Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256533 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING A VIRTUAL MACHINE - A method for evaluating a virtual machine, the method includes: monitoring, using an out of band monitor, information exchanged between the virtual machine and a hypervisor; and evaluating a state of the virtual machine by applying a statistical classification process to at least a portion of the monitored information. | 10-16-2008 |
20090083737 | Device, System, and Method of Classifying a Workload of a Software Service - Some embodiments include, for example, devices, systems, and methods of classifying a workload of a software service. A method of classifying a workload of a software service may include, for example, sampling a plurality of values of at least one parameter of the software service by performing out-of-band monitoring of the at least one parameter; and classifying the workload of the software service by selecting a workload classification from a plurality of predefined workload classifications based on the plurality of values. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-26-2009 |
20090113400 | Device, System and method of Profiling Computer Programs - Device, system, and method of profiling computer programs. For example, a method for profiling computer programs includes: profiling a program statement associated with a machine-readable comment indicating an expectation by a programmer of a runtime behavior of the program statement. | 04-30-2009 |
20090136155 | Assessment of a View through the Overlay of Maps - A system for evaluating a view, including a first mapper for encoding an image of a view according to a first parameter to create a first map having multiple defined areas, a second mapper for encoding the image according to a second parameter to create a second map having multiple defined areas, an overlap mapper for combining the maps to create an overlap map, a tabulator for measuring areas in the overlap map corresponding to overlapping defined areas, creating a set of measurements of the image, and an analyzer for analyzing the set of measurements of the image and a learning set of measurement groups with associated values to compute an estimated value associated with the image where the estimated value relates to the set of measurements of the image in the same manner that each value in the learning set relates to its associated measurement group. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138807 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING QUEUE EXPERIENCE IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method improving a customers experience in a queue located in a three-dimensional virtual environment is provided. The method includes the creation of computer controlled pseudo avatars that are added and removed from queues to create the perception that the queues are moving. A conversational avatar is further provided to engage the customer avatars in conversation. | 05-28-2009 |
20090248709 | Evaluating Associations Among Entities - A method for monitoring associations between a plurality of entities comprises representing a relationship between a first entity and a second entity as an edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said second entity; and assigning a weight value to said edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the second entity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090248852 | Evaluating Entities Associations with their Respective Environments - A method comprising representing an association between a first entity and a first environment as a first edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said first environment; and assigning a first weight value or type to the first edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the first environment. | 10-01-2009 |
20090271770 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING UNIT TESTING SCRIPTS - A method, system, and computer program product are provided for generating unit testing scripts. The method includes receiving programming code having a condition expressed therein, and transforming the code by wrapping the condition into a mock function. The mock function receives a Boolean argument as an input and provides a Boolean value as an output irrespective of a pre-transformed input and a pre-transformed output of the condition. The Boolean value is capable of selectively being the Boolean argument received as the input or a different value specified by a user. The method further includes receiving a user input specifying a behavior relating to how a return value is generated for the mock function. The Boolean value is provided in accordance with the specified behavior. At least one pre-transformation output of the condition prior to the transforming step is direct-function independent. | 10-29-2009 |
20090319833 | Software Quality Assessment based on Semantic Similarities - A method for software processing includes accepting quality information, which includes names of elements of software code and respective quality indications regarding tested acceptability of the elements. The names are processed to extract a list of substrings that occur in the names. Respective metrics are assigned to the substrings responsively to the quality indications of the elements in whose names the substrings occur. At least some of the substrings are presented to a user in accordance with the assigned metrics. | 12-24-2009 |
20100017653 | REFERENCE STATE INFORMATION GENERATION - A method for generating reference state information, the method includes: comparing between at least one sequence of block identifiers that are accessed during a test period and at least one corresponding reference sequence of block identifiers to provide a comparison result; determining whether to generate reference state information in response to the comparison result; and generating reference state information if determining to generate the reference state information. | 01-21-2010 |
20100094990 | Platform-level Indicators of Application Performance - A method for monitoring performance includes monitoring packet traffic on at least one socket that is associated with an application running on a computer and is communicated over a data network. First and second instances of a performance indicator of the packet traffic are measured respectively during first and second monitoring intervals. An alert is issued upon making a determination that a change between the first instance and the second instance exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 04-15-2010 |
20100262866 | CROSS-CONCERN CODE COVERAGE ASSESSMENT - A method for software processing includes extracting from software code under test respective items of meta-information pertaining to elements of the software code and receiving respective quality data regarding the elements of software code. The quality data and meta-information are processed in a computer so as to assign respective metrics to the items of the meta-information responsively to the quality data regarding the elements of the software code to which the items pertain. At least some of the meta-information is presented to a user in accordance with the assigned metrics. | 10-14-2010 |
20110138127 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF STRESS CONDITION - A stress of a computerized system may be detected based on actions performed by the computerized system in respect to a storage system, such as comprising a secondary storage. The stress detection may be performed automatically based on an age of data blocks accessed by the storage system. The stress may take into account a number of accesses to the storage system by the computerized system. Stress detection may be performed automatically based on a decision procedure. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145508 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF READ-AHEAD AMOUNT - Read-ahead of data blocks in a storage system is performed based on a policy. The policy is stochastically selected from a plurality of policies in respect to probabilities. The probabilities are calculated based on past performances, also referred to as rewards. Policies which induce better performance may be given precedence over other policies. However, the other policies may be also utilized to reevaluate them. A balance between exploration of different policies and exploitation of previously discovered good policies may be achieved. | 06-16-2011 |
20110258493 | DETECTING NO PROGRESS STATE OF AN APPLICATION - A method, system, and computer usable program product for detecting a no progress state of an application are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A resource usage and an output of a set of applications are monitored. The resource usage and the output are measured to determine a resource usage value and an output value at a given time. A determination is made whether the resource usage value is included in a sub-range of a resource usage scale and the output value is included in a sub-range of an output scale where the sub-range of the resource usage scale corresponds to the sub-range of the output scale. The no progress state of the application is detected if the determination is negative | 10-20-2011 |
20120109716 | ANALYZING UTILITY CONSUMPTION - Consumption levels are monitored over a period of time and analyzed. In response to a determination that a monitored consumption level is above a threshold that is defined based on consumption levels of an associated reference group, a notification may be provided. A plurality of notifications may be prioritizing based on a priority index. The plurality of notifications or portions thereof may be provided based on the determined priorities. The priority may take into account parameters such as for example cost of consumption, variance in respect to past consumption levels, variance in respect to the reference group and the like. | 05-03-2012 |
20120203974 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF READ-AHEAD AMOUNT - Read-ahead of data blocks in a storage system is performed based on a policy. The policy is stochastically selected from a plurality of policies in respect to probabilities. The probabilities are calculated based on past performances, also referred to as rewards. Policies which induce better performance may be given precedence over other policies. However, the other policies may be also utilized to reevaluate them. A balance between exploration of different policies and exploitation of previously discovered good policies may be achieved. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203975 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF READ-AHEAD AMOUNT - Read-ahead of data blocks in a storage system is performed based on a policy. The policy is stochastically selected from a plurality of policies in respect to probabilities. The probabilities are calculated based on past performances, also referred to as rewards. Policies which induce better performance may be given precedence over other policies. However, the other policies may be also utilized to reevaluate them. A balance between exploration of different policies and exploitation of previously discovered good policies may be achieved. | 08-09-2012 |
20130346496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PREDICTING COMMUNITY MEMBER RESPONSIVENESS - Disclosed herein is a mechanism, which may be in a community-driven system, to assist a user, or member of the community, to articulate a request, such as a question, that is likely to receive a response, e.g., an answer to a question posed, from the user community. A machine learning approach may be used to generate a model, which model may be trained using previously-posted requests, e.g., questions, and response, e.g., answers. The generated model may be used to make a prediction, e.g., to predict a potential number of answers for a given question, which prediction may also have an accompanying confidence score. A prediction generated by the model may be presented to the user as the user is providing the input, e.g., typing a question. Such prediction may be generated for a partial question, e.g., as the question is being typed, as well as a completed question. | 12-26-2013 |
20140075334 | Cold Start Answers - Deriving a user profile includes: generating a user interface on which a user interacts in a session; formulating questions such that a user response to the questions indicates a preference; presenting the questions to the user on the user interface; receiving responses from the user, the responses indicating user preferences; and populating a user profile with the user preferences. The steps of presenting, receiving, and populating are repeated until the session terminates. | 03-13-2014 |