Modeling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Challenge of Combining Text and Graphics in Modeling Support Environments....Pages 1-10
Compiling Techniques for the Analysis of Stochastic Petri Nets....Pages 11-24
Panacea: An Integrated Set of Tools for Performance Analysis....Pages 25-40
Distributed Systems Design: An Integrated Software Tool for Performance Analysis....Pages 41-55
Towards a Performance Modelling Environment: News on Hit....Pages 57-75
LANSF — A Modular System for Modelling Low-Level Communication Protocols....Pages 77-93
IPWATCH: A Tool for Monitoring Network Locality....Pages 95-115
Quartz : A Tool for Performance Evaluation of Data Networks....Pages 117-129
Tel — A Versatile Tool for Emulating System Load....Pages 131-148
A Tool for Performance-Driven Design of Parallel Systems....Pages 149-161
Performance Analysis of a Buffer Under Locking Protocols....Pages 163-177
Average Message Delay of an Asymmetric Single-Buffer Polling System with Round-Robin Scheduling of Services....Pages 179-187
On a Multiclass Queue with Class Dependent Window-Flow Control....Pages 189-199
Solving Some Practical Problems of Computing System Configuration and Design by Throughput Control in Closed Separable Queueing Networks....Pages 201-213
Modelling DASD Configurations with Multipathing and Multiple Blocking Points....Pages 215-231
A Unified Approach to the Performance Evaluation of Multiprocessors....Pages 233-247
A Hardware Instrumentation Approach for Performance Measurement of a Shared-Memory Multiprocessor....Pages 249-264
Artificial Intelligence Modelling of Complex Systems....Pages 265-290
PEPS: A Package for Solving Complex Markov Models of Parallel Systems....Pages 291-305
Performance of Concurrent Rendezvous Systems with Complex Pipeline Structures....Pages 307-322
On the Tradeoff Between Parallelism and Communication....Pages 323-334
Proper, a Performability Modelling and Analysis Tool....Pages 335-352
Petri Nets Generating Markov Reward Models for Performance/Reliability Analysis of Degradable Systems....Pages 353-365
Failure Data Analysis of a Computer System....Pages 367-383
Fast Approximate Solution of Queueing Networks with Multi-Server Chain-Dependent FCFS Queues....Pages 385-396
A Universal Maximum Entropy Algorithm for General Multiple Class Open Networks with Mixed Service Disciplines....Pages 397-419
Piecewise Approximation of Densities Applying the Principle of Maximum Entropy: Waiting Times in G/G/1-Systems....Pages 421-438
Two-Stage Cyclic Network with Blocking: Cycle Time Distribution and Equivalence Properties....Pages 439-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-452