Model-based Self-Adaptive Components: A preliminary approach

Due to the increasing scale, complexity, dynamicity and heterogeneity of modern software systems, it is not feasible to solely rely upon human management to guarantee a good service level with such availability demand. Self-managing systems are needed as an effective approach to deal with those issues by exploiting adaptive techniques to adjust a system. On top of that, model-based adaptation improves reliability, hence enhancing trust in self-managing systems. However, a centralised approach can be too complex to manage thus compromising system dependability. This paper presents a preliminary decentralised approach on model-based self-adaptive components.