Design Patterns and Primitives: Introduction of Components and Patterns for SACS

Abstract

When faced with the task of designing and implementing self-aware and self-expressive computing systems, researchers and practitioners need guidelines on how to use the concepts and foundations of self-awareness. This chapter provides such guidelines on how to design self-aware and self-expressive computing systems in a principled way.We have documented different levels of self-awareness and proposed architectural patterns. We have also discussed common architectural primitives and attributes for architecting self-aware and self-expressive systems. Drawing on the knowledge obtained from the previous investigations, we discuss how the proposed patterns and primitives can be used in real software system projects.