Quantitative System Performance
Quantitative System Performance

Author: Edward D. Lazowska

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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An overview of queueing network modelling. Conducting a modelling study. Fundamental laws. General analytic technique. Bounds on performance. Models with one job class. Models with multiple job classes. Flow equivalence and hierarchical modelling. Representing specific subsystems. Memory. Disk I/O. Processors. Parameterization. Existing systems. Evolving systems. Proposed systems. Perspective. Using queueing network modelling software. Appendices. Constructing a model from RMF data. An implementation of single class, exact MVA. An implementation of multiple class, exact MVA. Load dependent service centers. Index.

Software Performance and Scalability
Software Performance and Scalability

Author: Henry H. Liu

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-20

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1118211316

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Praise from the Reviewers: "The practicality of the subject in a real-world situation distinguishes this book from others available on the market." —Professor Behrouz Far, University of Calgary "This book could replace the computer organization texts now in use that every CS and CpE student must take. . . . It is much needed, well written, and thoughtful." —Professor Larry Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology A distinctive, educational text onsoftware performance and scalability This is the first book to take a quantitative approach to the subject of software performance and scalability. It brings together three unique perspectives to demonstrate how your products can be optimized and tuned for the best possible performance and scalability: The Basics—introduces the computer hardware and software architectures that predetermine the performance and scalability of a software product as well as the principles of measuring the performance and scalability of a software product Queuing Theory—helps you learn the performance laws and queuing models for interpreting the underlying physics behind software performance and scalability, supplemented with ready-to-apply techniques for improving the performance and scalability of a software system API Profiling—shows you how to design more efficient algorithms and achieve optimized performance and scalability, aided by adopting an API profiling framework (perfBasic) built on the concept of a performance map for drilling down performance root causes at the API level Software Performance and Scalability gives you a specialized skill set that will enable you to design and build performance into your products with immediate, measurable improvements. Complemented with real-world case studies, it is an indispensable resource for software developers, quality and performance assurance engineers, architects, and managers. It is anideal text for university courses related to computer and software performance evaluation and can also be used to supplement a course in computer organization or in queuing theory for upper-division and graduate computer science students.

Quantitative Models for Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking
Quantitative Models for Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking

Author: Joe Zhu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 3319066471

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The author is one of the prominent researchers in the field of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a powerful data analysis tool that can be used in performance evaluation and benchmarking. This book is based upon the author’s years of research and teaching experiences. It is difficult to evaluate an organization’s performance when multiple performance metrics are present. The difficulties are further enhanced when the relationships among the performance metrics are complex and involve unknown tradeoffs. This book introduces Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a multiple-measure performance evaluation and benchmarking tool. The focus of performance evaluation and benchmarking is shifted from characterizing performance in terms of single measures to evaluating performance as a multidimensional systems perspective. Conventional and new DEA approaches are presented and discussed using Excel spreadsheets — one of the most effective ways to analyze and evaluate decision alternatives. The user can easily develop and customize new DEA models based upon these spreadsheets. DEA models and approaches are presented to deal with performance evaluation problems in a variety of contexts. For example, a context-dependent DEA measures the relative attractiveness of similar operations/processes/products. Sensitivity analysis techniques can be easily applied, and used to identify critical performance measures. Two-stage network efficiency models can be utilized to study performance of supply chain. DEA benchmarking models extend DEA’s ability in performance evaluation. Various cross efficiency approaches are presented to provide peer evaluation scores. This book also provides an easy-to-use DEA software — DEAFrontier. This DEAFrontier is an Add-In for Microsoft® Excel and provides a custom menu of DEA approaches. This version of DEAFrontier is for use with Excel 97-2013 under Windows and can solve up to 50 DMUs, subject to the capacity of Excel Solver. It is an extremely powerful tool that can assist decision-makers in benchmarking and analyzing complex operational performance issues in manufacturing organizations as well as evaluating processes in banking, retail, franchising, health care, public services and many other industries.

Foundations of Software and System Performance Engineering
Foundations of Software and System Performance Engineering

Author: André B. Bondi

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 0321833821

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The absence of clearly written performance requirements is the cause of much confusion and bad software architectures; this book's coverage of performance requirements engineering and domain-specific performance metrics at every stage of the software process addresses the problem. Application of the principles in this book will considerably mitigate the risks that performance post to the success of a software system and lead to a better quality product with wider acceptance.

Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction

Author: Paul Fortier

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2003-07-09

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 0080502601

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Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction bridges the gap from academic to professional analysis of computer performance.This book makes analytic, simulation and instrumentation based modeling and performance evaluation of computer systems components understandable to a wide audience of computer systems designers, developers, administrators, managers and users. The book assumes familiarity with computer systems architecture, computer systems software, computer networks and mathematics including calculus and linear algebra.·Fills the void between engineering practice and the academic domain's treatment of computer systems performance evaluation and assessment·Provides a single source where the professional or student can learn how to perform computer systems engineering tradeoff analysis·Allows managers to realize cost effective yet optimal computer systems tuned to a specific application

Quantitative Evaluation of Systems
Quantitative Evaluation of Systems

Author: Javier Campos

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-21

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 3319222643

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, QEST 2015, held in Madrid, Spain, in September 2015. The 19 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: modelling and applications; tools; petri nets, process algebra and fault trees; applications; and queuing systems and hybrid systems. The book also contains one full-paper invited talk.

Computer System Performance Modeling In Perspective: A Tribute To The Work Of Prof Kenneth C Sevcik
Computer System Performance Modeling In Perspective: A Tribute To The Work Of Prof Kenneth C Sevcik

Author: Erol Gelenbe

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2006-09-20

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1908979828

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Computer system performance evaluation is a key discipline for the understanding of the behavior and limitations of large scale computer systems and networks. This volume provides an overview of the milestones and major developments of the field.The contributions to the book include many of the principal leaders from industry and academia with a truly international coverage, including several IEEE and ACM Fellows, two Fellows of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the European Academy, and a former President of the Association of Computing Machinery./a

Computer System Performance Modeling in Perspective
Computer System Performance Modeling in Perspective

Author: Erol Gelenbe

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1860946615

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Computer system performance evaluation is a key discipline for the understanding of the behavior and limitations of large scale computer systems and networks. This volume provides an overview of the milestones and major developments of the field.The contributions to the book include many of the principal leaders from industry and academia with a truly international coverage, including several IEEE and ACM Fellows, two Fellows of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the European Academy, and a former President of the Association of Computing Machinery.

Control Theory for Humans
Control Theory for Humans

Author: Richard J. Jagacinski

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1410606767

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This textbook provides a tutorial introduction to behavioral applications of control theory. Control theory describes the information one should be sensitive to and the pattern of influence that one should exert on a dynamic system in order to achieve a goal. As such, it is applicable to various forms of dynamic behavior. The book primarily deals with manual control (e.g., moving the cursor on a computer screen, lifting an object, hitting a ball, driving a car), both as a substantive area of study and as a useful perspective for approaching control theory. It is the experience of the authors that by imagining themselves as part of a manual control system, students are better able to learn numerous concepts in this field. Topics include varieties of control theory, such as classical, optimal, fuzzy, adaptive, and learning control, as well as perception and decision making in dynamic contexts. The authors also discuss implications of control theory for how experiments can be conducted in the behavioral sciences. In each of these areas they have provided brief essays intended to convey key concepts that enable the reader to more easily pursue additional readings. Behavioral scientists teaching control courses will be very interested in this book.

Quantitative Modeling of Human Performance in Complex, Dynamic Systems
Quantitative Modeling of Human Performance in Complex, Dynamic Systems

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 030904135X

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This book describes and evaluates existing models of human performance and their use in the design and evaluation of new human-technology systems. Its primary focus is on the modeling of system operators who perform supervisory and manual control tasks. After an introduction on human performance modeling, the book describes information processing, control theory, task network, and knowledge-based models. It explains models of human performance in aircraft operations, nuclear power plant control, maintenance, and the supervisory control of process control systems, such as oil refineries. The book concludes with a discussion of model parameterization and validation and recommends a number of lines of research needed to strengthen model development and application.