The Unknown Unknowns are not Totally Unknown
| Title | The Unknown Unknowns are not Totally Unknown |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Garlan, David |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, Virtual |
| Date Published | 05/2021 |
| Conference Location | Virtual (Originally Sweden) |
| Keywords | 2021: July, CMU |
| Abstract | The question of whether “handling unanticipated changes is the ultimate challenge for self-adaptation” is impossible to evaluate without looking closely at what “unanticipated” means. In this position paper I try to bring a little clarity to this issue by arguing that the common distinction between “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns” is too crude: for most systems there are changes that are not directly handled by “first-order” adaptation, but can, with appropriate engineering, be addressed naturally through “second-order” adaptation. I explain what I mean by this and consider ways in which such systems might be engineered. |
| DOI | 10.1109/SEAMS51251.2021.00047 |
| Citation Key | node-81254 |
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