Andres J. Ramirez, David B. Knoester, Betty H.C. Cheng, and Philip K. McKinley. Applying Genetic Algorithms to Decision Making in Autonomic Computing Systems. To appear in the Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC 2009), Barcelona, Spain. June 2009. [Abstract, PDF, Bibtex].

David B. Knoester, Andres J. Ramirez, Philip K. McKinley, and Betty H.C. Cheng. Evolution of Robust Data Distribution Among Digital Organisms. To appear in the Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2009), Montreal, Canada. July 2009.

Andres J. Ramirez and Betty H.C. Cheng. Verifying and Analyzing Adaptive Logic Through UML State Models. In the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST 2008), Lillehammer, Norway. April 2008. [Abstract, PDF, Bibtex].

Andres J. Ramirez and Betty H.C. Cheng. Design Patterns for Monitoring Adaptive ULS Systems. In the Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Ultra-Large-Scale Software-Intensive Systems (ULSSIS 2008), Leipzig, Germany, May 2008. [Abstract, PDFNote: This paper shows preliminary results on our design pattern harvesting. The collection of harvested design patterns has changed since this preliminary work was published. For an updated collection of the adaptation design patterns, refer to my Master's Thesis., Bibtex].

Andres J. Ramirez. Design Patterns for Developing Dynamically Adaptive Systems. A Master's Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, August 2008. [Abstract, PDF, Bibtex].