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When to Adapt? Identification of Problem Domains for Adaptive Systems

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Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2008)

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Dynamically adaptive systems (DASs) change behaviour at run-time to operate in volatile environments. As we learn how best to design and build systems with greater autonomy, we must also consider when to do so. Thus far, DASs have tended to showcase the benefits of adaptation infrastructures with little understanding of what characterizes the problem domains that require run-time adaptation. This position paper posits that context-dependent variation in the acceptable trade-offs between non-functional requirements is a key indicator of problems that require dynamically adaptive solutions.

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  1. Computing Dept., Lancaster University, Infolab21, LA1 4WA, Lancaster, UK

    Kristopher Welsh & Pete Sawyer

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Welsh, K., Sawyer, P. (2008). When to Adapt? Identification of Problem Domains for Adaptive Systems. In: Paech, B., Rolland, C. (eds) Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality. REFSQ 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5025. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69062-7_19

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