Software Engineering for Collective Autonomic Systems
Software Engineering for Collective Autonomic Systems

Author: Martin Wirsing

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 3319163108

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A collective autonomic system consists of collaborating autonomic entities which are able to adapt at runtime, adjusting to the state of the environment and incorporating new knowledge into their behavior. These highly dynamic systems are also known as ensembles. To ensure correct behavior of ensembles it is necessary to support their development through appropriate methods and tools which can guarantee that an autonomic system lives up to its intended purpose; this includes respecting important constraints of the environment. This State-of-the-Art Survey addresses the engineering of such systems by presenting the methods, tools and theories developed within the ASCENS project. ASCENS was an integrated project funded in the period 2010-2015 by the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission as part of the Future Emerging Technologies Proactive Initiative (FET Proactive). The 17 contributions included in this book are organized in four parts corresponding to the research areas of the project and their concrete applications: (I) language and verification for self-awareness and self-expression, (II) modeling and theory of self-aware and adaptive systems, (III) engineering techniques for collective autonomic systems, and last but not least, (IV) challenges and feedback provided by the case studies of the project in the areas of swarm robotics, cloud computing and e-mobility.

Software Engineering for Collective Autonomic Systems
Software Engineering for Collective Autonomic Systems

Author: Martin Wirsing

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9783319163116

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A collective autonomic system consists of collaborating autonomic entities which are able to adapt at runtime, adjusting to the state of the environment and incorporating new knowledge into their behavior. These highly dynamic systems are also known as ensembles. To ensure correct behavior of ensembles it is necessary to support their development through appropriate methods and tools which can guarantee that an autonomic system lives up to its intended purpose; this includes respecting important constraints of the environment. This State-of-the-Art Survey addresses the engineering of such systems by presenting the methods, tools and theories developed within the ASCENS project. ASCENS was an integrated project funded in the period 2010-2015 by the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission as part of the Future Emerging Technologies Proactive Initiative (FET Proactive). The 17 contributions included in this book are organized in four parts corresponding to the research areas of the project and their concrete applications: (I) language and verification for self-awareness and self-expression, (II) modeling and theory of self-aware and adaptive systems, (III) engineering techniques for collective autonomic systems, and last but not least, (IV) challenges and feedback provided by the case studies of the project in the areas of swarm robotics, cloud computing and e-mobility.

Autonomic Computing
Autonomic Computing

Author: Philippe Lalanda

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1447150074

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This textbook provides a practical perspective on autonomic computing. Through the combined use of examples and hands-on projects, the book enables the reader to rapidly gain an understanding of the theories, models, design principles and challenges of this subject while building upon their current knowledge. Features: provides a structured and comprehensive introduction to autonomic computing with a software engineering perspective; supported by a downloadable learning environment and source code that allows students to develop, execute, and test autonomic applications at an associated website; presents the latest information on techniques implementing self-monitoring, self-knowledge, decision-making and self-adaptation; discusses the challenges to evaluating an autonomic system, aiding the reader in designing tests and metrics that can be used to compare systems; reviews the most relevant sources of inspiration for autonomic computing, with pointers towards more extensive specialty literature.

Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation: Engineering Principles
Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation: Engineering Principles

Author: Tiziana Margaria

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 3030614700

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The three-volume set LNCS 12476 - 12478 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, ISoLA 2020, which was planned to take place during October 20–30, 2020, on Rhodes, Greece. The event itself was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Each volume focusses on an individual topic with topical section headings within the volume: Part I, Verification Principles: Modularity and (De-)Composition in Verification; X-by-Construction: Correctness meets Probability; 30 Years of Statistical Model Checking; Verification and Validation of Concurrent and Distributed Systems. Part II, Engineering Principles: Automating Software Re-Engineering; Rigorous Engineering of Collective Adaptive Systems. Part III, Applications: Reliable Smart Contracts: State-of-the-art, Applications, Challenges and Future Directions; Automated Verification of Embedded Control Software; Formal methods for DIStributed COmputing in future RAILway systems.

Fundamentals of Software Engineering
Fundamentals of Software Engineering

Author: Hossein Hojjat

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-10-16

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 3030892476

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, FSEN 2021, held virtually and hosted by IPM in May 2021. The 12 full papers and 4 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The topics of interest in FSEN span over all aspects of formal methods, especially those related to advancing the application of formal methods in the software industry and promoting their integration with practical engineering techniques. The papers are organized in topical sections on coordination, logic, networks, parallel computation, and testing.

Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Distributed Systems
Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Distributed Systems

Author: Tiziana Margaria

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 3030034240

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The four-volume set LNCS 11244, 11245, 11246, and 11247 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2018, held in Limassol, Cyprus, in October/November 2018. The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Each volume focusses on an individual topic with topical section headings within the volume: Part I, Modeling: Towards a unified view of modeling and programming; X-by-construction, STRESS 2018. Part II, Verification: A broader view on verification: from static to runtime and back; evaluating tools for software verification; statistical model checking; RERS 2018; doctoral symposium. Part III, Distributed Systems: rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; verification and validation of distributed systems; and cyber-physical systems engineering. Part IV, Industrial Practice: runtime verification from the theory to the industry practice; formal methods in industrial practice - bridging the gap; reliable smart contracts: state-of-the-art, applications, challenges and future directions; and industrial day.

Software Engineering and Formal Methods
Software Engineering and Formal Methods

Author: Javier Camara

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-09-09

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 3030575063

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The volume LNCS 12226 constitutes the revised selected papers from the four workshops collocated with the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2019. The 13 full papers presented together with 7 short papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 45 submissions. They stem from the following workshops: CoSim-CPS 2019 – 3rd International Workshop on Formal Co-Simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems; ASYDE 2019 -- 1st International Workshop on Cognition: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Models and Applications; and FOCLASA 2019 -- 17th International Workshop on Foundations of Coordination Languages and Self-Adaptive Systems​.

Software Engineering and Formal Methods
Software Engineering and Formal Methods

Author: Radu Calinescu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-12-02

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 3030921247

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2021, held as a virtual event, in December 2021. The 22 full papers presented together with 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 submissions. Also included are 2 invited talks and an abstract of a keynote talk. The papers cover a large variety of topics, including testing, formal verification, program analysis, runtime verification, meta-programming and software development and evolution. Chapter 'Configuration Space Exploration for Digital Printing Systems' is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Software Technology
Software Technology

Author: Mike Hinchey

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-07-09

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1119174236

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A comprehensive collection of influential articles from one of IEEE Computer magazine’s most popular columns This book is a compendium of extended and revised publications that have appeared in the “Software Technologies” column of IEEE Computer magazine, which covers key topics in software engineering such as software development, software correctness and related techniques, cloud computing, self-managing software and self-aware systems. Emerging properties of software technology are also discussed in this book, which will help refine the developing framework for creating the next generation of software technologies and help readers predict future developments and challenges in the field. Software Technology provides guidance on the challenges of developing software today and points readers to where the best advances are being made. Filled with one insightful article after another, the book serves to inform the conversation about the next wave of software technology advances and applications. In addition, the book: Introduces the software landscape and challenges associated with emerging technologies Covers the life cycle of software products, including concepts, requirements, development, testing, verification, evolution, and security Contains rewritten and updated articles by leaders in the software industry Covers both theoretical and practical topics Informative and thought-provoking throughout, Software Technology is a valuable book for everyone in the software engineering community that will inspire as much as it will teach all who flip through its pages.

Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Adaptation and Learning
Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Adaptation and Learning

Author: Tiziana Margaria

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-19

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 3031197593

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This four-volume set LNCS 13701-13704 constitutes contributions of the associated events held at the 11th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, ISoLA 2022, which took place in Rhodes, Greece, in October/November 2022. The contributions in the four-volume set are organized according to the following topical sections: specify this - bridging gaps between program specification paradigms; x-by-construction meets runtime verification; verification and validation of concurrent and distributed heterogeneous systems; programming - what is next: the role of documentation; automated software re-engineering; DIME day; rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; formal methods meet machine learning; digital twin engineering; digital thread in smart manufacturing; formal methods for distributed computing in future railway systems; industrial day.