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# \[AIAB-04] Create the Study

For this study, we define a goal of increasing the application throughput, while enforcing the constraint of keeping the latency below 500 ms and error rate below 2%.

You can create the optimization study using the `study.yaml` file in the `akamas/studies` folder by issuing the Akamas command:

```bash
akamas create study kubernetes-online-boutique/akamas/studies/study.yaml
```

and then run it by issuing the Akamas command:

```bash
akamas start study 'Maximizing Kubernetes Online Boutique cost efficiency while matching SLOs'
```

You can now explore this study from the Study menu in the Akamas UI and then move to the Analysis tab.

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As the optimization study executes the different experiments, this chart will display more points and their associated score.


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