Criteria for the evaluation of self-* systems

Authors:
Elsy Kaddoum;Claudia Raibulet;Jean-Pierre Georgé;Gauthier Picard;Marie-Pierre Gleizes
Affiliations:
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse - France;Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan - Italy;University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse - France;SMA@G2I - Ecole nationale, Supérieure des Mines, Saint Etienne - France;University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse - France
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In the last years, the growing complexity of the current applications has led to the design of self-adapting systems presenting self-* properties. These systems are composed of several autonomous interactive entities. They behave autonomously and present enhanced characteristics allowing them to handle dynamics coming from exogenous and endogenous changes. In this paper, we propose a set of criteria for the description and evaluation of the adaptive properties of such systems. They aim to provide a concrete mechanism to analyze the quality of the design of adaptive systems, to evaluate the effect of self-* properties on the performances and to compare the adaptive features of different systems. The criteria are grouped into different categories: methodological, architectural, intrinsic, and runtime evaluation. They have been identified and specified by analyzing several case studies, which address self-adaptivity issues through different approaches with different objectives in various application contexts.