Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction

ISBN: 1555582605
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 136

Authors: Paul Fortier D.Sc., Howard Michel Ph.D.

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Table of Contents
BackCover
Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Evolution of computer systems architectures
1.2 Evolution of database systems
1.3 Evolution of operating systems
1.4 Evolution of computer networks
1.5 Need for performance evaluation
1.6 Role of performance evaluation in computer engineering
1.7 Overview of performance evaluation methods
1.8 Performance metrics and evaluation criteria
Chapter 2: Computer Data Processing Hardware Architecture
2.2 Computer hardware architecture
2.3 CPU architectures
2.4 IO architectures
2.5 Secondary storage and peripheral devices and architectures
2.6 Distributed and network architectures
2.7 Network topologies
2.8 Computer architectures
2.9 Computer systems support software architecture
2.10 Components of a database system s architecture
2.11 Summary
Chapter 3: Fundamental Concepts and Performance Measures
3.2 Time
3.3 Events
3.4 Measurements (sampling)
3.5 Intervals
3.6 Response
3.7 Independence
3.8 Randomness
3.9 Workloads
3.10 Problems encountered in model development and use
3.11 A case study
3.12 Summary
Chapter 4: General Measurement Principles
4.1 Scheduling algorithms
4.2 Workloads
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5: Probability
5.1 Random variables
5.2 Jointly distributed random variables
5.3 Probability distributions
5.4 Densities
5.5 Expectation
5.6 Some example probability distributions
5.7 Summary
Chapter 6: Stochastic Processes
6.2 Basic definitions
6.3 Poisson process
6.4 Birth-death process
6.5 Markov process
6.6 Summary
Chapter 7: Queuing Theory
7.2 Networks of queues
7.3 Estimating parameters and distributions
7.4 Computational methods for queuing network solutions
7.5 Summary
Chapter 8: Simulation Analysis
8.1 Simulation process
8.2 Time control
8.3 Systems and modeling
8.4 Simulation languages
8.5 Applications of simulation
8.6 Summary
Chapter 9: Petri Nets
9.2 Basic notation
9.3 Classical Petri nets
9.4 Timed Petri nets
9.5 Priority-based Petri nets
9.6 Colored Petri nets
9.7 Generalized Petri nets
9.8 Summary
Chapter 10: Hardware Testbeds, Instrumentation, Measurement, Data Extraction, and Analysis
10.1 Derivation of performance evaluation parameters
10.2 Network performance tests
10.3 General methods of data extraction
10.4 Testbed and model workloads
10.5 Experimental design
10.6 Data presentation
10.7 Summary
Chapter 11: System Performance Evaluation Tool Selection and Use
11.2 Validation of results
11.3 Conducting experiments
11.4 Performance metrics
11.5 Evaluation
11.6 Summary
Chapter 12: Analysis of Computer Architectures
12.2 Case 1: Central server computer system
12.3 Case II: Multiple server computer system
12.4 Case III: Petri net example
12.5 Summary
Chapter 13: Analysis of Operating System Components
13.2 System architectures
13.3 Workloads
13.4 Experimental design and simulation
13.5 Experimental analysis and conclusion
13.6 Summary
Chapter 14: Database Systems Performance Analysis
14.2 The testbed systems
14.3 The database systems
14.4 Testbed performance analysis testing
14.5 The results
14.6 Summary
Chapter 15: Analysis of Computer Networks Components
15.2 Analytical modeling examples
15.3 Simulation modeling of local area networks
15.4 Summary
References
Index
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List of Figures
List of Tables