Database Machine Performance: Modeling Methodologies and Evaluation Strategies
Database Machine Performance: Modeling Methodologies and Evaluation Strategies

Author: Francesca Cesarini

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1987-06-24

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9783540179429

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This book is focused on the performance evaluation of database machines, i.e., special-purpose architectures specifically meant to improve the efficiency of database applications. The topic is of primary interest because of the need to compare these systems among themselves and with traditional database management systems. The book gathers the experience of several European research groups in modeling and analyzing the database machine architectures they have proposed. It deals both with the main methodological issues and with the detailed analysis of some relevant problems. It also includes an extensive annotated bibliography with more than one hundred references and several keys for the access to the literature.

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement

Author: James C. McDavid

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 145228959X

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.