In complex, open, and heterogeneous environments, agents must be able to reorganize
towards the most appropriate organizations to adapt unpredictable environment changes …

The concept of smart manufacturing has attracted huge attention in the last years as an
answer to the increasing complexity, heterogeneity, and dynamism of manufacturing …

This paper aims to identify the differences and similarities in the way to explain self-
organization from the different theories of complex systems used in management, which we …

We study heterogeneity among nodes in self-organizing smart camera networks, which use
strategies based on social and economic knowledge to target communication activity …

Swarm intelligence leverages collective behaviours emerging from interaction and activity of
several “simple” agents to solve problems in various environments. One problem of interest …

The availability of robust and power-efficient robotic devices boosts their use in a wide range
of applications, most of them unfeasible in the recent past due to environmental restrictions …

Contexto: La complejidad creciente de las organizaciones empresariales, y del entorno en
el que actúan, ha llevado a que la corriente de pensamiento dominante para la …

Pervasive service ecosystems are a new paradigm for the design of context-aware systems
featuring adaptivity and self-awareness. A theoretical and practical framework has been …

This chapter aims to discuss the architectural aspects relevant to collectives of self-aware
computing systems. Here, collectives consist of several self-aware computing systems that …

The big data era brought us new data processing, data management challenges to face.
Existing state-of-the-art analytics tools come now close to handle ongoing challenges …