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 A Survey of Dynamic Adaptation TechniquesAbstractThe growing complexity of software systems as well as
changing conditions in the operating environment demand
systems that are more flexible and dependable. A possible
solution we envisage is the use of mechanisms for effecting
behavioural enhancements or changes in running systems.
This has been called Dynamic Adaptation (DA). This
implies exploring a number of challenges. Some questions
that have to be addressed relate to finding mechanisms for:
service detection, implementation of behavioural changes
during runtime, service interaction and service behaviour
modification. This paper introduces a survey of approaches
to dynamic adaptation in order to assess their capabilities.
We describe a framework for comparing approaches to (dynamic)
adaptation (DA) and evaluate selected approaches
to DA against this framework. Based on the comparison
framework we outline current trends in DA technologies.KeywordsSoftware Engineering, Dynamic Adaptation, Software and Systems Development, Run-time Systems To see the electronic version of the paper, pleaseClick Here
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