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Activity Number: 16
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Abstract - #306054
Title: Some Statistical Problems in Capacity Management and Planning for On-Demand Computing Services
Author(s): Ta-Hsin Li*+
Companies: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Address: , Yorktown Heights, NY, 10598-0218,
Keywords: risk ; time series ; quantile ; optimization
Abstract:

Efficient capacity management and adequate capacity planning are vital to the business of on-demand computing services. We will discuss several statistical problems in these applications, including capacity allocation and risk management using a quantile-based method and capacity demand forecasting based on historical time series with different time resolution and time span.


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