Self-tuning of software systems through goal-based feedback loop control

Proceedings of the 2010 18th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 104-107

  Peng, Xin ^a   Chen, Bihuan ^a   Yu, Yijun ^b   Zhao, Wenyun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control theory; Goal reasoning; Self tuning

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS VALUE; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; FEED-BACK LOOP; GOAL REASONING; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PREFERENCE-BASED; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; REASONING ALGORITHMS; RUNNING-IN; RUNTIMES; SELFTUNING; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL THEORY; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 78650329565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2010.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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