10. Computer Performance Evaluation 1998: Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Invited Paper

• Rajive Bagrodia, Mario Gerla:
  A Modular and Scalable Simulation Tool for Large Wireless Networks. 1-14
  

Software Performance Tools

• Marin Litoiu, Jerome A. Rolia, Giuseppe Serazzi:
  Designing Prozess Replication and Threating Policies: A Quantitative Approach. 15-26
  
• Srinivasan Ramani, Swapna S. Gokhale, Kishor S. Trivedi:
  SREPT: Software Reliability Estimation and Prediction Tool. 27-36
  
• Aad P. A. van Moorsel, Yiqing Huang:
  Reusable Software Components for Performability Tools and Their Utilization for Web-Based Configurable Tools. 37-50
  
• Holger Hermanns, Ulrich Herzog, Ulrich Klehmet, Vassilis Mertsiotakis, Markus Siegle:
  Compositional Performance Modelling with TIPPtool. 51-62
  

Network Performance

• Gaby Schneider, Marko Schuba, Boudewijn R. Haverkort:
  QNA-MC: A Performance Evaluation Tool for Communication Networks with Multicast Data Streams. 63-74
  
• A. J. Field, Peter G. Harrison, J. Parry:
  Response Times in Client-Server Systems. 75-92
  
• R. Núñez Queija:
  A Queueing Model with Varying Service Rate for ABR. 93-104
  
• Peter Reichl, Dogan Kesdogan, Klaus Junghärtchen, Marko Schuba:
  Simulative Performance Evaluation of the Temporary Pseudonym Method for Protecting Location Information in GSM Networks. 105-116
  

Measurement and Modelling Tools

• Javier García, Joaquín Entrialgo, Francisco J. Suárez, Daniel F. García:
  A Model Driven Monitoring Approach to Support the Multi-view Performance Analysis of Parallel Responsive Applications. 117-128
  
• Alberto Valderruten, Javier Mosquera, Víctor M. Gulías:
  Instrumentation of Synchronous Reactive Systems for Performance Analysis: A Case Study. 129-141
  

Algorithmic Techniques

• Jean-Michel Fourneau, Lynda Mokdad:
  A Perturbation and Reduction Based Algorithm. 142-153
  
• Víctor Suñé, Juan A. Carrasco:
  A Comparison of Numerical Splitting-Based Methods for Markovian Dependability and Performability Models. 154-164
  
• William J. Knottenbelt, Mark Mestern, Peter G. Harrison, Pieter S. Kritzinger:
  Probability, Parallelism and the State Space Exploration Problem. 165-179
  
• Tong Luo, Kishor S. Trivedi:
  An Improved Multiple Variable Inversion Algorithm for Reliability Calculation. 180-192
  

Case Studies

• Martin F. Arlitt, Rich Friedrich, Tai Jin:
  Performance Evaluation of Web Proxy Cache Replacement Policies. 193-206
  
• Giuliana Franceschinis, Andrea Fumagalli, Roberto Grasso:
  Performance Analysis of a WDM Bus Network Based on GSPN Models. 207-218
  
• Kevin W. Froese, Richard B. Bunt:
  Scheduling Write Backs for Weakly-Connected Mobile Clients. 219-230
  
• Mor Harchol-Balter, Mark Crovella, Cristina D. Murta:
  On Choosing a Task Assignment Policy for a Distributed Server System. 231-242
  

Petri Net Techniques

• Susanna Donatelli, Serge Haddad, Patrice Moreaux:
  Structured Characterization of the Markov Chain of Phase-Type SPN. 243-254
  
• Reinhard German:
  Markov Regenerative Stochastic Petri Nets with General Execution Policies: Supplementary Variable Analysis and a Prototype Tool. 255-266
  

MVA Techniques

• Paul J. Schweitzer, Giuseppe Serazzi, Marco Broglia:
  A Queue-Shift Approximation Technique for Product-Form Queueing. 267-279
  
• Hai Wang, Kenneth C. Sevcik:
  Experiments with Improved Approximate Mean Value Analysis Algorithms. 280-291
  

Software Performance Evaluation Methods

• Juan Luis Anciano Martin, Nunzio Nicoló Savino Vázquez, José Antonio Corbacho, Ramón Puigjaner:
  Extending SMART2 to Predict the Behaviour of PL/SQL Applications. 292-305
  
• Sophie Dumas, Didier Boudigue, Georges Gardarin:
  Performance Evaluation of Distributed Object Architectures. 306-320
  
• Connie U. Smith, Lloyd G. Williams:
  Performance Engineering Evaluation of CORBA-based Distributed Systems with SPE*ED. 321-335
  

Tool Presentations

• Jose Flich, Pedro López, Manuel P. Malumbres, José Duato:
  Edinet: An Execution Driven Interconnection Network Simulator for DSM Systems. 336-339
  
• Berthold Rathke, Theodoros Assimakopoulos, Rolf Morich, Gerrit Schulte, Adam Wolisz:
  Snuffle: Integrated Measurement and Analysis Tool for Internet and Its Use in Wireless In-House Environment. 340-343
  
• Tadeusz Czachórski, Michal Pastuszka, Ferhan Pekergin:
  A Tool to Model Network Transient States with the Use of Diffusion Approximation. 344-347
  
• Murari Sridharan, Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, Arun K. Somani:
  HIMAP: Architecture, Features, and Hierarchical Model Specification Techniques. 348-351
  
• Luiz De Rose, Ying Zhang, Daniel A. Reed:
  SvPablo: A Multi-language Performance Analysis System. 352-355
  
• Falko Bause, Peter Buchholz, Peter Kemper:
  A Toolbox for Functional and Quantitative Analysis of DEDS. 356-359
  
• Cyril Labbé, Frédéric Reblewski, Serge Martin, Jean-Marc Vincent:
  A Reconfigurable Hardware Tool for High Speed Network Simulation. 360-364
  
• Sunil Santha, Udo W. Pooch:
  JAGATH: A Methodology and Its Application for Distributed Systems Performance Evaluation and Control. 365-368
  
• Tomoaki Sakaguchi, Arun K. Somani:
  Hierarchical Stochastic Reward Net Solver Package. 369-373