Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems III. Assurances

Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems III. Assurances: International Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, December 15-19, 2013, Revised … Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

A major challenge for modern software systems is to become more cost-effective, while being versatile, flexible, resilient, energy-efficient, customizable, and configurable when reacting to run-time changes that may occur within the system itself, its environment or requirements. One of the most promising approaches to achieving such properties is to equip the software system with self-adaptation capabilities. Despite recent advances in this area, one key aspect that remains to be tackled in depth is the provision of assurances.

Originating from a Dagstuhl seminar held in December 2013, this book constitutes the third volume in the series “Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems”, and looks specifically into the provision of assurances. Opening with an overview chapter on Research Challenges, the book presents 13 further chapters written and carefully reviewed by internationally leading researchers in the field. The book is divided into topical sections on research challenges, evaluation, integration and coordination, and reference architectures and platforms.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems: Research Challenges in the Provision of Assurances
Chapter 2. Perpetual Assurances for Self-Adaptive Systems
Chapter 3. Challenges in Composing and Decomposing Assurances for Self-Adaptive Systems
Chapter 4. What Can Control Theory Teach Us About Assurances in Self-Adaptive Software Systems?
Chapter 5. MCaaS: Model Checking in the Cloud for Assurances of Adaptive Systems
Chapter 6. Analyzing Self-Adaptation Via Model Checking of Stochastic Games
Chapter 7. An Approach for Isolated Testing of Self-Organization Algorithms
Chapter 8. Using Runtime Quantitative Verification to Provide Assurance Evidence for Self-Adaptive Software
Chapter 9. Contracts-Based Control Integration into Software Systems
Chapter 10. Synthesis of Distributed and Adaptable Coordinators to Enable Choreography Evolution
Chapter 11. Models for the Consistent Interaction of Adaptations in Self-Adaptive Systems
Chapter 12. Feedback Control as MAPE-K Loop in Autonomic Computing
Chapter 13. An Extended Description of MORPH: A Reference Architecture for Configuration and Behaviour Self-Adaptation
Chapter 14. MOSES: A Platform for Experimenting with QoS-Driven Self-Adaptation Policies for Service Oriented Systems