Computer System Performance Modeling In Perspective: A Tribute To The Work Of Prof Kenneth C Sevcik
A TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF PROF KENNETH C SEVCIK
Will be published approx. on 21. September 2006
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-86094-661-5 (ISBN)
Description
Computer system performance evaluation is a key discipline for the understanding of the behavior and limitations of large scale computer systems and networks. This volume provides an overview of the milestones and major developments of the field.The contributions to the book include many of the principal leaders from industry and academia with a truly international coverage, including several IEEE and ACM Fellows, two Fellows of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the European Academy, and a former President of the Association of Computing Machinery.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86094-661-5 (9781860946615)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Ken Sevcik as an Advisor and Mentor (E Lazowska et al.); Shadow Servers and Priority Scheduling (J P Buzen); On the Chronology of Dynamic Allocation Index Policies: The Pioneering Work of K C Sevcik (E Coffman); Operational Analysis (P J Denning); Function Approximation by Random Neural Networks with a Bounded Number of Layers (E Gelenbe et al.); The Achilles' Heel of Computer Performance Modeling and the Model Building Shield (V De Nitto Persone & G Lazeolla); Wireless Network Simulation: Towards a Systematic Approach (S K Tripathi et al.); Location- and Power-Aware Protocols for Wireless Networks with Asymmetric Links (G Wang et al.); Multi-Threaded Servers with High Service Time Variation for Layered Queueing Networks (G Franks et al.); Quantiles of Sojourn Times (P G Harrison & W J Knottenbelt); Asymptotic Solutions for Two Non-Stationary Problems in Internet Reliability (Y Kogan & G Choudhury); Burst Loss Probabilities in an OBS Network with Dynamic Simultaneous Link Possession (T Battestilli & H Perros); Stochastic Analysis of Resource Allocation in Parallel Processing Systems (M S Squillante); Periodic Task Cluster Scheduling in Distributed Systems (H Karatza).