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Book Performance Engineering

Download or read book Performance Engineering written by Reiner Dumke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-06-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initially, computer systems performance analyses were carried out primarily because of limited resources. Due to ever increasing functional complexity of computational systems and user requirements, performance engineering continues to play a major role in software development. This book assesses the state of the art in performance engineering. Besides revised chapters drawn from two workshops on performance engineering held in 2000, additional chapters were solicited in order to provide complete coverage of all relevant aspects. The first part is devoted to the relation between software engineering and performance engineering; the second part focuses on the use of models, measures, and tools; finally, case studies with regard to concrete technologies are presented. Researchers, professional software engineers, and advanced students interested in performance analysis will find this book an indispensable source of information and reference.

Book Readings in Database Systems

Download or read book Readings in Database Systems written by Joseph M. Hellerstein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition of a popular text and reference on database research, with substantial new material and revision; covers classical literature and recent hot topics. Lessons from database research have been applied in academic fields ranging from bioinformatics to next-generation Internet architecture and in industrial uses including Web-based e-commerce and search engines. The core ideas in the field have become increasingly influential. This text provides both students and professionals with a grounding in database research and a technical context for understanding recent innovations in the field. The readings included treat the most important issues in the database area--the basic material for any DBMS professional. This fourth edition has been substantially updated and revised, with 21 of the 48 papers new to the edition, four of them published for the first time. Many of the sections have been newly organized, and each section includes a new or substantially revised introduction that discusses the context, motivation, and controversies in a particular area, placing it in the broader perspective of database research. Two introductory articles, never before published, provide an organized, current introduction to basic knowledge of the field; one discusses the history of data models and query languages and the other offers an architectural overview of a database system. The remaining articles range from the classical literature on database research to treatments of current hot topics, including a paper on search engine architecture and a paper on application servers, both written expressly for this edition. The result is a collection of papers that are seminal and also accessible to a reader who has a basic familiarity with database systems.

Book Computing Handbook  Third Edition

Download or read book Computing Handbook Third Edition written by Teofilo Gonzalez and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 2330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computing Handbook, Third Edition: Computer Science and Software Engineering mirrors the modern taxonomy of computer science and software engineering as described by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). Written by established leading experts and influential young researchers, the first volume of this popular handbook examines the elements involved in designing and implementing software, new areas in which computers are being used, and ways to solve computing problems. The book also explores our current understanding of software engineering and its effect on the practice of software development and the education of software professionals. Like the second volume, this first volume describes what occurs in research laboratories, educational institutions, and public and private organizations to advance the effective development and use of computers and computing in today’s world. Research-level survey articles provide deep insights into the computing discipline, enabling readers to understand the principles and practices that drive computing education, research, and development in the twenty-first century.

Book Formal Methods for Performance Evaluation

Download or read book Formal Methods for Performance Evaluation written by Marco Bernardo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-06-06 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a set of 11 papers accompanying the lectures of leading researchers given at the 7th edition of the International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2007, held in Bertinoro, Italy in May/June 2007. SFM 2007 was devoted to formal techniques for performance evaluation and covered several aspects of the field.

Book Large Scale Scientific Computation

Download or read book Large Scale Scientific Computation written by Seymour V. Parter and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large Scale Scientific Computation is a collection of papers that deals with specialized architectural considerations, efficient use of existing computers, software developments, large scale projects in diverse disciplines, and mathematical approaches to basic algorithmic problems. One paper describes numerical treatment of large highly nonlinear two or three dimensional boundary value problems by quadratic minimization techniques applied in many institutions such as in Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, Avions Marcel Dassault et Breguet Aviation. Another paper discusses computer-structured design techniques to improve the reliability, efficiency, and accuracy of future production codes. Computer modelling is a potent tool in numerical weather prediction relying on observation, analysis, initialization, and model development. One paper illustrates a systolic algorithm for matrix triangulation, as well as its uses in the Cholesky decomposition of covariance matrices. Another paper describes the Transient Reactor Analysis Code (TRAC) designed to deal with internal flow problems of nuclear reactors. One paper explains the application of large-scale aerodynamic simulation where the programmer can use finite difference techniques in which a large number of mesh points are strategically and orderly placed in the domain of the flow field. The collection is intended for undergraduates in mathematics, programming, computer science, or engineering courses, and designers or researchers involved in industrial facilities, aeronautics, and nuclear design.

Book Proceedings

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : IEEE Computer Society
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN : 9780818605345
  • Pages : 580 pages

Download or read book Proceedings written by and published by IEEE Computer Society. This book was released on 1984 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Euro Par 2005 Parallel Processing

Download or read book Euro Par 2005 Parallel Processing written by José C. Cunha and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 1311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Euro-Par 2005 was the eleventh conference in the Euro-Par series. It was organized by the Centre for Informatics and Information Technology (CITI) and the Department of Informatics of the Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, at the Campus of Monte de Caparica.

Book Run time Models for Self managing Systems and Applications

Download or read book Run time Models for Self managing Systems and Applications written by Danilo Ardagna and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complexity of Information Technology (IT) systems has been steadily incre- ing in the past decades. In October 2001, IBM released the “Autonomic Computing Manifesto” observing that current applications have reached the size of millions of lines of code, while physical infrastructures include thousands of heterogeneous servers requiring skilled IT professionals to install, con?gure, tune, and maintain. System complexity has been recognized as the main obstacle to the further advan- ment of IT technology. The basic idea of Autonomic Computing is to develop IT systems that are able to manage themselves, as the human autonomic nervous system governs basic body functions such as heart rate or body temperature, thus freeing the conscious brain— IT administrators—from the burden of dealing with low-level vital functions. Autonomic Computing systems can be implemented by introducing autonomic controllers which continuously monitor, analyze, plan, and execute (the famous MAPE cycle) recon?guration actions on the system components. Monitoring acti- ties are deployed to measure the workload and performance metrics of each running component so as to identify system faults. The goal of the analysis activities is to determine the status of components from the monitoring data, and to forecast - ture conditions based on historical observations. Finally, plan and execute activities aim at deciding and actuating the next system con?guration, for example, deciding whether to accept or reject new requests, determining the best application to servers assignment, in order to the achieve the self-optimization goals.

Book Computer System Performance Modeling in Perspective

Download or read book Computer System Performance Modeling in Perspective written by E. Gelenbe and published by Imperial College Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer system performance evaluation is a key discipline for the understanding of the behavior and limitations of large scale computer systems and networks. This volume provides an overview of the milestones and major developments of the field. The contributions to the book include many of the principal leaders from industry and academia with a truly international coverage, including several IEEE and ACM Fellows, two Fellows of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the European Academy, and a former President of the Association of Computing Machinery. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Ken Sevcik as an Advisor and Mentor (252 KB). Contents: Ken Sevcik as an Advisor and Mentor (E Lazowska et al.); Shadow Servers and Priority Scheduling (J P Buzen); On the Chronology of Dynamic Allocation Index Policies: The Pioneering Work of K C Sevcik (E Coffman); Operational Analysis (P J Denning); Function Approximation by Random Neural Networks with a Bounded Number of Layers (E Gelenbe et al.); The Achilles'' Heel of Computer Performance Modeling and the Model Building Shield (V De Nitto Person & G Lazeolla); Wireless Network Simulation: Towards a Systematic Approach (S K Tripathi et al.); Location- and Power-Aware Protocols for Wireless Networks with Asymmetric Links (G Wang et al.); Multi-Threaded Servers with High Service Time Variation for Layered Queueing Networks (G Franks et al.); Quantiles of Sojourn Times (P G Harrison & W J Knottenbelt); Asymptotic Solutions for Two Non-Stationary Problems in Internet Reliability (Y Kogan & G Choudhury); Burst Loss Probabilities in an OBS Network with Dynamic Simultaneous Link Possession (T Battestilli & H Perros); Stochastic Analysis of Resource Allocation in Parallel Processing Systems (M S Squillante); Periodic Task Cluster Scheduling in Distributed Systems (H Karatza). Readership: Graduate students, Internet engineers, computer scientists, system engineers, and computer designers. Also suitable for use in professional development seminars in computers and networks."

Book Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1986

Download or read book Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1986 written by Jozef Gruska and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1986-08-01 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Computer System Performance Modeling In Perspective  A Tribute To The Work Of Prof Kenneth C Sevcik

Download or read book Computer System Performance Modeling In Perspective A Tribute To The Work Of Prof Kenneth C Sevcik written by Erol Gelenbe and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-09-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer system performance evaluation is a key discipline for the understanding of the behavior and limitations of large scale computer systems and networks. This volume provides an overview of the milestones and major developments of the field.The contributions to the book include many of the principal leaders from industry and academia with a truly international coverage, including several IEEE and ACM Fellows, two Fellows of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the European Academy, and a former President of the Association of Computing Machinery./a

Book Embedded Computing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph A. Fisher
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2005-01-19
  • ISBN : 0080477542
  • Pages : 709 pages

Download or read book Embedded Computing written by Joseph A. Fisher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-01-19 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that there are more embedded computers than general-purpose computers and that we are impacted by hundreds of them every day is no longer news. What is news is that their increasing performance requirements, complexity and capabilities demand a new approach to their design. Fisher, Faraboschi, and Young describe a new age of embedded computing design, in which the processor is central, making the approach radically distinct from contemporary practices of embedded systems design. They demonstrate why it is essential to take a computing-centric and system-design approach to the traditional elements of nonprogrammable components, peripherals, interconnects and buses. These elements must be unified in a system design with high-performance processor architectures, microarchitectures and compilers, and with the compilation tools, debuggers and simulators needed for application development. In this landmark text, the authors apply their expertise in highly interdisciplinary hardware/software development and VLIW processors to illustrate this change in embedded computing. VLIW architectures have long been a popular choice in embedded systems design, and while VLIW is a running theme throughout the book, embedded computing is the core topic. Embedded Computing examines both in a book filled with fact and opinion based on the authors many years of R&D experience.· Complemented by a unique, professional-quality embedded tool-chain on the authors' website, http://www.vliw.org/book· Combines technical depth with real-world experience · Comprehensively explains the differences between general purpose computing systems and embedded systems at the hardware, software, tools and operating system levels. · Uses concrete examples to explain and motivate the trade-offs.

Book Pattern Oriented Software Architecture  Patterns for Resource Management

Download or read book Pattern Oriented Software Architecture Patterns for Resource Management written by Michael Kircher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of the POSA pattern series introduced a broad-spectrum of general-purpose patterns in software design and architecture. The second narrowed the focus to fundamental patterns for building sophisticated concurrent and networked software systems and applications. This volume uses design patterns to present techniques for implementing effective resource management in a system. The patterns are covered in detail making use of several examples providing directions to the readers on how to implement the presented patterns. Additionally, the volume presents a thorough introduction into resource management and a case study where the patterns are applied to the domain of mobile radio networks. The patterns are grouped by different areas of resource management and hence address the complete lifecycle of resources: resource acquisition, coordination and release.

Book Proceedings of the 1993 International Conference on Parallel Processing

Download or read book Proceedings of the 1993 International Conference on Parallel Processing written by C.Y. Roger Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-08-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume work presents a compendium of current and seminal papers on parallel/distributed processing offered at the 22nd International Conference on Parallel Processing, held August 16-20, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include processor architectures; mapping algorithms to parallel systems, performance evaluations; fault diagnosis, recovery, and tolerance; cube networks; portable software; synchronization; compilers; hypercube computing; and image processing and graphics. Computer professionals in parallel processing, distributed systems, and software engineering will find this book essential to their complete computer reference library.

Book Queueing Networks and Markov Chains

Download or read book Queueing Networks and Markov Chains written by Gunter Bolch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-04-14 with total page 901 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed text for computer performance analysis--now in its second edition The Second Edition of this now-classic text provides a current and thorough treatment of queueing systems, queueing networks, continuous and discrete-time Markov chains, and simulation. Thoroughly updated with new content, as well as new problems and worked examples, the text offers readers both the theory and practical guidance needed to conduct performance and reliability evaluations of computer, communication, and manufacturing systems. Starting with basic probability theory, the text sets the foundation for the more complicated topics of queueing networks and Markov chains, using applications and examples to illustrate key points. Designed to engage the reader and build practical performance analysis skills, the text features a wealth of problems that mirror actual industry challenges. New features of the Second Edition include: * Chapter examining simulation methods and applications * Performance analysis applications for wireless, Internet, J2EE, and Kanban systems * Latest material on non-Markovian and fluid stochastic Petri nets, as well as solution techniques for Markov regenerative processes * Updated discussions of new and popular performance analysis tools, including ns-2 and OPNET * New and current real-world examples, including DiffServ routers in the Internet and cellular mobile networks With the rapidly growing complexity of computer and communication systems, the need for this text, which expertly mixes theory and practice, is tremendous. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students in computer science will find the extensive use of examples and problems to be vital in mastering both the basics and the fine points of the field, while industry professionals will find the text essential for developing systems that comply with industry standards and regulations.

Book Performance  83

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ashok K. Agrawala
  • Publisher : North Holland
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book Performance 83 written by Ashok K. Agrawala and published by North Holland. This book was released on 1983 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: