Enabling autonomic behavior in systems software with hot swapping

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-76

  Appavoo, Jonathan ^a   Hui, Kevin ^b   Soules, Craig A N ^c   Wisniewski, Robert W ^d   Da Silva, Dilma M ^d   Krieger, Orran ^d   Auslander, Marc A ^d   Edelsohn, David J ^d   Gamsa, Ben ^e   Ganger, Greg R ^f   McKenney, Paul ^g   Ostrowski, Michal ^d   Rosenburg, Bryan ^d   Stumm, Michael ^a   Xenidis, Jimi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Kaieidescape Inc   (Canada)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Soma Networks   (Canada)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037232406     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.421.0060     Document Type: Article

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