
Performability Modelling
Techniques and Tools
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2001
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 320 pages
978-0-471-49195-8 (ISBN)
Description
Performability modelling and evaluation brings together two disciplines that have long been treated separately in different communities: computer and communication system performance evaluation and system reliability and availability evaluation.
* Provides a single-source reference covering of all aspects of performability evaluation.
* Introduces a new approach to assessing the performance and dependability of systems thus revealing system characteristics that cannot be uncovered separately by performance or reliability evaluation.
* Explains how systems can operate partially in the presence of failures by discussing:
-Capacity of failure prone clusters of transaction processing systems.
-Network throughput when network nodes and links fail.
-Task completion times on degradable multiprocessor systems.
-A variety of modelling and evaluation techniques.
* Features software tool descriptions to support performability evaluations as well as an extensive bibliography.
Computer scientists and engineers will find this excellent overview compulsive reading as will postgraduates and researchers in computer science and related fields.
Reviews / Votes
".examines various computer techniques for analyzing computing performance in the presence of failures." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2001) ".examines various computer techniques for analyzing computing performance in the presence of failures." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2001)More details
Product info
GB
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-49195-8 (9780471491958)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Boudewijn R. Haverkort is the editor of Performability Modelling : Techniques and Tools, published by Wiley. Raymond Marie is the editor of Performability Modelling : Techniques and Tools, published by Wiley.
Content
Contributing Authors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction.
Queues with Breakdowns.
The Uniformization Method in Performability Analysis.
Closed-Form Solutions for Performability.
Markov-Reward Models and Hyperbolic Systems.
Monotonicity and Error Bound Results.
The Task Completion Time in Degradable Systems.
Rare Event Simulation.
Specification and Construction of Performability Models.
A Survey of Performability Modelling Tools.
Bibliography.
Concise Glossary.
Index.