Managing the configuration complexity of distributed applications in internet data centers

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-177

  Eilam, Tamar ^a   Kalantar, Michael H ^a   Konstantinou, Alexander V ^a   Pacifici, Giovanni ^a   Pershing Jr , John A ^a   Agrawal, Aditya ^b  

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

^b MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTER RESOURCES; INTERNET DATA CENTERS; MODEL TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIDDLEWARE;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33645352203     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2006.1607881     Document Type: Review

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