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Organic Computing - A Generic Approach to
Controlled Self-organization in Adaptive Systems
Hartmut Schmeck
Institute AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kaiserstr. 89, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
hartmut.schmeck@kit.edu
Abstract.
Organic Computing is a recent paradigm for the design and man-
agement of complex technical systems, addressing the need for adaptive, self-
organising systems which are capable of dealing with changing requirements and
unanticipated situations in a robust and trustworthy way and which allow an ex-
ternal “observer” or “user” to interfere and influence the system whenever it does
not show acceptable behaviour by itself. Research in this area has been supported
by a priority program of the German Research Foundation
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. The talk will present
the generic observer/controller architecture of Organic Computing. An essential
concept of this architecture is the combined use of online and offline learning.
The application of these concepts will be described with respect to our research
on organic traffic control and on smart energy systems.
