Ebook: Computer Performance Evaluation: Modelling Techniques and Tools 10th International Conference, Tools’98 Palma de Mallorca, Spain September 14–18, 1998 Proceedings

The need to evaluate computer and communication systems performance and dependability is continuously growing as a consequence of both the increasing complexity of systems and the user requirements in terms of timing behaviour. The 10th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for C- puter Performance Evaluation, held in Palma in September 1998, was organised with the aim of creating a forum in which both theoreticians and practitioners could interchange recent techniques, tools, and experiences in these areas. This meeting follows the predecessor conferences of this series: 1984 Paris 1988 Palma 1994 Wien 1985 Sophia Antipolis 1991 Torino 1995 Heidelberg 1987 Paris 1992 Edinburgh 1997 Saint Malo The tradition of this conference series continued this year where many high quality papers were submitted. The Programme Committee had a di cult task in selecting the best papers. Many ne papers could not be included in the program due to space constraints. All accepted papers are included in this volume. Also, a set of submissions describing performance modelling tools was transformed into tool presentations and demonstrations. A brief description of these tools is included in this volume. The following table gives the overall statistics for the submissions.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation, Tools'98, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in September 1998.
The 25 revised full papers presented were selected from a total of 69 submissions. Also included are one invited paper and nine tool descriptions. The book is divided into topical sections on software performance tools, network performance, measurement and modelling tools, algorithmic techniques, case studies, Petri net techniques, MVA techniques, and software performance evaluation methods.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation, Tools'98, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in September 1998.
The 25 revised full papers presented were selected from a total of 69 submissions. Also included are one invited paper and nine tool descriptions. The book is divided into topical sections on software performance tools, network performance, measurement and modelling tools, algorithmic techniques, case studies, Petri net techniques, MVA techniques, and software performance evaluation methods.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
A Modular and Scalable Simulation Tool for Large Wireless Networks....Pages 1-14
Designing Process Replication and Threading Policies: A Quantitative Approach....Pages 15-26
SREPT: Software Reliability Estimation and Prediction Tool....Pages 27-36
Reusable Software Components for Performability Tools, and Their Utilization for Web-Based Configurable Tools....Pages 37-50
Compositional Performance Modelling with the TIPPtool....Pages 51-62
QNA-MC: A Performance Evaluation Tool for Communication Networks with Multicast Data Streams....Pages 63-74
Response Times in Client-Server Systems....Pages 75-92
A Queueing Model with Varying Service Rate for ABR....Pages 93-104
Simulative Performance Evaluation of the Temporary Pseudonym Method for Protecting Location Information in GSM Networks....Pages 105-116
A Model Driven Monitoring Approach to Support the Multi-view Performance Analysis of Parallel Responsive Applications....Pages 117-128
Instrumentation of Synchronous Reactive Systems for Performance Analysis: A Case Study....Pages 129-141
A Perturbation and Reduction Based Algorithm....Pages 142-153
A Comparison of Numerical Splitting-based Methods for Markovian Dependability and Performability Models....Pages 154-164
Probability, Parallelism and the State Space Exploration Problem....Pages 165-179
An Improved Multiple Variable Inversion Algorithm for Reliability Calculation....Pages 180-192
Performance Evaluation of Web Proxy Cache Replacement Policies....Pages 193-206
Performance Analysis of a WDM Bus Network Based on GSPN Models?....Pages 207-218
Scheduling Write Backs for Weakly-Connected Mobile Clients....Pages 219-230
On Choosing a Task Assignment Policy for a Distributed Server System....Pages 231-242
Structured Characterization of the Markov Chain of Phase-Type SPN....Pages 243-254
Markov Regenerative Stochastic Petri Nets with General Execution Policies: Supplementary Variable Analysis and a Prototype Tool....Pages 255-266
A Queue-Shift Approximation Technique for Product-Form Queueing Networks....Pages 267-279
Experiments with Improved Approximate Mean Value Analysis Algorithms....Pages 280-291
Extending SMART2 to Predict the Behaviour of PL/SQL-based Applications....Pages 292-305
Performance Evaluation of Distributed Object Architectures....Pages 306-320
Edinet: An Execution Driven Interconnection Network Simulator for DSM Systems....Pages 321-335
A Tool to Model Network Transient States with the Use of Diffusion Approximation....Pages 336-339
HIMAP: Architecture, Features, and Hierarchical Model Specification Techniques....Pages 340-343
SvPablo: A Multi-language Performance Analysis System....Pages 344-347
A Toolbox for Functional and Quantitative Analysis of DEDS....Pages 348-351
A Reconfigurable Hardware Tool for High Speed Network Simulation....Pages 352-355
JAGATH: A Methodology and its Application for Distributed Systems Performance Evaluation and Control....Pages 356-359
Hierarchical Stochastic Reward Net Solver Package....Pages 360-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-368
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