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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Zhen Liu, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Mukund Raghavachari, Baldwin Place, NY (US);
Bowei Xi, Beijing, CN;
Cathy Honghui Xia, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
LI Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Zhen Liu, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Mukund Raghavachari, Baldwin Place, NY (US);
Bowei Xi, Beijing, CN;
Cathy Honghui Xia, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Li Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for automatic system parameter configuration for performance improvement. One embodiment of the inventive method involves formulating a black box optimization problem, and solving the optimization problem using an enhanced smart hill climbing method. The smart hill climbing method includes both a global and a more precise local search to identify an optimal solution. In one embodiment, one or both of the global and local searches employs a weighted Latin Hypercube Sampling method in combination with importance sampling techniques to yield improved search results.