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Liu, Sha. "Software Configuration Management and Change Management." Thesis, Mälardalen University, Mälardalen University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-5726.
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<p> </p><p>Nowadays, as the use of computers is rapidly spreading to our life, software is getting more and more complex and large in computer systems. Therefore, the software configuration management (SCM) is playing an increasingly important role in the software development process. One of its significant activities is change management, which has an outstanding role in dealing with the continued and concurrent change requirements during the system development and use.</p><p>In this report, we describe some basic activities of SCM, overview some representative SCM CASE tools with emphasizing on change management and analyze a possibility of integration of SCM version management tool (e.g., Subversion) and error management tool (e.g., Bugzialla) in order to provide an integrated software configuration management and change management. Moreover, a set of exercises based on RCS are developed, which illustrate some SCM simple activities and their modification to facilitate version management and change management.</p><p> </p>
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Siu, Joao Baptista. "Network configuration management systems." Thesis, University of Macau, 2001. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1447841.
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McCrindle, Rachel Jane. "Inverse software configuration management." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5013/.
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Software systems are playing an increasingly important role in almost every aspect of today’s society such that they impact on our businesses, industry, leisure, health and safety. Many of these systems are extremely large and complex and depend upon the correct interaction of many hundreds or even thousands of heterogeneous components. Commensurate with this increased reliance on software is the need for high quality products that meet customer expectations, perform reliably and which can be cost-effectively and safely maintained. Techniques such as software configuration management have proved to be invaluable during the development process to ensure that this is the case. However, there are a very large number of legacy systems which were not developed under controlled conditions, but which still, need to be maintained due to the heavy investment incorporated within them. Such systems are characterised by extremely high program comprehension overheads and the probability that new errors will be introduced during the maintenance process often with serious consequences. To address the issues concerning maintenance of legacy systems this thesis has defined and developed a new process and associated maintenance model, Inverse Software Configuration Management (ISCM). This model centres on a layered approach to the program comprehension process through the definition of a number of software configuration abstractions. This information together with the set of rules for reclaiming the information is stored within an Extensible System Information Base (ESIB) via, die definition of a Programming-in-the- Environment (PITE) language, the Inverse Configuration Description Language (ICDL). In order to assist the application of the ISCM process across a wide range of software applications and system architectures, die PISCES (Proforma Identification Scheme for Configurations of Existing Systems) method has been developed as a series of defined procedures and guidelines. To underpin the method and to offer a user-friendly interface to the process a series of templates, the Proforma Increasing Complexity Series (PICS) has been developed. To enable the useful employment of these techniques on large-scale systems, the subject of automation has been addressed through the development of a flexible meta-CASE environment, the PISCES M4 (MultiMedia Maintenance Manager) system. Of particular interest within this environment is the provision of a multimedia user interface (MUI) to die maintenance process. As a means of evaluating the PISCES method and to provide feedback into die ISCM process a number of practical applications have been modelled. In summary, this research has considered a number of concepts some of which are innovative in themselves, others of which are used in an innovative manner. In combination these concepts may be considered to considerably advance the knowledge and understanding of die comprehension process during the maintenance of legacy software systems. A number of publications have already resulted from the research and several more are in preparation. Additionally a number of areas for further study have been identified some of which are already underway as funded research and development projects.
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Šipka, Ladislav. "Implementace procesu Configuration management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-75832.
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The aim of this Thesis is to describe the practical implementation of process management in terms of Configuration Management process and subsequent implementation support tool, configuration and management database, focusing on describing and identifying particular steps needed for the definition and implementation process and the subsequent selection and implementation support tools. As an initial base of this Thesis I have used the practical experience of projects focusing on the definition and implementation of process management and subsequent implementation support tools, in which I acted in the role of the Configuration Manager. It means I assisted at course of entire projects. The Thesis focuses mainly on my run and defined Configuration Management process and describes the process and importance of various activities leading to the successful establishment of a process into practice, including identified problems and some of their solutions. The result of this Thesis should approach introducing one of the process of family ITIL v. 2 to practice and subsequent leading to the selection and implementation of the configuration and management database, as a major output of this process.
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Ali, Usman. "Configuration management process maturity : definition and maturation of configuration management for aerospace and defence industries." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/configuration-management-process-maturity-definition-and-maturation-of-configuration-management-for-aerospace-and-defence-industries(63343e6b-9f51-4492-b934-00394ef2720c).html.
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This research focuses on the effective implementation and continuous improvement methodologies for Configuration Management practices within aerospace and defence industries. The research is conducted mainly to develop a Configuration Management Maturity Model which is based on Critical Success Factors and Barriers to Configuration Management implementation. The motives behind this research were the lack of understanding and problems in the implementation of high-grade Configuration Management systems as highlighted by other researchers. The research is conducted in three phases through interviews and questionnaire surveys with experienced Configuration Management professionals working in aerospace and defence industries. The first part of this research identifies, prioritizes, and categorizes the Critical Success Factors for Configuration Management and devises a Configuration Management Activity Model to help practationers in the effective implementation and continuous improvement of the process. The second part of the research sets out to identify and prioritize the obstacles to effective implementation of Configuration Management practices, categorized these obstacles into more manageable groups of factors, and analysed the effects of multiple factors on identification and rating of these barriers. Both studies were conducted through mixed method research with in-depth interviews followed by questionnaire surveys. The governance aspect of the process is also investigated to a great deal in the second part through interviews to conclude on process governance in various setups. The third part of this research is related to the development of a Configuration Management Maturity Model. It is important to note that other maturity models on the topic are generic in nature and emphasis on ‘what’ to implement instead of ‘how’ to implement which has left a gap of uncertainty that forced us to devise a suitable framework. The Configuration Management Maturity Model is an assessment tool which not only provides benchmark information but also helps to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the process. This maturity framework is unique in its presentation and unlike previous maturity models, is based on current Configuration Management practices, Critical Success Factors, and Barriers to Configuration Management implementation. This maturity model will help organizations to assess their current level of maturity, identify rational targets for improvements, and will help in providing action plans for enhancing their configuration management process capability. Like the previous two studies, this part of the research is conducted through semi-structured interviews followed by questionniare surveys.
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Jensen, Per. "Software Configuration Management i labbmiljö." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-930.
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<p>I nästan varje större organisation som arbetar med mjukvaruutveckling är ett "Software Configuration Management" (SCM) system ett måste. Anledningen till detta är att under utvecklingsfasen förändras mjukvarukoden ofta. Detta leder till att det är svårt att exempelvis spåra ändringar som gjorts tidigare i koden. Om organisationen inte har ett SCM-system blir situationen lätt kaotisk.</p><p>Att välja ett SCM-verktyg är inte enkelt. Det finns en uppsjö av verktyg på marknaden och varje leverantör erbjuder sina lösningar på problemen. Orsaken till detta är att det inte finns en standard som ett SCM-system måste följa. Det är helt och hållet upp till leverantören vad som ska ingå i systemet och hur det ska fungera. Detta gör det svårt för de organisationer som planerar att köpa in eller har köpt in ett SCM-system för att få den önskade funktionaliteten. Organisationen får helt enkelt anpassa sig efter verktyget.</p><p>Denna rapport kommer att fokusera på hur det är möjligt att få önskad funktionalitet eller kunna göra förbättringar mot ett befintligt SCM-system genom design av ett fristående verktyg som arbetar mot det i organisationen befintliga SCM-systemet.</p>
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Kristensson, Johan. "Optimization of Configuration Management Processes." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-188784.
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Configuration management is a process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, as well as functional and physical attributes with regards to requirements, design and operational information throughout its lifecycle. The way configuration management is implemented in a project has a huge impact on the project’s chance of success. Configuration management is, however, notoriously difficult to implement in a good way, i.e. in such a way that it increases performance and decrease the risk of projects. What works well in one field may be difficult to implement or will not work in another. The aim of this thesis is to present a process for optimizing configuration management processes, using a telecom company as a case study. The telecom company is undergoing a major overhaul of their customer relationship management system, and they have serious issues with quality of the software that is produced and meeting deadlines, and therefore wants to optimize its existing CM processes in order to help with these problems. Data collected in preparation for the optimization revealed that configuration management tools were not used properly, tasks that could be automated were done manually, and existing processes were not built on sound configuration management principles. The recommended optimization strategy would have been to fully implement a version handling tool, and change the processes to take better advantage of a properly implemented version handling tool. This was deemed too big a change though, so instead a series of smaller changes with less impact were implemented, with the aim of improving quality control to minimize the number of bugs that reached production. The majority of the changes had the purpose of replicating the most basic functions of a version handling tool, as well as automating manual tasks that were error prone.<br>Configuration management är en process för att etablera och bevara konsistensen hos en produkts prestanda, så väl som funktionella och fysiska attribut med avseende på krav, design och driftinformation genom dess livscykel. Hur konfigurationshantering implementeras i ett projekt har en avsevärd betydelse för huruvida projektet kommer att lyckas eller ej. Configuration management är dock ökänt för att vara svårt att implementera på ett bra sätt, d.v.s. så att det ökar prestandan och minskar risken i projekt. Det som fungerar bra inom en bransch kan vara svårt att implementera eller fungerar inte i en annan. Målet med denna studie är presentera en process for optimering av konfigurationshanteringsprocesser där ett telekomföretag använts som en fallstudie. Telekomföretaget genomgår en stor upprusting av sitt kund-system. Företaget har stora problem med kvalitén på den mjukvara de tar fram och att möta levaranstidpunkter, och vill därför förbättra sina processer för att komma till rätta med dessa problem. Data som samlades in inför optimeringen visar att CM-verktyg ej användes på korrekt vis, arbetsuppgifter som kunde automatiserats gjordes manuellt, och existerande processer byggde ej på best practices inom CM. De rekommenderade optimeringsstrategin var att implementera och använda ett versionhanteringssystem, och ändra processerna för att dra nytta av fördelarna med ett korrekt implementerat versionshanteringssystem. Detta ansågs dock vara en allt för stor förändring, så istället genomfördes ett antal mindre ändringar med mindre påverkan, med målet att förbättra kvalitetskontrollerna och minimera antalet fel som nådde produktion. Majoriteten av ändringarna hade syftet att replikera de mest grundläggande funktionaliteten hos ett versionhanteringsverktyg, så väl som att automatisera felbenägna manuella rutiner.
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Bayraktar, Gamze. "Representing Component Variability In Configuration Management." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614670/index.pdf.
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Reusability of assets within a family of products is the major goal of Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE), therefore managing variability is an important task in SPLs. Configuration management in the context of software product line engineering is more complicated
than that in single systems engineering due to &rdquo<br>variability in space&rdquo<br>in addition to &rdquo<br>variability in time&rdquo<br>of core assets. In this study, a method for documenting variability in executable configuration items, namely components, is proposed by associating them with the Orthogonal
Variability Model (OVM) which introduces variability as a separate model. The main aim is to trace variability in dierent configurations by explicitly documenting variability information for components. The links between OVM elements and components facilitate tool support for product derivation as the components matching the selected variations can be gathered by following the links. The proposed scheme is demonstrated on a case study about a radar GUI variability model.
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Kandemir, Fatma Gulsah. "A Dynamic Software Configuration Management System." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614725/index.pdf.
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Each software project requires a specialized management to handle software development activities throughout the project life cycle successfully and efficiently. Software governance structures provide easy and efficient ways to handle software development activities. Software configuration management is an important software development activity, and while selecting the right strategy in configuration management, its conformity to the software governance should be considered as well. Software configuration management patterns are aligned with the software governance structures to increase the success in development and management of the projects. Companies running large and inter-dependent projects, should adapt their
governance structures to the changing characteristics and dependencies of projects. In this thesis, we propose a method to dynamically manage software configuration management, as a result of the changing specifications in the software governance representation.
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Fossa, Halldor. "Interactive configuration management for distributed systems." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265615.
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White, P. Scott. "Commercial technology for aviation configuration management." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8101.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>This thesis examines the current policy and procedures used to manage naval aviation configuration control. It recommends that the Navy consult with SABRE Decision Technologies, or a company with a similar background, to re- engineer the process for approving configuration changes and create an information technology system to manage the process. During this study, I have identified two major challenges to naval aviation configuration policy. They are: (1) the process used to review and approve Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) is too complex and has too many stakeholders and (2) the current method for management of approved configuration changes is man-hour intensive, has potential for administrative error, and requires physical inspection to positively verify aircraft and equipment configurations. Finally, this study presents the theory that there are many common requirements between naval aviation maintenance and commercial airline maintenance. We should take advantage of the experience and technological innovations of industry and use them to make our configuration policy, and our entire maintenance effort, more effective for the users in the fleet
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Ravanbod, Mehrdad. "Configuration management system för Moderna Museet." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-170073.
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Allan, George William. "A framework to extend configuration management." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271382.
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Lee, Chi-yeung. "A visual approach to configuration management." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241728.
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Keltsch, Jan-Niklas. "Technology management tools : configuration in context." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610558.
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Vallamsetla, Karthik. "Configuration management using Expect (TCL/TK)." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1606701.
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<p> There are a wide variety of software packages to handle large scale configuration management. Besides the requirement of licensing, one common downside among them is that one has to alter the present working environment to make room for this new tool, which could be considered an overkill for performing administrative tasks.</p><p> The purpose of this thesis is to propose an inexpensive and efficient solution using simpler tools to manage system configurations on large scale servers. The tools provide means to perform administrative tasks involving environment setup, middleware installation, data collection, and transaction logging.</p>
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Hamilton, John, Ronald Fernandes, Paul Koola, and Charles H. Jones. "IHAL-BASED INSTRUMENTATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/604546.
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ITC/USA 2007 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Third Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 22-25, 2007 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada<br>The Instrumentation Hardware Abstraction Language (IHAL) has been developed to be a neutral language that is focused on the description and control of instrumentation systems and networks. This paper describes the various instrumentation configuration management tools we have designed that make use of IHAL’s neutral specification of instrumentation networks. We discuss the features currently present in prototypes as well as future enhancements.
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Zlámal, Petr. "Management konfigurace." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-228197.
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This diploma thesis is engaged in identification of configuration object, identification of configuration items and design of configuration management system, which results from ČOS 051605 to ČOS 051611 and was modified according to requirement of Exerion Precision Technology Olomouc, s.r.o., division „Výroba monodílů a podskupin, Olomouc“, Železniční 6, 779 00 Olomouc, Česká republika, focused on configuration management activity „Configuration Identification“ and „Configuration Control – Engineering Changes, Deviations and Waivers“.
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Sadownick, Ronald 1960. "Helicopter configuration optimization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82683.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, February 2001.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 102).<br>by Ronald Sadownick.<br>S.M.
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Kim, Min Young. "Configuration and management of wireless sensor networks. /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Dec%5FKim%5FMin.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Gurminder Singh, Arijit Das. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129). Also available online.
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Li, Yanrong. "Network configuration management in heterogeneous ATM environments." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0022/MQ27019.pdf.
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Hanumantha, Rao Karthik. "Dynamic configuration management using mobile intelligent agents." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/2430.
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With the increasing complexity of Aircraft Data Network the need for configuration
management has become a necessity as the tolerance level is absolutely minimal. It is also
known that most of the network faults are due to invalid configurations on the network devices.
As fault detection plays a vital role in detecting invalid configurations, configuration
management forms its basis.
The aim of network configuration management is to supervise the network information so
that the changes on networks can be tracked and managed. Also the topology of network can be
better understood with each device’s configured parameters (interface settings, routing protocols
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With the existing web based framework for Aircraft Data Network, we could use it for
configuration management by adding a few more modules. The reason for using web based is
that it can be controlled remotely and its ease of use. And also our web based architecture uses
secure protocols and a centralized database. Mobile agents are used to carry the necessary data to
configure the nodes in the network. The suggested framework would reduce the complexity of
network configuration as well as improve the performance with reduced network time-delays and
information bottlenecks.<br>Thesis (M.S.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Shakeri, Mojdeh. "Variant configuration and management : challenges and opportunities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118520.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2018.<br>Page 72 blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71).<br>The goal of this thesis is to understand the complexity of configuring and managing variants in Simulink, a model-based design tool that is used in different industries such as automotive, aerospace, and healthcare; and to simplify it by analyzing its capabilities and proposing different solutions using different modeling, workflow and visualization techniques. Models play a major role in system engineering. Model-based development methods have gained widespread adoption in the past two decades. Simulink has been used by thousands of engineers around the world to design and simulate engineering systems. Any improvement in Simulink directly simplifies engineers' workflows and enables them to achieve their tasks more efficiently and effectively. I have studied variability concepts and use cases of configurators in different domains such as (1) personal customization of products (mass customization), (2) choice navigation in retail, and (3) software and model-based design tools. This has enabled me to understand complexities of configurators in different domains, and learn how some of the complexities have been addressed or managed. I conclude that the variant support in Simulink lacks some capabilities to fully support variability for large real-world applications in industry. To improve Simulink variant configuration and management, I propose solutions based on "feature modeling" and "interactive configurator" concepts. Use of "Binary Decision Diagrams" is recommended to achieve higher runtime performance when using interactive configurators for large modular systems and large teams. Also, I propose different visualization techniques to enable model designers to understand variant relationships in the model, check whether they have modeled the variants properly, and help them to further modularize their systems.<br>by Mojdeh Shakeri.<br>S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Kim, Min Y. "Configuration and management of wireless sensor networks." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1763.
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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are expected to play an essential role in the upcoming age of pervasive computing. As a new research area, there are several open problems that need to be investigated. One such problem is configuration and management of WSNs. To deploy sensors efficiently in a wide area, we need to consider coverage, purpose and geographic situation. By considering these elements, we can make general deployment strategies. Another issue is management of various sensors in wide area. To handle these issues, we need approaches from different view, management levels, WSN functionalities, and management functional areas. In this thesis, I describe some of the key configuration and management problems in WSNs. Then, I present a newly developed application to address these problems.
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Jacob, Aju. "Distributed configuration management for reconfigurable cluster computing." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0007181.
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Rahikkala, Tua. "Towards virtual software configuration management : a case study /." Espoo [Finland] : Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2000. http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/publications/2000/P409.pdf.
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Dougherty, Paul Xavier. "Controlled exchange of configuration management data by industry." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA324535.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1996.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Jane N. Feitler, William J. Haga. "December 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80). Also available online.
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Larsson, Magnus. "Applying configuration management techniques to component-based systems." Licentiate thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för datorteknik, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-226517.
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Building software from components, rather than writing the code from scratch has several advantages, including reduced time to market and more efficient resource usage. However, component-based development without consideration of all the risks and limitations involved may give unpredictable results, such as the failure of a system when a component is used in an environment for which it was not originally designed. One of the basic problems when developing component-based systems is that it is difficult to keep track of components and their interrelationships. This is particularly problematic when upgrading components. One way to maintain control over upgrades is to use component identification and dependency analysis. These are well known techniques for managing system configurations during development, but are rarely applied in managing run-time dependencies. The main contribution of this thesis is to show how Configuration Management (CM) principles and methods can be applied to component-based systems. This thesis presents a method for analysing dependencies between components. The method predicts the influence of a component update by identifying the components in a system and constructing a graph describing their dependencies. Knowledge of the possible influences of an update is important, since it can be used to limit the scope of testing and be a basis for evaluating the potential damage of the update. The dependency graphs can also be used to facilitate maintenance by identifying differences between configurations, e.g., making it possible to recognise any deviations from a functioning reference configuration. For evaluation of the method, a prototype tool which explores dependencies and stores them under version control has been developed. The prototype has been used for partial analysis of the Windows 2000 platform, for which it has been important to remain aware of dynamic dependencies. Preliminary experiments indicate that most components have only a few dependencies. The method has thus given an indication that the analysis of the effects of component updates may not be as difficult as might be expected.
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Schroeter, Julia. "Feature-based configuration management of reconfigurable cloud applications." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-141415.
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A recent trend in software industry is to provide enterprise applications in the cloud that are accessible everywhere and on any device. As the market is highly competitive, customer orientation plays an important role. Companies therefore start providing applications as a service, which are directly configurable by customers in an online self-service portal. However, customer configurations are usually deployed in separated application instances. Thus, each instance is provisioned manually and must be maintained separately. Due to the induced redundancy in software and hardware components, resources are not optimally utilized. A multi-tenant aware application architecture eliminates redundancy, as a single application instance serves multiple customers renting the application. The combination of a configuration self-service portal with a multi-tenant aware application architecture allows serving customers just-in-time by automating the deployment process. Furthermore, self-service portals improve application scalability in terms of functionality, as customers can adapt application configurations on themselves according to their changing demands. However, the configurability of current multi-tenant aware applications is rather limited. Solutions implementing variability are mainly developed for a single business case and cannot be directly transferred to other application scenarios.
The goal of this thesis is to provide a generic framework for handling application variability, automating configuration and reconfiguration processes essential for self-service portals, while exploiting the advantages of multi-tenancy. A promising solution to achieve this goal is the application of software product line methods. In software product line research, feature models are in wide use to express variability of software intense systems on an abstract level, as features are a common notion in software engineering and prominent in matching customer requirements against product functionality.
This thesis introduces a framework for feature-based configuration management of reconfigurable cloud applications. The contribution is three-fold. First, a development strategy for flexible multi-tenant aware applications is proposed, capable of integrating customer configurations at application runtime. Second, a generic method for defining concern-specific configuration perspectives is contributed. Perspectives can be tailored for certain application scopes and facilitate the handling of numerous configuration options. Third, a novel method is proposed to model and automate structured configuration processes that adapt to varying stakeholders and reduce configuration redundancies. Therefore, configuration processes are modeled as workflows and adapted by applying rewrite rules triggered by stakeholder events. The applicability of the proposed concepts is evaluated in different case studies in the industrial and academic context.
Summarizing, the introduced framework for feature-based configuration management is a foundation for automating configuration and reconfiguration processes of multi-tenant aware cloud applications, while enabling application scalability in terms of functionality.
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Doshi, Abhay. "Fault/configuration management for wireless ad-hoc network." FIU Digital Commons, 2002. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3081.
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An ad hoc network is maintained by the combined efforts of all the mobile nodes themselves, who often operate under severe constraints, such as limited battery power, variable link quality, and limited storage capacity. As a result, there is a growing need for enhanced fault and configuration management solutions to help in tracking problems as well as solving them.
Viable network architecture for a wireless ad-hoc environment, which takes advantages of both hierarchical and distributed architectures, has been investigated. A complete design solution is proposed which makes ad-hoc environments less susceptible to faults. Results shows that by applying the proposed power saving technique, network load due to control traffic may be significantly reduced. Based on other gathered statistics, we can set the optimal value of maximum number of nodes allowed in a cluster for efficient performance to be 35 for a specific scenario.
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Gross, Michael E. "Configuration management evaluation guidance for high robustness systems." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FGross.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Cynthia Irvine, Tim Levin. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66). Also available online.
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Lugo, Victor M. "Secure configuration tool suite initiative DOD's SCTS initiative /." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/VLugo2006.pdf.
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Song, Jiwen. "Organizational control mechanisms and employee outcomes : processes and configuration /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?MGTO%202005%20SONG.
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Supadulchai, Paramai. "Reasoning-based Capability Configuration Management in Adaptable Service Systems." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Telematics, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-2162.
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<p>Networked Service Systems are considered. Services are realized by service components, which by their inter-working, provide a service in the role of a service provider to service users. During more than two decades, networked service systems have been an important research topic. Focus was on efficiency in the definition, deployment and execution of services. This focus now has been changed into adaptability.</p><p>Adaptable service systems are service systems that are able to adapt dynamically to changes in time and position related to users, nodes, capabilities, system performance, changed service requirements and policies.</p><p>This thesis has focus on adaptability aspects related to capabilities. A capability is defined here as an inherent property of a node, which is used as a basis for implementing a service.</p><p>Goal adaptability properties of an adaptable service system can be classified as general and core properties. The general properties are requirement to the architectural framework while the core properties are requirement to the functionality. The core properties are classified as i) re-arrangement flexibility, ii) failure robustness and iii) resource load awareness and control properties.</p><p>The realization of the goal adaptability properties both needs an appropriate architectural framework as well as management functionality. This thesis presents a solution framework for reasoning-based capability configuration management for adaptable service systems. This framework is defined to consist of five contributions. Each contribution consists of sub-contributions; each of which represents contributed concept, model or mechanism. The contributions are:</p><p>• C1: Capability-based computing architecture</p><p>• C2: Policy-based reasoning</p><p>• C3: Capability configuration management</p><p>• C4: Concept model and data representation</p><p>• C5: Scenarios - experimentation and simulation</p><p>Capability-based computing architecture is a capability and QoS-based architectural framework intended to be used for the specification and execution of any service functionality. Policy-based reasoning is a support functionality that makes adaptable service systems being able to take decisions based on flexible and expressive behavioral specification. Capability configuration management is a functionality related to capability specifications, configuration, allocation, re-allocation and optimization. Concept model and data representation is the data model applied for the formalization and representation of the concepts applied for the capability configuration management based on policy-based reasoning. Scenarios – experimentation and simulation shows the experiments and simulations that have been conducted for validating the other contributions.</p><p>My PhD work and thesis is related to TAPAS (Telematics Architecture for Play-based Adaptable Service Systems). This thesis is structured into two main parts: Part I – Introduction and Part II – Selected publications. Part I is intended for the reader to get an overview of the publications included in Part II.</p>
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Luo, Xi. "Feature-based Configuration Management of Applications in the Cloud." Master's thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-116674.
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The complex business applications are increasingly offered as services over the Internet, so-called software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. The SAP Netweaver Cloud offers an OSGI-based open platform, which enables multi-tenant SaaS applications to run in the cloud. A multi-tenant SaaS application is designed so that an application instance is used by several customers and their users. As different customers have different requirements for functionality and quality of the application, the application instance must be configurable. Therefore, it must be able to add new configurations into a multi-tenant SaaS application at run-time. In this thesis, we proposed concepts of a configuration management, which are used for managing and creating client configurations of cloud applications. The concepts are implemented in a tool that is based on Eclipse and extended feature models. In addition, we evaluate our concepts and the applicability of the developed solution in the SAP Netwaver Cloud by using a cloud application as a concrete case example.
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Hultgren, Richard, and Peter Kullgard. "Improving configuration management, quality management and development methods in the computer game industry." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik och datavetenskap, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1677.
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There is a lack of maturity in the software game development that results in development companies using their own invented, but not fully completed, procedures. Through a case study this master thesis gives an overview of the game developers maturity in configuration management, quality assurance and development methods in general. It also presents a suggestion on how to address the issues found in the case study.<br>Datorspelsindustrin är en omogen bransch vilket medför att företagen använder sig av icke kommersiella metoder och processer för utveckling. Magisterarbetets fallstudie ger läsaren en överblick av spelföretags mognadsnivå inom några delar av utvecklingsprocessen. Dessutom presenterar magisterarbetet råd för att förbättra de brister som har blivit definierade under fallstudien.<br>Questions about the master thesis can be sent to Peter Kullgard (kullgard@hotmail.com) or Richard Hultgren (richie@pc.nu) Special thanks to Martin Walfisz and Massive Entertainment of Sweden
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Atoui, Wassim Sellil. "Toward auto-configuration in software networks." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Institut polytechnique de Paris, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020IPPAS015.
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Les réseaux logiciels ont le potentiel de porter l'infrastructure réseau à un niveau plus avancé, un niveau qui peut rendre la configuration autonome. Cette capacité peut surmonter la complexité croissante des réseaux actuels et permettre aux entités de gestion d'activer un comportement efficace dans le réseau pour une amélioration globale des performances sans aucune intervention humaine. Les paramètres de configuration peuvent être sélectionnés automatiquement pour les ressources réseau afin de faire face à diverses situations que les réseaux rencontrent, comme les erreurs et la dégradation des performances. Malheureusement, certains défis doivent être relevés pour atteindre ce niveau avancé de réseaux. Actuellement, la configuration est encore souvent générée manuellement par des experts du domaine dans d'énormes fichiers semi-structurés écrits en XML, JSON et YAML. C'est une tâche complexe, sujette aux erreurs et fastidieuse à accomplir par les humains. De plus, il n'y a pas de stratégie formelle, à part l'expérience et les meilleures pratiques des experts du domaine pour concevoir les fichiers de configuration. Différents experts peuvent choisir une configuration différente pour le même objectif de performances. Cette situation rend plus difficile l'extraction des fonctionnalités des fichiers de configuration et l'apprentissage des modèles susceptibles de générer ou de recommander automatiquement la configuration. De plus, il n'y a toujours pas de consensus sur un modèle de données de configuration commun dans les réseaux logiciels, qui a abouti à des solutions hétérogènes, telles que: TOSCA, YANG, Hot, etc. qui rendent la gestion de réseau de bout en bout difficile. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons nos contributions qui abordent les défis susmentionnés liés à l'automatisation de la configuration dans les réseaux logiciels. Pour aborder le problème de l'hétérogénéité entre les fichiers de configuration, nous proposons un cadre sémantique basé sur des ontologies qui peuvent fédérer des éléments communs à partir de différents fichiers de configuration<br>Software networks have the potential to take the network infrastructure to a more advanced level, a level that can make the configuration autonomic. This ability can overcome the rapidly growing complexity of current networks, and allow management entities to enable an effective behavior in the network for overall performance improvement without any human intervention. Configuration parameters can be automatically selected for network resources to cope with various situations that networks encounter like errors and performance degradation. Unfortunately, some challenges need to be tackled to reach that advanced level of networks. Currently, the configuration is still often generated manually by domain experts in huge semi-structured files written in XML, JSON, and YAML. This is a complex, error-prone, and tedious task to do by humans. Also, there is no formal strategy except experience and best practices of domain experts to design the configuration files. Different experts may choose different configurations for the same performance goal. This situation makes it harder to extract features from the configuration files and learn models that could generate or recommend automatic configuration. Moreover, there is still no consensus on a common configuration data model in software networks, which resulted in heterogeneous solutions, such as TOSCA, YANG, Hot, etc. that make the end-to-end network management difficult. In this thesis, we present our contributions that tackle the aforementioned challenges related to automating the configuration in software networks. To tack the problem of heterogeneity between the configuration files we propose a semantic framework based ontologies that can federate common elements from different configuration files. And, to tackle the problem of generating automatically the configuration, we propose two contributions, one contribution that considers deep neural networks to learn from configuration files models for recommending the configuration and another contribution based on a model-driven approach to assist automatically the design of the configuration files
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Ziegler, Lori Ann. "Configuration, manufacture, assembly, and integration of a university microsatellite." Diss., Rolla, Mo. : University of Missouri-Rolla, 2007. http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Ziegler_09007dcc8042d3a2.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri--Rolla, 2007.<br>Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed February 4, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165).
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Alscher, Alexander. "Patterns, paths, and rationales in portfolio configuration /." [St. Gallen] : [s.n.], 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016410589&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Chen, Huoping. "Self-Configuration Framework for Networked Systems and Applications." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195456.
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The increased complexity, heterogeneity and the dynamism of networked systems and applications make current configuration and management tools to be ineffective. A new paradigm to dynamically configure and manage large-scale complex and heterogeneous networked systems is critically needed. In this dissertation, we present a self configuration paradigm based on the principles of autonomic computing that can handle efficiently complexity, dynamism and uncertainty in configuring networked systems and their applications. Our approach is based on making any resource/application to operate as an Autonomic Component (that means, it can be self-configured, self-healed, self-optimized and self-protected) by using two software modules: Component Management Interface (CMI) to specify the configuration and operational policies associated with each component and Component Runtime Manager (CRM) that manages the component configurations and operations using the policies defined in CMI. We use several configuration metrics (adaptability, complexity, latency, scalability, overhead, and effectiveness) to evaluate the effectiveness of our self-configuration approach when compared to other configuration techniques. We have used our approach to dynamically configure four systems: Automatic IT system management, Dynamic security configuration of networked systems, Self-management of data backup and disaster recovery system and Automatic security patches download and installation on a large scale test bed. Our experimental results showed that by applying our self-configuration approach, the initial configuration time, the initial configuration complexity and the dynamic configuration complexity can be reduced significantly. For example, the configuration time for security patches download and installation on nine machines is reduced to 4399 seconds from 27193 seconds. Furthermore our system provides most adaptability (e.g., 100% for Snort rule set configuration) comparing to hard coded approach (e.g., 22% for Snort rule set configuration) and can improve the performance of managed system greatly. For example, in data backup and recovery system, our approach can reduce the total cost by 54.1% when network bandwidth decreases. In addition, our framework is scalable and imposes very small overhead (less than 1%) on the managed system.
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Corbett, Brian. "Configuration design methods and mathematics for product families." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17283.
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Narasayya, Vivek R. "Index selection using hypothetical configuration evaluation /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6963.
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Martin, Todd. "Network configuration and change management software selection for Company XYZ." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006martint.pdf.
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Önnberg, Fredrik. "Software Configuration Management : A comparison of Chef, CFEngine and Puppet." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för kommunikation och information, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-6040.
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Configuring services in an ad-hoc way is less than optimal as human error can result in services that fail. Even though scripting offers a solution it does not allow for a uniform deployment of configurations. A possible solution to this problem is the use of software configuration management systems (SCMS) that allow administrators to specify what should be done, and not necessarily how. An implementation is conducted that focuses on the first part of implementing an SCMS to see if a transition to a SCMS governed environment can be worthwhile. Three SCMS will be investigated; Chef, CFEngine and Puppet. The results show that administrators can receive good support from the documentation as documentation of the three SCMS are mostly accurate. The support from the community is affected by region and activity is declining in some cases. Overall it is easy to install an SCMS and special purpose languages are effective for specifying functionality of services.
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Ochuodho, Shem J. "A process-oriented approach to configuration management of communications software." Thesis, University of York, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306269.
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Crockett, Sterling J. (Sterling John) 1976. "Rapid configuration of discourse and dialog management in conversational systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16839.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 70).<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>by Sterling J. Crockett.<br>M.Eng.
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Liu, Teresa (Teresa Ming) 1977. "Configuration management for a distributed and collaborative software development environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9019.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-106).<br>In the face of changing technology, the world is becoming more global by the minute. This globalization has resulted in dispersed teams and collaborative opportunities, which offer value and depth to projects. Software development also reflects this globalization, as do all the processes involved in software development. It is important to understand these changes and how they affect not only the entire development process as a whole but also each individual part of the process. Configuration management is an integral part of the software development process. In order to perform good software development, it is imperative to understand and be able to implement proper configuration management. Thus, as configuration management is important to software development, it is also important to study the effects of how the changing context of software development toward distributed and collaborative environments affects configuration management. Not only does configuration management influence the transition to this type of environment, it also is quite affected by it. In this thesis, I aim to examine the impact of a distributed and collaborative development environment on configuration management. I will first give an overview of software engineering with respect to configuration management; next, I will provide and introduction to traditional configuration management, and in the following chapter, I will discuss distributed and collaborative configuration management as it exists today. Next, I will provide a case study of the ieCollab project, a project in which developers were dispersed and a great deal of collaboration occurred, and finally, I will discuss the future of collaborative and distributed configuration management.<br>by Teresa Liu.<br>M.Eng.
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Cano, Reyes José. "Integrated Architecture for Configuration and Service Management in MANET Environments." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/14675.
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Esta tesis nos ha permitido trasladar algunos conceptos teóricos de la computación ubicua a escenarios reales, identificando las necesidades específicas de diferentes tipos de aplicaciones. Con el fin de alcanzar este objetivo, proponemos dos prototipos que proporcionan servicios sensibles al contexto en diferentes entornos, tales como conferencias o salas de recuperación en hospitales. Estos prototipos experimentales explotan la tecnología Bluetooth para ofrecer información basada en las preferencias del usuario. En ambos casos, hemos llevado a cabo algunos experimentos con el fin de evaluar el comportamiento de los sistemas y su rendimento.
También abordamos en esta tesis el problema de la autoconfiguración de redes MANET basadas en el estándar 802.11 a través de dos soluciones novedosas. La primera es una solución centralizada que se basa en la tecnología Bluetooth, mientras la segunda es una solución distribuida que no necesita recurrir a ninguna tecnología adicional, ya que se basa en el uso del parámetro SSID. Ambos métodos se han diseñado para permitir que usuarios no expertos puedan unirse a una red MANET de forma transparente, proporcionando una configuración automática, rápida, y fiable de los terminales. Los resultados experimentales en implementaciones reales nos han permitido evaluar el rendimiento de las soluciones propuestas y demostrar que las estaciones cercanas se pueden configurar en pocos segundos. Además, hemos comparado ambas soluciones entre sí para poner de manifiesto las diferentes ventajas y desventajas en cuanto a rendimento.
La principal contribución de esta tesis es EasyMANET, una plataforma ampliable y configurable cuyo objetivo es automatizar lo máximo posible las tareas que afectan a la configuración y puesta en marcha de redes MANET, de modo que su uso sea más simple y accesible.<br>Cano Reyes, J. (2012). Integrated Architecture for Configuration and Service Management in MANET Environments [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/14675<br>Palancia
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Ziegenhagen, Lynzi. "Evaluating configuration management tools for high assurance software development projects." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FXiegenhagen.pdf.
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Zhang, Xinyan, and 章新燕. "Simultaneous configuration of platform products and supply chains." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37028273.
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