Patent ID: 6718358
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Apparatus for use in automatically tuning a target in order to adjust one or more performance characteristics associated with the target, the apparatus comprising:at least one processor operative to: (i) obtain one or more metrics associated with the target; (ii) determine one or more tuning control settings based on the one or more metrics for use in controlling the tuning of the target, the one or more tuning control settings being determined in accordance with one or more predetermined objectives and without requiring prior knowledge of performance characteristics of the target; (iii) make the one or more tuning control settings available for use in tuning the target in order to adjust the one or more performance characteristics associated with the target; and (iv) at least one of dynamically construct and change one or more models for use in tuning the target; and a memory, coupled to the at least one processor, which stores at least one of the one or more metrics and the one or more tuning control settings.