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Self-Configuring Socio-Technical Systems: Redesign at Runtime

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Self-Configuring Socio-Technical Systems: Redesign at Runtime
: Modern information systems are becoming more and more socio-technical systems, namely systems composed of human (social) agents and software (technical) systems operating together in a common environment. The structure of such systems has to evolve dynamically in response to the changes of the environment. When new requirements are introduced, when an actor leaves the system or when a new actor comes, the socio-technical structure needs to be redesigned and revised. In this paper, an approach to dynamic reconfiguration of a socio-technical system structure in response to internal or external changes is proposed. The approach is based on planning techniques for generating possible alternative configurations, and local strategies for their evaluation. The reconfiguration mechanism is presented, which makes the socio-technical system self-configuring, and the approach is discussed and analyzed on a simple case study.
Volha Bryl, Paolo Giorgini
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Type Journal
Year 2006
Where ITSSA
Authors Volha Bryl, Paolo Giorgini
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