Patent ID: 8762539
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system, for evaluating a service based on a request for the service, the method comprising: for each generic configuration in at least one generic configuration, assigning, by a processor in the data processing system, at least one attribute, having at least one preference parameter, wherein each generic configuration of the at least one generic configuration comprises at least one resource, receiving, by processor, a request for the service having an assigned quality-of-service-value, assigning, by the processor, a respective preference parameter value to each preference parameter of the at least one preference parameter based on the quality-of-service-value, selecting, by the processor, at least two different combinations of resources based on the request, wherein the at least two different combinations of resources form at least two different selected configurations, and for each selected configuration of the at least two different selected configurations;