Performance Evaluation: Origins and Directions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haring, Günter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lindemann, Christoph (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Reiser, Martin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1769
• Subjects: Computer system failures.; Computer hardware.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Management information systems.; Computer science.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Computer Hardware.; Computer Communication Networks.; Software Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Table of Contents:

• Position Paper
• Performance Evaluation in Industry: A Personal Perspective
• Topical Area Papers
• Mainframe Systems
• Performance Analysis of Storage Systems
• Ad Hoc, Wireless, Mobile Networks: The Role of Performance Modeling and Evaluation
• Trace-Driven Memory Simulation: A Survey
• Performance Issues in Parallel Processing Systems
• Measurement-Based Analysis of Networked System Availability
• Performance of Client/Server Systems
• Performance Characteristics of the World Wide Web
• Parallel Job Scheduling: A Performance Perspective
• Scheduling of Real-Time Tasks with Complex Constraints
• Software Performance Evaluation by Models
• Performance Analysis of Database Systems
• Performance Analysis of Concurrency Control Methods
• Numerical Analysis Methods
• Product Form Queueing Networks
• Stochastic Modeling Formalisms for Dependability, Performance and Performability
• Analysis and Application of Polling Models
• Discrete-Event Simulation in Performance Evaluation
• Workload Characterization Issues and Methodologies
• Personal Accounts of Key Contributors
• From the Central Server Model to BEST/1©
• Mean Value Analysis: A Personal Account
• The Early Days of GSPNs
• The Discovery of Self-Similar Traffic.