Large-scale distribution systems and network management depend on complex
relationships that are strongly related to the managerial roles, which depend on the …

Large-scale distributed system management is an emerging task for all modern networked
organisations. In this direction, corporate management systems are usually organised into …

Policies are derived from management goals and define the desired behavior of distributed
heterogeneous systems, applications, and networks. To apply and deal with this idea, a …

This dissertation is concerned with the management of complex networks and services
using a policy-based service definition language. This language allows the end-to-end …

Due to downsising, deregulation and tremendous growth, computing and
telecommunications systems have become heterogeneous and complex environments with …

ReportEdited by Paul Brusil Policy 2003: Workshop on Policies for DistributedSystems and
Networks Hanan Lutfiyya, 1 Francisco Garcia, 2, 3 and Jonathan Moffett2, 4 Policy-based …

Separating management policy from the automated managers which interpret the policy
facilitates the dynamic change of behavior of a distributed management system. This permits …

In the age of high-speed development and continuous changes in technological
infrastructures, policy-driven management is necessary to address the complex problems …

The policy-based management concepts are born from the need to get an overall end-to-
end strategy to correlate the business with the overall network actions. Policy-based …

Current research efforts are being directed to commit with the long-term view of self
management properties for telecommunications networks. One of the key approaches that …