# mRUBiS: An Exemplar for Model-Based Architectural Self-Healing and Self-Optimization

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00954 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.00954/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 3 Apr 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Approved Too Late: Verdict Staleness in LLM-Guarded Self-Adaptive Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.26306/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Self-adaptive software systems are often structured into an adaptation engine that manages an adaptable software by operating on a runtime model that represents the architecture of the software (model-based architectural self-adaptation). Despite the popularity of such approaches, existing exemplars provide application programming interfaces but no runtime model to develop adaptation engines. Consequently, there does not exist any exemplar that supports developing, evaluating, and comparing model-based self-adaptation off the shelf. Therefore, we present mRUBiS, an extensible exemplar for model-based architectural self-healing and self-optimization. mRUBiS simulates the adaptable software and therefore provides and maintains an architectural runtime model of the software, which can be directly used by adaptation engines to realize and perform self-adaptation. Particularly, mRUBiS supports injecting issues into the model, which should be handled by self-adaptation, and validating the model to assess the self-adaptation. Finally, mRUBiS allows developers to explore variants of adaptation engines (e.g., event-driven self-adaptation) and to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of the engines.