Reactive, distributed and autonomic computing aspects of AS-TRM

The main objective of this research is a rigorous investigation of an architectural approach for developing and evolving reactive autonomic (self-managing) systems, and for continuous monitoring of their quality. In this paper, we draw upon our research experience and the experience of other autonomic computing researchers to discuss the main aspects of Autonomic Systems Timed Reactive Model (AS-TRM) architecture and demonstrate its reactive, distributed and autonomic computing nature. To our knowledge, ours is the first attempt to model reactive behavior in the autonomic systems.