Feedback Control of Computing Systems

Hellerstein, Joseph L. / Diao, Yixin / Parekh, Sujay / Tilbury, Dawn M.

Wiley - IEEE (Band Nr. 1)

1. Auflage September 2004
456 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-471-26637-2

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

Feedback control of computing systems uses measurements of how a system is currently performing to set parameters that affect the system's performance in order to achieve some desired objective (e.g., response time, throughput, etc.). Since the measurement (output) is used to determine the system parameters (input), and the input then affects the output, the architecture is called "feedback" or "closed loop." Feedback control offers new ways for engineers and researchers to approach different resource management problems. This is the first book to provide a practical treatment of the design and application of feedback control of computing systems.

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This is the first practical treatment of the design and application of feedback control of computing systems. MATLAB files for the solution of problems and case studies accompany the text throughout. The book discusses information technology examples, such as maximizing the efficiency of Lotus Notes.
This book results from the authors' research into the use of control theory to model and control computing systems. This has important implications to the way engineers and researchers approach different resource management problems. This guide is well suited for professionals and researchers in information technology and computer science.

Preface.

PART I: BACKGROUND.

1. Introduction and Overview.

PART II: SYSTEM MODELING.

2. Model Construction.

3. Z-Transforms and Transfer Functions.

4. System Modeling with Block Diagrams.

5. First-Order Systems.

6. Higher-Order Systems.

7. State-Space Models.

PART III: CONTROL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.

8. Proportional Control.

9. PID Controllers.

10. State-Space Feedback Control.

11. Advanced Topics.

Appendix A: Mathematical Notation.

Appendix B: Acronyms.

Appendix C: Key Results.

Appendix D: Essentials of Linear Algebra.

Appendix E: MATLAB Basics.

References.

Index.

JOSEPH L. HELLERSTEIN, YIXIN DIAO, and SUJAY PAREKH are researchers at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, New York. They are also adjunct professors at Columbia University, where they are using this book to teach a class on feedback control to computer science students.
DAWN M. TILBURY is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

J. L. Hellerstein, IBM Watson Laboratories