Qualityaware approach for engineering selfadaptive software. Taming uncertainty in the assurance process of selfadaptive. In this paper, an approach for building an external adaptation engine for self adaptive. Software engineering selfadaptive systems seams 20 david garlan may20 san francisco, ca 2 a 10year perspective in 2002 alex wolf, jeff kramer and i organized the first acm sigsoft workshop on selfhealing systems woss02 charleston, south carolina at fse10 35 participants, 22 presentations 2days evolved into todays seams. The evaluation approaches for selfadaptive systems proposed so far in the scientific literature may be analyzed from various points of view. Jun 30, 2019 semantic standardization of data, software services and process in asynchronous and decentralized engineering novel engineering processes for smart and emergent service systems approaches for software platform support of smart service systems componentbased software engineering for self adaptive systems of cyberphysical systems. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems software. Software engineering for adaptive and selfmanaging systems. The goal of this paper on the provision of assurances for self adaptive systems. Assessing the benefits of searchbased approaches when. The workshop on software engineering for adaptive and selfmanaging systems seams is an academic conference for exchanging research results and experiences in the areas of autonomic computing, selfmanaging, selfhealing, selfoptimizing, selfconfiguring, and selfadaptive systems theory. An architecturebased approach to selfadaptive software.
Self adaptive software an architecturebased approach to self adaptive software peyman oreizy, michael m. The environment consists of all noncontrollable elements that determine the operating conditions of the system e. Software engineering processes for selfadaptive systems. The construction of adaptation logic for a system in this way is challenging for the following reasons. The objectives of this cluster includes i architectural styles and patterns for selfadaptive systems that employ automated experimentation to autonomously improve the performance of families of systems, and ii evidencebased engineering approaches that uniformly combine humandriven experimentation and automated experimentation. The paper is partitioned into four parts, one for each of the identified essential views of self adaptation. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems the imdea. A systematic survey on the design of selfadaptive software systems using control engineering approaches. The goal of this roadmap paper is to summarize the stateoftheart and to identify critical challenges for the systematic software engineering of selfadaptive systems. A modelbased approach to selfadaptive software gabor karsai and janos sztipanovits, institute for software integrated systems, vanderbilt university i ronically, the tremendous success of softwarebased solutions has gradually made their fundamental lureflexibilityless and less achievable. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems 5 processes should provide the basis for managing the continuous collection, analysis and synthesis of evidence that will form the core of the arguments that substantiate the provision of assurances. The objectives of this cluster includes i architectural styles and patterns for self adaptive systems that employ automated experimentation to autonomously improve the performance of families of systems, and ii evidencebased engineering approaches that uniformly combine humandriven experimentation and automated experimentation.
Ieee transactions on software engineering 1 a learningbased framework for engineering featureoriented selfadaptive software systems naeem esfahani, ahmed elkhodary, and sam malek, member, ieee abstract selfadaptive software systems are capable of adjusting their behavior at runtime to achieve certain functional or quality of service goals. The development of selfadaptive software requires the engineering of an adaptation engine that controls the underlying adaptable software by feedback loops. A requirements driven, machinelearning approach for addressing tactic volatility in selfadaptive systems by jeffrey palmerino has been examined and approved by the following examination committee. The objective of seams is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government, to investigate, discuss, examine and advance the fundamental principles, the. My research focuses on the implications of combining cyberphysical systems, selfadaptive systems, and searchbased software engineering. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems lecture notes in computer science programming and. Modeldriven software engineering of self adaptive systems charles university, 16. Graf 9 was proposed for engineering self adaptive software systems. Mapek formal templates to rigorously design behaviors for selfadaptive systems. We present an approach for engineering selfadaptive software systems that brings about two innovations.
Software engineering for selfadaptive systems lecture notes in computer science programming and software engineering lecture notes in computer science 5525 cheng, betty h. The workshop on software engineering for adaptive and self managing systems seams is an academic conference for exchanging research results and experiences in the areas of autonomic computing, self managing, self healing, self optimizing, self configuring, and self adaptive systems theory. Moreover, only recently have the first attempts been made to estab lish suitable software engineering approaches for the provision of selfadaptation. Self adaptivity allows software systems to autonomously adjust their behavior during runtime to reduce the cost complexities caused by manual maintenance. Also in nature plenty examples for positive and negative feedback can be found that help to regulate processes. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems ii pp 2 cite as. Even though control engineering 30,31 as well as feedback found in nature. Software engineering for self adaptive systems 5 processes should provide the basis for managing the continuous collection, analysis and synthesis of evidence that will form the core of the arguments that substantiate the provision of assurances.
Our approach for robustness evaluation of controllers in a selfadaptive software system considers the model depicted in figure 2. A 10year perspective on software engineering self adaptive. Antonio filieri, henry hoffmann, and martina maggio. Section 3 summarizes some major trends that we see in current practice. Al though control theory provides 60 years of experience and software the necessary flexibility to attain selfadaptability, the proper engineering and re alization. Assuming any selfadaptive system is composed of a managed system which implements the system s functionality and a managing system the controller, which implements the selfadaptive functionality, such as fig. This approach has a performance overhead because graf reproduces a new adaptable version of the managed system. Selfadaptivity allows software systems to autonomously adjust their behavior during runtime to reduce the cost complexities caused by manual maintenance. The baselevel subsystem provides the main functionality of the software i. The software engineering institute defines a software product line spl as a set of softwareintensive systems that share a common, managed set of features satisfying the specific needs of a particular market segment or mission and that are developed from a common set of core assets in a prescribed way. Designing software systems that have to deal with dynamic operating conditions, such as changing availability of resources and faults that are difficult to predict, is complex. The goal of this paper on the provision of assurances for selfadaptive systems. Exemplars software engineering for selfadaptive systems.
Software engineering for self adaptive cyberphysical systems cyberphysical systems have become ubiquitous, especially in such domains that are safetycritical in nature. Automated multiobjective control for selfadaptive software design. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems betty h. Selfadaptive software is a response to these demands. However, such approaches to change software do not meet the requirements. Planning helps the adaptive system to determine an appropriate course of action at run time that seeks to change the systems behavior in response to faults, changing environments and security threats. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems ss 2015.
The goal is to provide a repository of examples, challenge problems, and solutions that the software engineering for selfadaptive systems. The goal of this roadmap paper is to summarize the stateoftheart and to identify critical challenges for the systematic software engineering of self adaptive systems. Journal of software engineering research and development. A exemplar can be quite generic such as an artifact or rather specific such as a model problem in selfadaptive systems. Regarding the system itself, we distinguish two main subsystems. The software engineering institute defines a software product line spl as a set of software intensive systems that share a common, managed set of features satisfying the specific needs of a particular market segment or mission and that are developed from a common set of core assets in a prescribed way. The dynamic nature of changing and evolving requirements is an important aspect in these systems. Pdf qualityaware approach for engineering selfadaptive. Modeldriven software engineering of self adaptive systems nth graduate school, 28. The objective of seams is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government, to investigate, discuss, examine and advance the.
Software engineering for selfadaptive systems lecture notes. In this paper, an approach for building an external adaptation engine for selfadaptive software systems is proposed. This roadmap paper is a result of the dagstuhl seminar 08031 on software engineering for selfadaptive systems, which took place in january 2008. Selfadaptation is a promising approach to manage the complexity of modern software systems that are required to adapt themselves autonomously. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems pp 126 cite as. Modeldriven software engineering of selfadaptive systems nth graduate school, 28. The paper is partitioned into four parts, one for each of the identified. The communication between the managed system and graf framework is carried out via interfaces. The paper presents an approach for specifying and executing dynamically adaptive software systems that combines modeldriven and aspectoriented. Lncs 7475 software engineering for selfadaptive systems. Mar 24, 2015 patikirikorala, t, colman aw, han j, wang l 2012 a systematic survey on the design of selfadaptive software systems using control engineering approaches in. In order to improve the quality of selfadaptive software systems, this research addresses two challenges in selfadaptive software systems. Taylor, dennis heimbigner, gregory johnson, nenad medvidovic, alex quilici, david s. Esfahani et al a learningbased framework for engineering featureoriented selfadaptive software systems 3 tiple layers of abstraction i.
Approach to selfadaptive software peyman oreizy, michael m. Rather than providing a set of distinct approaches for engineering self adaptive systems that have been developed over time, the waves put complementary aspects of engineering self adaptive systems in focus that synergistically have contributed to the current body of knowledge in the eld. My research focuses on the implications of combining cyberphysical systems, self adaptive systems, and searchbased software engineering. Control theoretical techniques have been successfully adopted as methods for selfadaptive systems design to provide formal guarantees about the effectiveness and robustness of adaptation mechanisms. An approach to selfadaptive software based on supervisory control. The engine often describes the adaptation by runtime models representing the adaptable software and by activities such as analysis and planning that use these models. We present an approach for engineering self adaptive software systems that brings about two innovations. The 15th edition of the international symposium on software engineering for adaptive and selfmanaging systems will be colocated with icse 2020 and will be held in seoul, south korea on may 2526, 2020. Comparison of approaches for developing selfadaptive.
A exemplar can be quite generic such as an artifact or rather specific such as a model problem in self adaptive systems. Specifically, we intend to focus on development methods, techniques, and tools that we believe are required. Taylor, dennis heimbigner, gregory johnson, nenad medvidovic. My research has focused on the application of design patterns, components and modeldriven engineering techniques to develop self adaptive software for different application domains, such as, service robotics, middleware and data visualization. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems lecture notes in computer. Rather than providing a set of distinct approaches for engineering selfadaptive systems that have been developed over time, the waves put complementary aspects of engineering selfadaptive systems in focus that synergistically have contributed to the current body of knowledge in the eld. Software engineering aims for the systematic, principled design and deployment. This site contains a set of exemplars for self adaptive systems. Automated design of selfadaptive software with controltheoretical formal guarantees. A self adaptive software system is capable of modifying itself at runtime to achieve certain functional or qos goals.
The goal is to provide a repository of examples, challenge problems, and solutions that the software. Selfadaptive system an overview sciencedirect topics. Qualityaware approach for engineering self adaptive. The paper is partitioned into four parts, one for each of the identified essential views of selfadaptation. A learningbased framework for engineering featureoriented. Testing the robustness of controllers for selfadaptive. Software engineering for selfadaptive cyberphysical systems cyberphysical systems have become ubiquitous, especially in such domains that are safetycritical in nature. Modeldriven software engineering of selfadaptive systems charles university, 16. However, the computational effort to obtain guarantees poses severe constraints when it comes to dynamic adaptation. This site contains a set of exemplars for selfadaptive systems. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. These changes may stem from the software system s self internal causes, e. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems ii request pdf. In 36th international conference on software engineering icse14.
Although the selfadaptability of systems has been studied in a wide range of disciplines, from biology to robotics, only recently has the software engineering community recognised its key role in enabling the development of future software systems that are able to selfadapt to changes that may occur in the system, its requirements, or the environment in which it is deployed. Uncertainty in selfadaptive software systems 5 this model, the selfadaptive software system can be broken down into two parts. More than two decades of research have demonstrated an increasing need for software systems to be selfadaptive. Modeldriven engineering of selfadaptive software with. The 15th edition of the international symposium on software engineering for adaptive and self managing systems will be colocated with icse 2020 and will be held in seoul, south korea on may 2526, 2020. Planning is one of the fundamental design considerations when building a self adaptive software system. Qualityaware approach for engineering self adaptive software systems. Software engineering for selfadaptive systems lecture. Daniel krutz assistant professor, department of software engineering thesis committee chair dr. It was established in 2006 at the international conference on software. A selfadaptive software system is capable of modifying itself at runtime to achieve certain functional or qos goals. Uncertainty in self adaptive software systems 5 this model, the self adaptive software system can be broken down into two parts. Software engineering of selfadaptive systems springerlink.
A hybrid approach combining control theory and ai for. From 1 january 2019, journal of software engineering research and development will be published by the brazilian computer society. The development of self adaptive software requires the engineering of an adaptation engine that controls the underlying adaptable software by feedback loops. Qualityaware approach for engineering selfadaptive software systems.
Software engineering for selfadaptive systems acm digital library. Talks software engineering for selfadaptive systems. Self adaptive systems artifacts and model problems. Comparison of approaches for developing selfadaptive systems. In proceedings of the international workshop on selfadaptive software. Software engineering for self adaptive systems lecture notes in computer science programming and software engineering lecture notes in computer science 5525 cheng, betty h. A requirements driven, machinelearning approach for. The development of such systems has shown to be significantly more challenging than static and predictable software systems 2. Graf 9 was proposed for engineering selfadaptive software systems.
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