Modern software applications are subject to uncertain operating conditions, such as
dynamics in the availability of services and variations of system goals. Consequently …

Cloud computing has been regarded as an emerging approach to provisioning resources
and managing applications. It provides attractive features, such as an on-demand model …

Self-adaptation is a first class concern for cloud applications, which should be able to
withstand diverse runtime changes. Variations are simultaneously happening both at the …

This chapter discusses the role of self-awareness for adaptation at the individual level, when
one single entity receives inputs both from itself or some of its components and from the …

The software engineering community has proposed numerous approaches for making
software self-adaptive. These approaches take inspiration from machine learning and …

Cloud computing is revolutionizing many ecosystems by providing organizations with
computing resources featuring easy deployment, connectivity, configuration, automation and …

Cloud infrastructures are highly favoured as a computing delivery model worldwide, creating
a strong societal dependence. It is therefore vital to enhance their resilience, providing …

Self-adaptive software systems monitor their operation and adapt when their requirements
fail due to unexpected phenomena in their environment. This paper examines the case …

The ubiquitous adoption of public clouds has resulted in the bloom of big data, Internet of
Things, and artificial intelligence (AI) and a great capacity for applications. However, the …

This paper considers service provider network design with a view of meeting application
availability. Our primary goal is to design a service provider network using disparate network …