{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2026337293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1555228.1555269","title":"Determining configuration parameter dependencies via analysis of configuration data from multi-tiered enterprise applications","display_name":"Determining configuration parameter dependencies via analysis of configuration data from multi-tiered enterprise applications","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-06-15","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2026337293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1555228.1555269","mag":"2026337293"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1555228.1555269","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1555228.1555269","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Autonomic computing","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025168514","display_name":"Vinod Ramachandran","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-1239"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74796645","display_name":"Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani","ror":"https://ror.org/001p3jz28","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74796645"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Vinod Ramachandran","raw_affiliation_strings":["Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan, India"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74796645"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101454729","display_name":"Manish Gupta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0848-6132"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210103279","display_name":"IBM Research - India","ror":"https://ror.org/014wt7r80","country_code":"IN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227","https://openalex.org/I4210103279","https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1341412227","display_name":"IBM (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/05hh8d621","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227"]}],"countries":["IN","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Manish Gupta","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM India Research Lab., New Delhi, India","IBM, India Research Lab., New Delhi, India#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM India Research Lab., New Delhi, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210103279"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM, India Research Lab., New Delhi, India#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110047220","display_name":"Manish Sethi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1341412227","display_name":"IBM (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/05hh8d621","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210103279","display_name":"IBM Research - India","ror":"https://ror.org/014wt7r80","country_code":"IN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227","https://openalex.org/I4210103279","https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]}],"countries":["IN","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Manish Sethi","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM India Research Lab., New Delhi, India","IBM, India Research Lab., New Delhi, India#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM India Research Lab., New Delhi, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210103279"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM, India Research Lab., New Delhi, India#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023703134","display_name":"Soudip Roy Chowdhury","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1341412227","display_name":"IBM (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/05hh8d621","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210103279","display_name":"IBM Research - India","ror":"https://ror.org/014wt7r80","country_code":"IN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227","https://openalex.org/I4210103279","https://openalex.org/I4210114115"]}],"countries":["IN","US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Soudip Roy Chowdhury","raw_affiliation_strings":["IBM India Research Lab., New Delhi, India","IBM, India Research Lab., New Delhi, India#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM India Research Lab., New Delhi, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210103279"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"IBM, India Research Lab., New Delhi, India#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1341412227"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5025168514"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74796645"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.3714,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":25,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81888937,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"169","last_page":"178"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10679","display_name":"Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services","score":0.9972000122070312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11719","display_name":"Data Quality and Management","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8012126088142395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dependency","display_name":"Dependency (UML)","score":0.571561336517334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/timeout","display_name":"Timeout","score":0.5543825626373291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/configuration-management","display_name":"Configuration Management (ITSM)","score":0.5506868958473206},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/probabilistic-logic","display_name":"Probabilistic logic","score":0.5321589708328247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/functional-dependency","display_name":"Functional dependency","score":0.5169357657432556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.49153932929039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/component","display_name":"Component (thermodynamics)","score":0.47044602036476135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.4658193588256836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relation","display_name":"Relation (database)","score":0.4381510019302368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.38239142298698425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relational-database","display_name":"Relational database","score":0.2212594747543335},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.12476614117622375}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8012126088142395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19768560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320727","display_name":"Dependency (UML)","level":2,"score":0.571561336517334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31691690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753979","display_name":"Timeout","level":2,"score":0.5543825626373291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78873551","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160111","display_name":"Configuration Management (ITSM)","level":2,"score":0.5506868958473206},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49937458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2599292","display_name":"Probabilistic logic","level":2,"score":0.5321589708328247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26320393","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597053","display_name":"Functional dependency","level":3,"score":0.5169357657432556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.49153932929039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168167062","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1117970","display_name":"Component (thermodynamics)","level":2,"score":0.47044602036476135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.4658193588256836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.4381510019302368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.38239142298698425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5655090","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192588","display_name":"Relational database","level":2,"score":0.2212594747543335},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.12476614117622375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1555228.1555269","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1555228.1555269","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Autonomic computing","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4000000059604645,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":36,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W148864373","https://openalex.org/W168351827","https://openalex.org/W188026280","https://openalex.org/W1494646875","https://openalex.org/W1500117362","https://openalex.org/W1500475883","https://openalex.org/W1503729935","https://openalex.org/W1514345144","https://openalex.org/W1526764279","https://openalex.org/W1549729095","https://openalex.org/W1566855582","https://openalex.org/W1586973692","https://openalex.org/W1588651819","https://openalex.org/W1935883272","https://openalex.org/W1956559956","https://openalex.org/W1979450460","https://openalex.org/W1981933378","https://openalex.org/W1993168690","https://openalex.org/W2007706599","https://openalex.org/W2074448485","https://openalex.org/W2106039833","https://openalex.org/W2110537422","https://openalex.org/W2112438399","https://openalex.org/W2117115351","https://openalex.org/W2133185453","https://openalex.org/W2138509363","https://openalex.org/W2141071440","https://openalex.org/W2148553060","https://openalex.org/W2157864866","https://openalex.org/W2165897980","https://openalex.org/W2166139001","https://openalex.org/W2171970775","https://openalex.org/W2287137634","https://openalex.org/W2325227998","https://openalex.org/W2687689191","https://openalex.org/W2900489216"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2392606101","https://openalex.org/W3162070149","https://openalex.org/W2072918301","https://openalex.org/W2133756937","https://openalex.org/W2385315033","https://openalex.org/W2362842011","https://openalex.org/W1839867872","https://openalex.org/W1845544376","https://openalex.org/W2048090520","https://openalex.org/W2166449856"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Multi-tiered":[0],"enterprise":[1],"applications,":[2],"which":[3,187],"comprise":[4],"of":[5,16,33,37,47,56,103,134,172,176,185,202,239,272],"many":[6],"(heterogeneous":[7],"and":[8,70,136,191,209,217,249,266],"possibly":[9],"loosely":[10],"coupled)":[11],"components":[12,49,179],"at":[13],"various":[14,178],"layers":[15],"the":[17,31,51,104,121,126,131,160,170,173,177,203,206,214,219,222,252,270],"IT":[18],"stack,":[19],"typically":[20,67],"have":[21,91,261],"configuration":[22,35,106,161,174,215],"dependencies":[23,58,107,123,162,186,240],"between":[24,130],"these":[25,57],"different":[26],"components.":[27],"A":[28],"change":[29],"in":[30,76,98,108,113,139,163],"value":[32,210],"a":[34,38,61,87,95,109,148,164,182,197,226,229,236],"parameter":[36,207],"component":[39],"may":[40],"require":[41,86],"changing":[42],"one":[43,127],"or":[44],"more":[45],"parameters":[46,175],"other":[48],"to":[50,80,90,100,158,180,224,231,247,268],"same":[52],"value.":[53],"Keeping":[54],"track":[55],"is":[59,79],"not":[60,85,117],"mean":[62],"task":[63],"as":[64,125],"they":[65],"are":[66,155],"cross":[68],"product":[69],"requires":[71],"in-depth":[72,92],"product/system":[73],"knowledge.Our":[74],"aim":[75],"this":[77,114,144],"paper":[78,115,145],"introduce":[81],"techniques":[82],"that":[83,128,199,242],"do":[84],"system":[88,97],"administrator":[89],"knowledge":[93],"about":[94],"multi-tiered":[96],"order":[99],"be":[101,232],"aware":[102],"possible":[105],"system.":[110],"Our":[111],"focus":[112],"does":[116],"include,":[118],"for":[119,150,228],"example,":[120],"performance-related":[122],"such":[124],"exists":[129],"maximum":[132],"number":[133],"threads":[135],"session":[137],"timeout":[138],"an":[140,263],"Apache":[141],"server.":[142],"In":[143],"we":[146,168,260],"provide":[147,196,235],"method":[149],"analyzing":[151],"existing":[152],"deployments":[153],"(that":[154],"functioning":[156],"properly)":[157],"infer":[159],"probabilistic":[165],"sense.":[166],"Firstly,":[167],"analyze":[169],"values":[171],"determine":[181],"candidate":[183],"list":[184,238],"includes":[188],"both":[189],"true":[190,253],"false":[192],"ones.":[193],"We":[194,234],"then":[195],"heuristic":[198],"makes":[200],"use":[201],"statistics":[204],"on":[205,221,275],"name":[208],"strings,":[211],"computed":[212],"from":[213,277],"data":[216,276],"also":[218],"information":[220],"web,":[223],"compute":[225],"rank":[227],"dependency":[230],"true.":[233],"rank-ordered":[237],"so":[241],"administrators":[243],"can":[244],"consult":[245],"it":[246],"quickly":[248],"systematically":[250],"identify":[251],"dependencies.":[254],"To":[255],"complement":[256],"our":[257,273],"proposed":[258],"approach":[259],"performed":[262],"extensive":[264],"study":[265],"experimentation":[267],"show":[269],"efficacy":[271],"technique":[274],"two":[278],"real-world":[279],"solutions.":[280]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}