Organized Adaption In Multi-agent Systems First International Workshop Oamas

Adaptation, For Purposes Of Self-healing, Self-protection, Self-management, Or Self-regulation, Is Currently Considered To Be One Of The Most Challenging Pr- Erties Of Distributed Systems That Operate In Dynamic, Unpredictable, And - Tentially Hostile Environments. Engineering For Adaptation Is Particularly C- Plicated When The Distributed System Itself Is Composed Of Autonomous Entities That, On One Hand, May Act Collaboratively And With Benevolence, And, On The Other,maybehavesel?shlywhilepursuingtheirowninterests.still,theseentities Have To Coordinate Themselves In Order To Adapt Appropriately To The Prevailing Environmental Conditions, And Furthermore, To Deliberate Upon Their Own And The Systems Con?guration, And To Be Transparent To Their Users Yet Consistent With Any Human Requirements. The Question, Therefore, Of How To Organize The Envisagedadaptationforsuchautonomousentitiesinasystematicway Becomes Of Paramount Importance.