%R 10.1007/978-3-662-45234-9_7 %N 8802 %B Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Technologies for Mastering Change. %D 2014 %L eprints2937 %X 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. %S Lecture Notes in Computer Science %A Martin Wirsing %A Rocco De Nicola %A Matthias H?lzl %I Springer %P 96-98 %T Introduction to ?Rigorous Engineering of Autonomic Ensembles?? Track Introduction