Self-Star Properties

'''Self-* properties''' refer to any properties or processes of a [[System|system]] which are caused and maintained by the system itself. They are an essential feature of living systems, and can be found in artificial systems as well: as an attempt to imitate and recreate the patterns and properties of natural [[Self-Organization|self-organizing systems]]. Self-* properties are useful for very [[Distributed System|distributed systems]], for example systems in [[Ubiquitous_Computing|ubiquitous computing]] or [[Pervasive Computing|pervasive computing]], or "megaservices", "megasystems" and giant-scale services with high [[Scalability|scalability]], i.e. Internet application on "planetary scale" with thousands of servers and millions of users.