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Software engineering for self-organizing systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2015

H. Van Dyke Parunak  and
Sven A. Brueckner
H. Van Dyke Parunak
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AxonConnected, 2322 Blue Stone Hills Drive, Suite 20, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 e-mail: [email protected]
Sven A. Brueckner
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AxonConnected, 2322 Blue Stone Hills Drive, Suite 20, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Self-organizing software systems are an increasingly attractive approach to highly distributed, decentralized, dynamic applications. In some domains (such as the Internet), the interaction of originally independent systems yields a self-organizing system de facto, and engineers must take these characteristics into account to manage them. This review surveys current work in this field and outlines its main themes, identifies challenges for future research, and addresses the continuity between software engineering in general and techniques appropriate for self-organizing systems.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 30 , Special Issue 4: Challenges in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering , September 2015 , pp. 419 - 434
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