Self-Regeneration

Self-Optimization is a Self-* Property. It is related to self-rejuvenation and means that a system is able to generate and regenerate itself, by refreshing and recreating of existing parts. The major drawback of systems with self-regeneration or self-rejuvenation is related to cancer: such a system can obviously generate a new system which destroys the old one, see Rejuvenation and Cancer.