On the role of the user in monitoring the environment in self-adaptive systems: A position paper

Jon Whittle; Will Simm; Maria Angela Ferrario

doi:10.1145/1808984.1808992

On the role of the user in monitoring the environment in self-adaptive systems: A position paper

Jon Whittle^*, Will Simm, Maria Angela Ferrario

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Abstract

Self-adaptive systems (SASs) have the ability to reconfigure their behavior to respond to changing external conditions. A key element of a SAS, therefore, is how to monitor the environment so that appropriate adaptations can be triggered. In complex systems, monitoring the environment in its entirety is either impossible or too expensive. As a result, some adaptations are not possible because there is no monitor in place to trigger them. This paper discusses the role of human input, given as speech or text, as a way to provide environmental information to a SAS. The idea is that, given the limitations of monitoring the environment in full, human commentary can potentially be used to build up a more complete picture of the operating context of a SAS. The paper describes existing technology that could be used to realize this idea and describes a number of scenarios where the idea could be useful.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010
Pages	69-74
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1808984.1808992
Publication status	Published - 02 May 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 02 May 2010 → 08 May 2010

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Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)	0270-5257

Conference

Conference	2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	02/05/2010 → 08/05/2010

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Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

requirements
self-adaptive systems
smart homes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software

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Whittle, J., Simm, W., & Ferrario, M. A. (2010). On the role of the user in monitoring the environment in self-adaptive systems: A position paper. In 2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010 (pp. 69-74). (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1145/1808984.1808992

Whittle, Jon ; Simm, Will ; Ferrario, Maria Angela. / On the role of the user in monitoring the environment in self-adaptive systems : A position paper. 2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010. 2010. pp. 69-74 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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Whittle, J, Simm, W & Ferrario, MA 2010, On the role of the user in monitoring the environment in self-adaptive systems: A position paper. in 2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 69-74, 2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, 02/05/2010. https://doi.org/10.1145/1808984.1808992

On the role of the user in monitoring the environment in self-adaptive systems: A position paper. / Whittle, Jon; Simm, Will; Ferrario, Maria Angela.
2010 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010, in Conjunction with the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2010. 2010. p. 69-74 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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