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Topology for a hierarchy of control plug-ins used in a control system

  • US 7,644,161 B1
  • Filed: 01/28/2005
  • Issued: 01/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving information from a plurality of control plug-ins organized in a hierarchy, wherein the plurality of control plug-ins control an allocation of resources for at least one application,wherein the plurality of control plug-ins are operable to communicate information to parent or child control plug-ins in the hierarchy to control the allocation of the resources to the at least one application,and each control plug-in is software executable by a computer system to implement a policy to control the allocation of the resources to the at least one application;

    determining relationships between the plurality of control plug-ins based on the received information; and

    generating a topology of the plurality of control plug-ins based on the determined relationships.

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