An Optimised Runtime Reconfiguration of Component-Based Software Systems

Component-based software systems evolve during their life cycle in order to meet changing requirements or to improve quality properties. At the same time, maintaining continuous availability of services is an issue of increasing importance especially for business-critical systems. Runtime reconfiguration supports evolution of systems while maintaining availability of services they provide. This research abstract presents a new approach to runtime reconfiguration of component-based systems, which aims at maintaining full availability of the system and maximising service responsiveness during reconfiguration.