1. A method for autonomic system management comprising: maintaining within an autonomic computing system component models for one or more components in the autonomic computing system that comprises a plurality of components, wherein at least one of the component models is obtained from a source external to the management server and all of the component models are accessible by a management server for the autonomic computing system; accessing at least one of the component models maintained in the autonomic computing system using the management server; computing an updated operational state for the autonomic computing system using the accessed component models, the updated operational state associated with improved autonomic computing system behavior in at least one measure of behavior over a current operational state of the autonomic computing system; and managing the autonomic computing system in accordance with the computed updated operational state.