained interface properties and behaviors. They must provide data that can be used to find them. This idea can move us from the classical define-code-test metaphor to the modern find-integrate-verify metaphor. Selflets may not have enough necessary constraints to provide the component decoupling essential for evolvable systems, but, then again, they might. Read the paper, try selflets, and build extendable systems—you may like them! Selflets are a fine step forward. Online Computing Reviews Service

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ASE '07: Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering

November 2007

590 pages

ISBN:9781595938824

DOI:10.1145/1321631

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Kurt Stirewalt
Michigan State University, USA
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Teknowledge Corporation, USA
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University of Southampton, UK

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Solomon BIonescu DLitoiu MIszlai G(2011)Self-organizing autonomic computing systems3rd IEEE International Symposium on Logistics and Industrial Informatics10.1109/LINDI.2011.6031128(99-104)Online publication date: Aug-2011
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