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Investigations of self-organizing mechanisms, often inspired by phenomena in natural or societal systems, have yielded a wealth of techniques for the self-adaptation of complex, large- and ultra-large-scale software systems. The principled design of self-adaptive software using principles of self-organization remains challenging. Several studies have approached this problem by proposing design patterns...
A service network with decentralized ownership is a system where nodes offering a variety of services are administered by different organizations -- or even by a set of individuals. In such a context, nodes hosting services can dynamically enter and exit the system without prior notice, and there is no centralized point of control. If one wants to build into such a system the ability to direct incoming...
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