Statistical Computer Performance Evaluation

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
AUTHORS, DISCUSSANTS, AND SESSION CHAIRMEN, Pages ix-xi
PREFACE, Page xiii, Walter Freiberger
FOREWORD, Page xv, Marvin Denicoff
QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR EVALUATING COMPUTER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW AND PROPOSALS, Pages 3-24, U. Grenander, R.F. Tsao
A UTILITY THEORETIC APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF A TIME-SHARING SYSTEM, Pages 25-50, Jerrold M. Grochow
DISCUSSION OF SESSION I, Pages 51-53, F.J. Anscombe
MODELLING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OS/360 TIME-SHARING OPTION (TSO), Pages 57-72, Edwin R. Lassettre, Allan L. Scherr
A STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE SCHEDULER OF AN EXPERIMENTAL INTERACTIVE COMPUTING SYSTEM, Pages 73-98, Harold A. Anderson Jr., Robert G. Sargent
DISCUSSION OF SESSION II, Pages 99-100, H. Hellerman
A MULTI-FACTOR PAGING EXPERIMENT: I. THE EXPERIMENT AND THE CONCLUSIONS, Pages 103-134, R.F. Tsao, L.W. Comeau, B.H. Margolin
A MULTI-FACTOR PAGING EXPERIMENT: II. STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY, Pages 135-158, R.F. Tsao, B.H. Margolin
DISCUSSION OF SESSION III, Pages 159-162, Cuthbert Daniel, L.A. Belady
A COMPUTER PERFORMANCE MONITOR AND MARKOV ANALYSIS FOR MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM EVALUATION, Pages 165-225, John M. Feeley
STATISTICAL QUANTIFICATION OF INSTRUCTION AND OPERAND TRACES, Pages 227-239, Sant R. Arora, Frank L. Wu
MEASUREMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF PROGRAM BEHAVIOR UNDER PAGING SYSTEMS, Pages 241-264, J.L. Baer, G.R. Sager
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SERIES OF EVENTS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Pages 265-280, P.A.W. Lewis, P.C. Yue
DISCUSSION OF SESSION IV, Pages 281-283, Ulf Grenander, Emanuel Parzen
AN APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF COMPUTER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, Pages 287-327, A.C. Yeh
ON THE STRUCTURE OF CP-67 OVERHEAD, Pages 329-346, Y. Bard, K.V. Suryanarayana
THE USE OF PURE AND MODIFIED REGRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPING SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE ALGORITHMS, Pages 347-369, M.P. Racite
DISCUSSION OF SESSION V, Pages 371-374, H.P. Friedman
ANALYSIS OF FREE-STORAGE ALGORITHMS, Pages 377-405, B.H. Margolin, R.P. Parmelee, M. Schatzoff
LOCALITY: WORKING SET, REQUEST STRING, DISTANCE FUNCTION AND REPLACEMENT STACK, Pages 407-422, D. Hatfield, J. Gerald
STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY FOR CALIBRATING A TRACE-DRIVEN SIMULATOR OF A BATCH COMPUTER SYSTEM, Pages 423-459, H. Beilner, G. Waldbaum
DISCUSSION OF SESSION VI, Pages 461-462, Akira Sekino
SOFTWARE RELIABILITY RESEARCH, Pages 465-484, Z. Jelinski, P. Moranda
PROBABILISTIC MODELS FOR SOFTWARE RELIABILITY PREDICTION, Pages 485-502, Martin L. Shooman
AN INTRODUCTION TO GROWTH DYNAMICS, Pages 503-511, L.A. Belady, M.M. Lehman
DISCUSSION OF SESSION VII, Pages 513-514, R.G. Munck