Self-adaptive software systems through exploratory changes

Abstract

Most of the research in self-adaptive software systems is concerned with self-adaptation as response to change in its environment, which threatens system’s efficiency and operation. But except for avoiding and resolving system disturbances, there could be another reason for self-adaptation-the reason for exploration. This paper applies the concept of exploratory change to self-adaptive software systems and proposes a new paradigm for self-adaptation named exploratory self-adaptation.