Brazier,FrancesM.T. Kephart,JeffreyO. Parunak,H. VanDyke Huhns,MichaelN. Agents and Service-Oriented Computing for Autonomic Computing: A Research Agenda IEEE Internet Computing IEEE Computer Society 13 82-87 2009 Autonomic computing is the solution proposed to cope with the complexity of today’s computing environments. Self-management, an important element of autonomic computing, is also characteristic of single and multiagent systems, as well as systems based on service-oriented architectures. Combining these technologies can be profitable for all — in particular, for the development of autonomic computing systems.