Selected Publications

• M. Galster, D. Weyns, D. Tofan, B. Michalik, and P. Avgeriou, Variability in Software Systems - A Systematic Literature Review, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), accepted (PDF)
• D. Weyns, U. Iftikhar and J. Söderlund, Do External Feedback Loops Improve the Design of Self-Adaptive Systems? A Controlled Experiment, Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2013 (PDF)
• R. Haesevoets, D. Weyns, T. Holvoet, Architecture-Centric Support for Adaptive Service Collaborations, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), accepted (draft)
• D. Weyns, B. Schmerl, V. Grassi, S. Malek, R. Mirandola, C. Prehofer, J. Wuttke, J. Andersson, H. Giese, and K. Goschka, On Patterns for Decentralized Control in Self-Adaptive Systems, Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems, SefSAS II, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 7475, Springer, (PDF)
• D. Weyns, S. Malek, J. Andersson, FORMS: Unifying Reference Model for Formal Specification of Distributed Self-Adaptive Systems, ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, TAAS, 7(1), 2012 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, U. Iftikhar, D. Gil de la Iglesia, T. Ahmad, A Survey of Formal Methods in Self-Adaptive Systems, Fifth International C* Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2012 (PDF)
• B. Michalik, D. Weyns, A. Helleboogh, N. Bouke, Supporting Online Updates of Software Product Lines: A Controlled Experiment, 5th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM 2011 (pdf).
• D. Weyns, B. Michalik, A. Helleboogh, N. Bouke, An Architectural Approach to Support Online Updates of Software Product Lines, 9th IEEE/IFIP Conferenc on Software Architecture, WICSA 2011 (pdf).
• D. Weyns, R. Haesevoets, A. Helleboogh, T. Holvoet, W. Joosen, The MACODO Middleware for Context-Driven Dynamic Agent Organzations, ACM Transaction on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 5(1), 2010. (PDF)
• D. Weyns, R. Haesevoets, A. Helleboogh, The MACODO Organization Model for Context-Driven Dynamic Agent Organzations, ACM Transaction on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 5(4), 2010 (PDF)
• D. Weyns and M. Georgeff, Self-Adaptation using Multiagent Systems, IEEE Software, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 86-91, Jan./Feb. 2010 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, S. Malek, J. Andersson, On Decentralized Self-Adaptation: Lessons from the Trenches and Challenges for the Future, Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2010 (PDF)
• P. Vromant, D. Weyns, S. Malek, J. Andersson, On Interacting Control Loops in Self-Adaptive Systems, Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, SEAMS 2011 (PDF)
• J. Andersson, R. de Lemos, S. Malek, D. Weyns, Reflecting on Self-Adaptive Software Systems, International ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-managing Systems, SEAMS 2009 (PDF)
• J. Andersson, R. de Lemos, S. Malek, and D. Weyns, Modeling Dimensions of Self-Adaptive Software Systems. Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems, (B. H. C. Cheng, R. de Lemos, H. Giese, P. Inverardi, and J. Magee, eds.) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5525, Springer 2009 (PDF)
• T. Holvoet, D. Weyns, P. Valckenaers, Patterns for Delegate Multiagent Systems, 3th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2009 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, H. Parunak, F. Michel, T. Holvoet, and J. Ferber, Environments for multiagent systems, state-of-the-art and research challenges, Environments for multi-agent systems, vol 3374, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2005 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, A. Omicini, and J. Odell, Environment as a first-class abstraction in multiagent systems, International Journal on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 14 (1), pp. 5-30, 2007 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, A. Helleboogh, T. Holvoet, M. Schumacher, The Agent Environment in Multi-Agent Systems: A Middleware Perspective, Special Issue on Engineering Agent Environments for Multiagent Systems, International Journal on Multiagent and Grid Systems, 5(1), 2009 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, N. Boucke, and T. Holvoet, A Field-Based Versus a Protocol-Based Approach for Adaptive Task Assignment, Journal on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 17(2), pp. 288-319, 2008 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, K. Schelfthout, T. Holvoet, and T. Lefever, Decentralized control of E'GV transportation systems, Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Industry Track, AAMAS 2005 (PDF)
• D. Weyns, T. Holvoet, K. Schelfthout, J. Wielemans, Decentralized Control of Automatic Guided Vehicles: Applying Multi-Agent Systems in Practice, ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications, Development Track OOPSLA 2008 (PDF)