05660nam 2200673Ia 450 991083030050332120230725044841.01-282-49138-597866124913820-470-56720-10-470-56719-8(CKB)2550000000007134(EBL)484833(OCoLC)520990412(SSID)ssj0000337981(PQKBManifestationID)11929338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337981(PQKBWorkID)10295079(PQKB)11446150(MiAaPQ)EBC484833(EXLCZ)99255000000000713420090727d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFundamentals of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunications systems[electronic resource] /Mohammad S. Obaidat, Noureddine A. BoudrigaHoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons20101 online resource (477 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-471-26983-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.FUNDAMENTALS OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Performance Evaluation Viewpoints and Concepts; 1.3 Goals of Performance Evaluation; 1.4 Applications of Performance Evaluation; 1.5 Techniques; 1.6 Metrics of Performance; 1.7 Workload Characterization and Benchmarking; 1.8 Summary; References; Exercises; 2 PROBABILITY THEORY REVIEW; 2.1 Basic Concepts on Probability Theory; 2.2 Elementary Sampling; 2.3 Random Variables; 2.4 Sums of Variables; 2.5 Regression Models2.6 Important Density and Distribution Functions2.7 Markov Processes; 2.8 Limits; 2.9 Comparing Systems using Sample Data; 2.10 Summary; References; Exercises; 3 MEASUREMENT/TESTING TECHNIQUE; 3.1 Measurement Strategies; 3.2 Event Tracing; 3.3 Monitors; 3.4 Program Optimizers; 3.5 Accounting Logs; 3.6 Summary; References; Exercises; 4 BENCHMARKING AND CAPACITY PLANNING; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Types of Benchmark Programs; 4.3 Benchmark Examples; 4.4 Frequent Mistakes and Games in Benchmarking; 4.5 Procedures of Capacity Planning and Related Main Problems; 4.6 Capacity Planning for Web Services4.7 SummaryReferences; Exercises; 5 DATA REPRESENTATION AND ADVANCED TOPICS ON VALIDATION MODELING; 5.1 Data Representation; 5.2 Measurements; 5.3 Program Profiling and Outlining; 5.4 State Machine Models; 5.5 Petri Net-Based Modeling; 5.6 Protocol Validation; 5.7 Summary; References; Exercises; 6 BASICS OF QUEUEING THEORY; 6.1 Queue Models; 6.2 Queue Parameters; 6.3 Little's Law; 6.4 Priority Management; 6.5 Analysis of M/M/1 Systems; 6.6 The M/M/M Queue; 6.7 Other Queues; 6.8 Queueing Models with Insensitive Length Distribution; 6.9 Summary; References; Exercises; 7 QUEUEING NETWORKS7.1 Fundamentals of Queueing Networks7.2 Model Inputs and Outputs in Queueing Networks; 7.3 Open Networks; 7.4 Closed Queueing Networks; 7.5 Product Form Networks; 7.6 Mean Value Analysis; 7.7 Analysis Using Flow Equivalent Servers; 7.8 Summary; References; Exercises; 8 OPERATIONAL AND MEAN VALUE ANALYSIS; 8.1 Operational Laws; 8.2 Little's Formula; 8.3 Bottleneck Analysis; 8.4 Standard MVA; 8.5 Approximation of MVA; 8.6 Bounding Analysis; 8.7 Case Study: A Circuit Switching System; 8.8 Summary; References; Exercises; 9 INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; 9.1 Introduction9.2 Types of Simulation9.3 Some Terminology; 9.4 Random-Number-Generation Techniques; 9.5 Survey of Commonly Used Random Number Generators; 9.6 Seed Selection; 9.7 Random Variate Generation; 9.8 Testing of Random Number Sequences; 9.9 Summary; References; Exercises; 10 COMMONLY USED DISTRIBUTIONS IN SIMULATION AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; 10.1 Exponential Distribution; 10.2 Poisson Distribution; 10.3 Uniform Distribution; 10.4 Normal Distribution; 10.5 Weibull Distribution; 10.6 Pareto Distribution; 10.7 Geometric Distribution; 10.8 Gamma distribution; 10.9 Erlang Distribution10.10 Beta Distribution The only singular, all-encompassing textbook on state-of-the-art technical performance evaluation Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems uniquely presents all techniques of performance evaluation of computers systems, communication networks, and telecommunications in a balanced manner. Written by the renowned Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat and his coauthor Professor Noureddine Boudriga, it is also the only resource to treat computer and telecommunication systems as inseparable issues. The authors explain the basic concepts of performance evaluaComputer systemsEvaluationComputer systemsSimulation methodsTelecommunication systemsEvaluationTelecommunication systemsSimulation methodsComputer systemsEvaluation.Computer systemsSimulation methods.Telecommunication systemsEvaluation.Telecommunication systemsSimulation methods.004.2004.6Obaidat Mohammad S(Mohammad Salameh),1952-523170Boudriga Noureddine523171MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830300503321Fundamentals of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunications systems4074554UNINA