@InProceedings{Garlan2004a,
      AUTHOR = {Garlan, David and Poladian, Vahe and Schmerl, Bradley and Sousa, Jo\~{a}o},
      TITLE = {Task-based Self-adaptation},
      YEAR = {2004},
      MONTH = {31 October - 1 November},
      BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT 2004 Workshop on Self-Managing Systems (WOSS'04)},
      ADDRESS = {Newport Beach, CA},
      PDF = {http://acme.able.cs.cmu.edu/pubs/uploads/pdf/woss04.pdf},
      ABSTRACT = {Recently there has been increasing interest in developing systems that can adapt dynamically to cope with changing environmental conditions and unexpected system errors. Most efforts for achieving self-adaptation have focused on the mechanisms for detecting opportunities for improvement and then taking appropriate action. However, such mechanisms beg the question: what is the system trying to achieve? In a given situation there may be many possible adaptations, and knowing which one to pick is a difficult question. In this paper we advocate the use of explicit representation of user task as a critical element in addressing this missing link.},
      KEYWORDS = {Autonomic Systems, Self-Repair}
}