MAPE-K Loop

Canonical reference architecture for self-adaptive software systems introduced in IBM's Autonomic Computing blueprint (2006). Four activities over a shared Knowledge base:

Monitor — observe the system and its environment via sensors.
Analyze — interpret monitoring data to detect adaptation needs.
Plan — choose adaptation actions.
Execute — enact the actions via actuators.
K — shared knowledge (goals, strategies, rules).

Adopted in sources/2025-elyasaf-self-modifying-abps as the conceptual model for adaptation (short-term, instance-level modification) in ABPSs. Evolution (long-term model-level change) sits outside the MAPE-K scope and instead draws on software-evolution methodology.

concepts/self-modification · concepts/abps-autonomy-levels · concepts/agent-process-observability (supplies Monitor/Analyze inputs)