The use of optimal filters to track parameters of performance models

QEST 2005 - Proceedings Second International Conference on the Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 74-83

  Woodside, Murray ^a   Zheng, Tao ^a   Litoiu, Marin ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IBM TORONTO LAB   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic systems; Layered queuing; Model building; Parameter tracking performance modeling; Software performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUEUEING THEORY;

AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS; LAYERED QUEUING; MODEL BUILDING; PARAMETER TRACKING PERFORMANCE MODELING; SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847312914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QEST.2005.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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