Formal Methods for Performance Evaluation 7th International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication, and Software Systems, SFM 2007, Bertinoro, Italy, May 28-June 2, 2007, Advanced Lectures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bernardo, Marco (Editor), Hillston, Jane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4486
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Special purpose computers.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computers.; Computer logic.; Computer Science.; Theory of Computation.; Software Engineering.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; Computer Communication Networks.

Table of Contents:

• Performance Modelling and Markov Chains
• Queueing Networks
• to Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets
• Stochastic Process Algebras
• A Survey of Markovian Behavioral Equivalences
• Stochastic Model Checking
• Fluid Models in Performance Analysis
• Tackling Large State Spaces in Performance Modelling
• Data Representation and Efficient Solution: A Decision Diagram Approach
• to Software Performance Engineering: Origins and Outstanding Problems
• From Annotated Software Designs (UML SPT/MARTE) to Model Formalisms.