What does control theory bring to systems research?

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Zhu, Xiaoyun ^a   Uysal, Mustafa ^a   Wang, Zhikui ^a   Singhal, Sharad ^a   Merchant, Arif ^a   Padala, Pradeep ^b   Shin, Kang ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; Dynamics; Model; Stability; Systems research

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTROL-THEORETIC APPROACH; DATA CENTERS; DYNAMICS MODELS; FEED-BACK LOOP; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; HP LABS; LESSONS LEARNED; OPERATING CONDITION; RESOURCE CONTROL; SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; UNPREDICTABLE CHANGES;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; RESEARCH; SYSTEM STABILITY; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 77952251601     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1496909.1496922     Document Type: Conference Paper

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