System and network security are vital parts of any autonomic computing solution. The ability
of a system to react consistently and correctly to situations ranging from benign but unusual …

Autonomic Computing Page 1 Daniel A. Menascé George Mason University Jeffrey O. Kephart
IBM Research Autonomic Computing In October 2001, Paul Horn, IBM’s senior vice president …

The increasing heterogeneity, dynamism and interconnectivity in software applications,
services and networks led to complex, unmanageable and insecure systems. Coping with …

Systems that install, heal, protect themselves and adapt to your needs-automatically Using
autonomic computing to reduce costs, improve services, and enhance agility Autonomic …

This report examines selected aspects of autonomic computing, explores some of its
strengths and weaknesses, and outlines some of the current research projects being …

The success of mainstream computing is largely due to the widespread availability of
general-purpose architectures and of generic approaches that can be used to solve real …

We describe an architectural approach to achieving the goals of autonomic computing. The
architecture that we outline describes interfaces and behavioral requirements for individual …

Autonomic personal computing is personal computing on autonomic computing platforms. Its
goals combine those of personal computing with those of autonomic computing. The …

The complexity of modern computer networks and systems, combined with the extremely
dynamic environments in which they operate, is beginning to outpace our ability to manage …

Autonomic computing is a grand-challenge vision of the future in which computing systems
will manage themselves in accordance with high-level objectives specified by humans. The …