Automatic software fault diagnosis by exploiting application signatures

Proceedings of the 22nd Large Installation System Administration Conference, LISA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-39

  Ding, Xiaoning ^a   Huang, Hai ^b   Ruan, Yaoping ^b   Shaikh, Anees ^b   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS;

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; APPLICATION PROBLEMS; APPLICATION SIGNATURES; CONFIGURATION FILES; ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; SOFTWARE FAULT DIAGNOSIS; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 85094842693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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