Ebook: 7th UK Computer and Telecommunications Performance Engineering Workshop: Edinburgh, 22–23 July 1991

Performance engineering is a fast-moving field where advances in technology mean that new issues constantly need to be addressed. In response to this, the UK Computer and Telecommunications Performance Engineering workshops were set up in 1985 to provide a valuable opportunity for the discussion and exchange of ideas. They have subsequently become well established as the focus for academic and industrial practitioners from the UK and Europe with an interest in performance and modelling and analysis. This volume contains the 16 papers which were presented at the 7th annual workshop, held in Edinburgh in July 1991. The workshop highlighted various aspects of parallel computing - an area which is attracting an increasing amount of interest - and the work presented in these papers is of particular interest as the contributors used real analysis to evaluate their models. The papers cover an unusually wide range of topics, both practical and theoretical, including advances in queueing theory, common performance problems and their solutions, assessments of available tools and presentations of new theoretical results. The result is an extremely comprehensive coverage of this important and challenging field. This volume provides an up-to-date assessment of work being carried out by performance engineers in the UK and Europe and will be an invaluable reference book for researchers and practitioners wishing to familiarise themselves with the benefits of performance and analysis.

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Performance engineering is a fast-moving field where advances in technology mean that new issues constantly need to be addressed. In response to this, the UK Computer and Telecommunications Performance Engineering workshops were set up in 1985 to provide a valuable opportunity for the discussion and exchange of ideas. They have subsequently become well established as the focus for academic and industrial practitioners from the UK and Europe with an interest in performance and modelling and analysis. This volume contains the 16 papers which were presented at the 7th annual workshop, held in Edinburgh in July 1991. The workshop highlighted various aspects of parallel computing - an area which is attracting an increasing amount of interest - and the work presented in these papers is of particular interest as the contributors used real analysis to evaluate their models. The papers cover an unusually wide range of topics, both practical and theoretical, including advances in queueing theory, common performance problems and their solutions, assessments of available tools and presentations of new theoretical results. The result is an extremely comprehensive coverage of this important and challenging field. This volume provides an up-to-date assessment of work being carried out by performance engineers in the UK and Europe and will be an invaluable reference book for researchers and practitioners wishing to familiarise themselves with the benefits of performance and analysis.

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Performance engineering is a fast-moving field where advances in technology mean that new issues constantly need to be addressed. In response to this, the UK Computer and Telecommunications Performance Engineering workshops were set up in 1985 to provide a valuable opportunity for the discussion and exchange of ideas. They have subsequently become well established as the focus for academic and industrial practitioners from the UK and Europe with an interest in performance and modelling and analysis. This volume contains the 16 papers which were presented at the 7th annual workshop, held in Edinburgh in July 1991. The workshop highlighted various aspects of parallel computing - an area which is attracting an increasing amount of interest - and the work presented in these papers is of particular interest as the contributors used real analysis to evaluate their models. The papers cover an unusually wide range of topics, both practical and theoretical, including advances in queueing theory, common performance problems and their solutions, assessments of available tools and presentations of new theoretical results. The result is an extremely comprehensive coverage of this important and challenging field. This volume provides an up-to-date assessment of work being carried out by performance engineers in the UK and Europe and will be an invaluable reference book for researchers and practitioners wishing to familiarise themselves with the benefits of performance and analysis.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Performance Analysis Process....Pages 1-14
A Statistical Approach to Finding Performance Models of Parallel Programs....Pages 15-26
A Modelling Environment for Studying the Performance of Parallel Programs....Pages 27-39
On the Performance Prediction of PRAM Simulating Models....Pages 40-55
General Queueing Network Models with Variable Concurrent Programming Structures and Synchronisation....Pages 56-72
Experiences in Implementing Solution Techniques for Networks of Queues....Pages 73-87
BCMP Queueing Networks versus Stochastic Petri Nets: A Pragmatic Comparison....Pages 88-98
Extension to Preemption of a Method for a Feedback Queue....Pages 99-107
Approximate Analysis of a G/G/c/PR Queue....Pages 108-122
The CLOWN Network Simulator....Pages 123-130
Modelling ATM Network Components with the Process Interaction Tool....Pages 131-145
Asynchronous Packet-switched Banyan Networks with Blocking (Extended Abstract)....Pages 146-149
Equilibrium Point Analysis of a Slotted Ring....Pages 150-162
MEM for Arbitrary Exponential Open Networks with Blocking and Multiple Job Classes....Pages 163-178
Performance Evaluation of FDDI by Emulation....Pages 179-184
An Editing and Checking Tool for Stochastic Petri Nets....Pages 185-188
Erratum to: Extension to Preemption of a Method for a Feedback Queue....Pages 192-193
Back Matter....Pages 189-191

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Performance engineering is a fast-moving field where advances in technology mean that new issues constantly need to be addressed. In response to this, the UK Computer and Telecommunications Performance Engineering workshops were set up in 1985 to provide a valuable opportunity for the discussion and exchange of ideas. They have subsequently become well established as the focus for academic and industrial practitioners from the UK and Europe with an interest in performance and modelling and analysis. This volume contains the 16 papers which were presented at the 7th annual workshop, held in Edinburgh in July 1991. The workshop highlighted various aspects of parallel computing - an area which is attracting an increasing amount of interest - and the work presented in these papers is of particular interest as the contributors used real analysis to evaluate their models. The papers cover an unusually wide range of topics, both practical and theoretical, including advances in queueing theory, common performance problems and their solutions, assessments of available tools and presentations of new theoretical results. The result is an extremely comprehensive coverage of this important and challenging field. This volume provides an up-to-date assessment of work being carried out by performance engineers in the UK and Europe and will be an invaluable reference book for researchers and practitioners wishing to familiarise themselves with the benefits of performance and analysis.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Performance Analysis Process....Pages 1-14
A Statistical Approach to Finding Performance Models of Parallel Programs....Pages 15-26
A Modelling Environment for Studying the Performance of Parallel Programs....Pages 27-39
On the Performance Prediction of PRAM Simulating Models....Pages 40-55
General Queueing Network Models with Variable Concurrent Programming Structures and Synchronisation....Pages 56-72
Experiences in Implementing Solution Techniques for Networks of Queues....Pages 73-87
BCMP Queueing Networks versus Stochastic Petri Nets: A Pragmatic Comparison....Pages 88-98
Extension to Preemption of a Method for a Feedback Queue....Pages 99-107
Approximate Analysis of a G/G/c/PR Queue....Pages 108-122
The CLOWN Network Simulator....Pages 123-130
Modelling ATM Network Components with the Process Interaction Tool....Pages 131-145
Asynchronous Packet-switched Banyan Networks with Blocking (Extended Abstract)....Pages 146-149
Equilibrium Point Analysis of a Slotted Ring....Pages 150-162
MEM for Arbitrary Exponential Open Networks with Blocking and Multiple Job Classes....Pages 163-178
Performance Evaluation of FDDI by Emulation....Pages 179-184
An Editing and Checking Tool for Stochastic Petri Nets....Pages 185-188
Erratum to: Extension to Preemption of a Method for a Feedback Queue....Pages 192-193
Back Matter....Pages 189-191
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