LEADER 05694nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910139466203321 005 20170810190534.0 010 $a1-282-49138-5 010 $a9786612491382 010 $a0-470-56720-1 010 $a0-470-56719-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007134 035 $a(EBL)484833 035 $a(OCoLC)520990412 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337981 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337981 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295079 035 $a(PQKB)11446150 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC484833 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007134 100 $a20090727d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFundamentals of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunications systems$b[electronic resource] /$fMohammad S. Obaidat, Noureddine A. Boudriga 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (477 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-471-26983-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFUNDAMENTALS 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 Models 327 $a2.6 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 Services 327 $a4.7 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 NETWORKS 327 $a7.1 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 Introduction 327 $a9.2 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 Distribution 327 $a10.10 Beta Distribution 330 $a 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. 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