Performance indicator evaluation for a cloud computing system from QoS viewpoint

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1605-1616

  Lin, Yi Kuei ^a   Chang, Ping Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cloud computing system (CCS); Interval estimation; Key performance indicator (KPI); Maintenance budget; Quality of service (QoS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872849544     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9613-z     Document Type: Article

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