An adaptive policy-based framework for network services management

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-303

  Lymberopoulos, Leonidas ^a,b   Lupu, Emil ^a   Sloman, Morris ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Management of differentiated services; Policy adaptation; Policy Based Management; Service management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROUTERS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES; POLICY ADAPTATION; POLICY-BASED MANAGEMENT; SERVICE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0347720836     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025719407427     Document Type: Review

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