We introduce a unified framework that interrelates three different types of policies that will be
used in autonomic computing system: action, goal, and utility function policies. Our policy …

The evolution of networks and Internet has introduced highly scalable and available
services making operational environments more complex. The increasing complexity, cost …

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

The high cost of operating large computing installations has motivated a broad interest in
reducing the need for human intervention by making systems self-managing. This paper …

Autonomic Computing is a promising new concept in system development. It aims to (i)
increase reliability by designing systems to be self-protecting and self-healing; and (ii) …

Getting multiple autonomic managers to work together towards a common goal is a
significant architectural and algorithmic challenge, as noted in the ICAC 2006 panel …

The proliferation of Internet technologies, services and devices, have made the current
networked system designs, and management tools incapable of designing reliable, secure …

Autonomic computing is emerging as a significant new approach for the design of computing
systems. Its goal is the production of systems that are self-managing, self-healing, self …

The behavior of a system results from the behaviors of its components, and from the
interactions and relationships among them. In order to create computing systems that …

Utility functions provide a natural and advantageous framework for achieving self-
optimization in distributed autonomic computing systems. We present a distributed …