Towards a generic architecture and methodology for multi-goal, highly-distributed and dynamic autonomic systems

Frey, Sylvain and Diaconescu, Ada and Menga, David and Demeure, Isabelle (2013) Towards a generic architecture and methodology for multi-goal, highly-distributed and dynamic autonomic systems. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Self-aware Internet of Things (Self-IoT) track :. USENIX Association, pp. 201-212. ISBN 9781931971027

Abstract

Autonomic control is vital to the success of large-scale distributed and open IoT systems, which must simultaneously cater for the interests of several parties. However, developing and maintaining autonomic controllers is highly difficult and costly. To illustrate this problem, this paper considers a system that could be deployed in the future, integrating smart homes within a smart microgrid. The paper addresses this problem from a Software Engineering perspective, building on the authors’ experience with devising autonomic systems and including recent work on integration design patterns. The contribution focuses on a generic architecture for multi-goal, adaptable and open autonomic systems, exemplified via the development of a concrete autonomic application for the smart micro-grid. Our long-term goal is to progressively identify and develop reusable artefacts, such as paradigms, models and frameworks for helping the development of autonomic applications, which are vital for reaching the full potential of IoT systems.