An Operational Semantics for ASSL

This paper presents an operational semantics for ASSL (Autonomic System Specification Language). ASSL is a promising new formal language dedicated to the development of systems exploiting the benefits of autonomic computing, a highly-regarded technique in the development of self-managing complex systems which draws inspiration from the mammalian autonomic nervous system. The formal semantics definitions provide an explicit model of the ASSL formal language by attaching an explicit meaning to every ASSL construct.