Guidelines for Artifacts to Support Industry-Relevant Research on Self-Adaptation

arXiv (Cornell University)

Abstract

Artifacts support evaluating new research results and help comparing them with the state of the art in a field of interest. Over the past years, several artifacts have been introduced to support research in the field of self-adaptive systems. While these artifacts have shown their value, it is not clear to what extent these artifacts support research on problems in self-adaptation that are relevant to industry. This paper provides a set of guidelines for artifacts that aim at supporting industry-relevant research on self-adaptation. The guidelines that are grounded on data obtained from a survey with practitioners were derived during working sessions at the 17th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems. Artifact providers can use the guidelines for aligning future artifacts with industry needs; they can also be used to evaluate the industrial relevance of existing artifacts. We also propose an artifact template.

Authors 17

1. Danny Weyns

   Linnaeus University · KU Leuven

   Affiliation as printed

   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ;

   Linnaeus University ;

2. Ilias Gerostathopoulos

   Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

   Affiliation as printed

   Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ;

3. Barbora Bühnová

   Masaryk University

   Affiliation as printed

   Masaryk University ;

4. Nicolás Cardozo

   Universidad de Los Andes

   Affiliation as printed

   Universidad de los Andes ;

5. Emilia Cioroaica

   Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering

   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer IESE ;

6. Ivana Dusparić

   Trinity College Dublin

   Affiliation as printed

   Trinity College Dublin ;

7. Lars Grunske

   Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

   Affiliation as printed

   Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ;

8. Pooyan Jamshidi

   University of South Carolina

   Affiliation as printed

   University of South Carolina ;

9. Christine Julien

   The University of Texas at Austin

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Texas Austin ;

10. Judith Michael Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

    Affiliation as printed

    RWTH Aachen University ;

11. Shiva Nejati

    University of Ottawa

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Ottawa ;

12. Patrizio Pelliccione

    Gran Sasso Science Institute

    Affiliation as printed

    Gran Sasso Science Institute ;

13. Federico Quin

    KU Leuven

    Affiliation as printed

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ;

14. Genaína Nunes Rodrigues

    Universidade de Brasília

    Affiliation as printed

    Universidade de Brasília ;

15. Bradley R. Schmerl

    Carnegie Mellon University

    Affiliation as printed

    Carnegie Mellon University ;

16. Marco Paulo Amorim Vieira

    University of Coimbra

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Coimbra ;

17. Rebekka Wohlrab

    Carnegie Mellon University

    Affiliation as printed

    Carnegie Mellon University ;