GAP: A General Approach to Quantitative Diagnosis of Performance Problems

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-216

  Hellerstein, Joseph L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Model based diagnosis; Problem determination; Quantitative decision support

Indexed keywords

MODEL-BASED DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DECISION SUPPORT;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SERVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0346460081     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023771016257     Document Type: Article

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