Heuristics considered harmful: Mathematical optimization for resource management in distributed systems

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-57

  Sirer, Emin Gün ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; CONSUMPTION; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIONAL STRAINTS;

BANDWIDTH; HEURISTIC METHODS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIMULATION;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645693377     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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