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Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction
by Paul J. Fortier and Howard E. Michel	ISBN:1555582605
Digital Press 2003 (525 pages)
The purpose of this book is to make analytic, simulation and instrumentation based modeling and performance evaluation of database and computer systems components possible and understandable to a wider audience.

Table of Contents
	Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction
	Preface
	Chapter 1	-	Introduction
	Chapter 2	-	Computer Data Processing Hardware Architecture
	Chapter 3	-	Fundamental Concepts and Performance Measures
	Chapter 4	-	General Measurement Principles
	Chapter 5	-	Probability
	Chapter 6	-	Stochastic Processes
	Chapter 7	-	Queuing Theory
	Chapter 8	-	Simulation Analysis
	Chapter 9	-	Petri Nets
	Chapter 10	-	Hardware Testbeds, Instrumentation, Measurement, Data Extraction, and Analysis
	Chapter 11	-	System Performance Evaluation Tool Selection and Use
	Chapter 12	-	Analysis of Computer Architectures
	Chapter 13	-	Analysis of Operating System Components
	Chapter 14	-	Database Systems Performance Analysis
	Chapter 15	-	Analysis of Computer Networks Components
	References
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Tables

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