Computer Performance Evaluation. Modelling Techniques and Tools
11th International Conference, TOOLS 2000 Schaumburg, IL, USA, March 25-31, 2000 Proceedings
Published on 29. June 2003
XIV, 390 pages
978-3-540-46429-7 (ISBN)
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Modelling Tools and Techniques for Computer Communication System Performance Evaluation, TOOLS 2000, held in Schaumburg, IL, USA in March 2000. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 49 submissions. Also included are 15 tool descriptions and one invited paper. The papers are organized in topical sections on queueing network models, optimization in mobile networks, stochastic Petri nets, simulation, formal methods and performance evaluation, and measurement tools and applications.
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Boudewijn R. Haverkort | Henrik C. Bohnenkamp | Connie U. Smith
Computer Performance Evaluation. Modelling Techniques and Tools
11th International Conference, TOOLS 2000 Schaumburg, IL, USA, March 25-31, 2000 Proceedings
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03/2000
Springer
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Invited Paper.- Performance Evaluation with Heavy Tailed Distributions.- Queueing Network Models.- Layered Modeling of Hardware and Software, with Application to a LAN Extension Router.- Object Allocation for Distributed Applications with Complex Workloads.- A Set of Tools for Traffic Modeling, Analysis and Experimentation.- Queueing Analysis of Pools in Soft Real-Time Systems.- Xaba: Exact, Approximate, and Asymptotic Solvers for Multi-class Closed Queueing Networks.- Decomposition of General Tandem Queueing Networks with MMPP Input.- Exact and Approximate Solutions for a Class of Infinite Markovian Models.- Performance Evaluation of a Distributed Enterprise Data Mining System.- Optimisation in Mobile Networks.- Minimization of the Impact of Subscriber Mobility on the Resources of a GSM Network.- Optimal Allocation Policies for Mobile Agents.- Stochastic Petri Nets.- Iterative Analysis of Markov Regenerative Models.- Analysis and Evaluation of Non-Markovian Stochastic Petri Nets.- Petri Net Modelling and Performability Evaluation with TimeNET 3.0.- Integrating Synchronization with Priority into a Kronecker Representation.- Simulation.- Implementation of Importance Splitting Techniques in Stochastic Petri Net Package.- FluidSim: A Tool to Simulate Fluid Models of High-Speed Networks.- Formal Methods and Performance Evaluation.- Exploiting Modal Logic to Express Performance Measures.- Derivation of Petri Net Performance Models from UML Specifications of Communications Software.- Measurement Tools and Applications.- Scalability of a Workstation Cluster Architecture for Video-on-Demand Applications.- Multilayer Online-Monitoring for Hybrid DSM Systems on Top of PC Clusters with a SMiLE.- Design and Implementation of a Tool for Measuring the Performance of Complex E-commerce Sites.- Tool Descriptions.- FiFiQueues: Fixed-Point Analysis of Queueing Networks with Finite-Buffer Stations.- Galileo: A Tool for Dynamic Fault Tree Analysis.- Möbius: An Extensible Tool for Performance and Dependability Modeling.- MRMSolve: A Tool for Transient Analysis of Large Markov Reward Models.- Calculation and Use of Peaking Factors for Remote Terminal Emulation.- Reliability and Performability Modeling Using SHARPE 2000.- The Simalytic Modeling Technique: Overview for Application Performance Analysis.- SPNP: Stochastic Petri Nets. Version 6.0.- SREPT: Software Reliability Estimation and Prediction Tool.- STEADY - A Tool for Predicting Performance of Parallel DBMSs.- The TANGRAM-II Environment.- Implementing Symbolic Models for Value Passing in TwoTowers.- Monitoring Application-Level VoIP Grade of Service at a PSTN-IP Network Gateway.- ? Prof-SDL: A Tool for Identifying Performance Bottlenecks of Software Architectural Design.
