@incollection{eprints2937, title = {Introduction to ?Rigorous Engineering of Autonomic Ensembles?? Track Introduction}, booktitle = {Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Technologies for Mastering Change.}, year = {2014}, author = {Martin Wirsing and Rocco De Nicola and Matthias H{\"o}lzl}, publisher = {Springer}, number = {8802}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, pages = {96--98}, url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2937/}, abstract = {Today?s software systems are becoming increasingly distributed and decentralized and have to adapt autonomously to dynamically changing, open-ended environments. Often their nodes partake in complex interactions with other nodes or with humans. We call these kinds of distributed, complex systems operating in openended and changing environments, ensembles.} }