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Automated system administration with feedback regulation
Author(s) -
Burgess Mark
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(19981210)28:14<1519::aid-spe213>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - convergence (economics) , computer science , automation , administration (probate law) , state (computer science) , simple (philosophy) , control engineering , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , engineering , algorithm , economics , political science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , law , economic growth
The automation of system administration tasks requires a notion of convergence towards a stable state. Some simple models for such convergence with feedback, utilizing the system administration robot cfengine, are examined. Statistical analysis of computer systems can provide information which may be used to regulate the way in which they are used in the future without the need for excessive human intervention. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.