@inproceedings{810b7b1a30c84a7a817283598bd1484e,
title = "A constraint-based approach to fault management for groupware services",
abstract = "There is no standard model at the service layer. However, fault management to distributed services and applications needs to construct and utilize complex models of the participating objects and their interdependencies. Thus, model-based fault management tools can predict the correct behavior of diagnosed systems and use the resulting predictions to identify faults. When used on-line in real systems, diagnostic tools based on such models should be able to provide prompt response and accurate, comprehensive explanations of the root causes of faults. In this paper we propose to address these requirements: modeling, proactive diagnosis, and explanation. We apply a recent extension to the constraint satisfaction paradigm, called composite constraint satisfaction, to facilitate modeling of complex systems, and we use constraint propagation techniques to support proactive diagnosis and explanation. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach on an example of a basic groupware service, namely, distributed database replication.",
keywords = "constraint satisfaction, explanation, Fault management, groupware service, modeling, proactive diagnosis",
author = "M. Sabin and A. Bakman and Freuder, \{E. C.\} and Russell, \{R. D.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1999 IFIP.; 6th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management: Distributed Management for the Networked Millennium, IM 1999 ; Conference date: 24-05-1999 Through 28-05-1999",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1109/INM.1999.770719",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management: Distributed Management for the Networked Millennium",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "731--744",
editor = "Emil Lupu and Morris Sloman and Subrata Mazumdar",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management",
address = "United States",
}