More than a decade ago, the research topic models@ run. time was coined. Since then, the
research area has received increasing attention. Given the prolific results during these …

The fourth industrial revolution, termed Industry 4.0, offers a vital and valuable opportunity to
drive social and technological innovations. It has state-of-the-art cyber-physical systems and …

A self-adaptive software system modifies its behavior at runtime in response to changes
within the system or in its execution environment. The fulfillment of the system requirements …

System-of-Systems (SoS) have been considered the new trend of software systems for
several reasons, such as the advancement of computer technology and the increasing …

In recent years it has become more and more evident that openness and adaptivity are key
characteristics of next-generation distributed systems. The reason for this is not least due to …

Abstract Context: Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) has become an essential, multidisciplinary
research topic, aiming at providing software systems and services that assist people in their …

Open adaptive systems are the basis for a promising new generation of embedded systems
with huge economic potential. In many application domains, however, the systems are safety …

Context: Cyber–physical systems (CPS) are increasingly self-adaptive, ie they have the
ability to introspect and change their behavior. This self-adaptation process must be …

In recent years it has become more and more evident that openness and adaptivity are key
characteristics of next generation distributed systems. The reason for that is not least the …

Abstract In the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) domain, specific systems have been
developed and applied to enable people with specific needs, such as elderly or disabled …