 Self-adaptive systemsAsimina Mertzani Chapter 107 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Energy Economics, 2025, pp 417-418 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: Self-adaptivity is the ability of a system to change its behaviour to adapt to the environment in which it is embedded. This ability is inherent in natural systems, such as ant colonies, but it can also exist in human-designed systems, usually taking the form of software. Self-adaptation can be achieved using either top-down or bottom-up approaches. The former refer to approaches in which a controller makes decisions on the adaptation policy, while the latter corresponds to approaches that use local interactions to coordinate, exchange information and agree on the collective policy. Over the years, there have been observed various trends in self-adaptive systems’ research, starting from more theoretical approaches and getting to more practical applications that focus on IoT and Infrastructure as a Service. Finally, researchers have recently proposed solutions that include humans in the loop of decision making in order to design transparent and efficient systems that can adapt to complex dynamic environments. Keywords: Adaptability; Decision-Making; Self-Awareness; Self-Improvement; Centralisation; Self-Organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:22238_107 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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