Exploring high-level Perspectives on Self-Configuration Capabilities of Systems

TL;DR

This paper investigates the concept of self-configuration across various technological domains, proposing higher-level theoretical frameworks like {}-units to unify understanding and facilitate comparison of self-configuring systems.

Contribution

It introduces a high-level conceptual framework, including {}-units, to connect and compare self-configuration approaches across different fields.

Findings

Proposes higher-level concepts for understanding self-configuration

Provides a theoretical framework to unify diverse approaches

Facilitates comparison of self-configuring systems across domains

Abstract

Optimization of product performance repetitively introduces the need to make products adaptive in a more general sense. This more general idea is often captured under the term 'self-configuration'. Despite the importance of such capability, research work on this feature appears isolated by technical domains. It is not easy to tell quickly whether the approaches chosen in different technological domains introduce new ideas or whether the differences just reflect domain idiosyncrasies. For the sake of easy identification of key differences between systems with self-configuring capabilities, I will explore higher level concepts for understanding self-configuration, such as the {\Omega}-units, in order to provide theoretical instruments for connecting different areas of technology and research.