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From: dvorak@im4u.UUCP (Daniel L. Dvorak)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: AI research in network management
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Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 17:33:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 16 17:33:30 1987
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Keywords: expert system, network management


This is a brainstorming exercise, folks --- all ideas are welcome.
I'm trying to select a PhD research topic in artificial intelligence
that is applicable to network management (of data or voice networks)
or, more liberally, the management of distributed computing environments.

Network management, roughly, is concerned with the operation, administration
and maintenance of communication networks, whether it be the campus network
here at The University of Texas at Austin or the nationwide telephone network.
The term encompasses issues such as congestion control, fault diagnosis,
capacity planning, security, availability, etc.

My questions for you are:
-- What are the important unsolved (or poorly solved) problems here
   that might yield to AI?  Please be specific.
-- What AI research issues should be tested in this domain?
-- Are there any papers that you would recommend to me?
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