Generic online optimization of multiple configuration parameters with application to a database server

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2867, Issue , 2003, Pages 3-15

  Diao, Yixin ^a   Eskesen, Frank ^a   Froehlich, Steven ^a   Hellerstein, Joseph L ^a   Spainhower, Lisa F ^b   Surendra, Maheswaran ^a  

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

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS;

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS; ONLINE OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION WORKLOADS; RULE-BASED COMPONENTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0242308121     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39671-0_2     Document Type: Article

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