Driving resource management with application-level quality of service specifications

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-87

  Katchabaw, Michael J ^a   Lutfiyya, Hanan L ^a   Bauer, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; USER INTERFACES;

DYNAMIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033884581     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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