Capacity Planning And Performance Modeling: From Mainframes To Client-Server Systems

Computer systems design is full of conundrums: -Given a choice between a singl... Computer systems design is full of conundrums: -Given a choice between a single machine with speed s or n machines each with speed s/n which should we choose? -If both the arrival rate and service rate double will the mean response time stay the same?... more

This work involves the development and completion of a study on High Performan... This work involves the development and completion of a study on High Performance Computing (HPC) system simulation and modeling. On this journey I was carried into studies on HPC system operations performance benchmarking routines HPC system job... more

Critically acclaimed text for computer performance analysis--now in its second... 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... more

This work covers two distinct areas: performance tuning or the art of increasi... This work covers two distinct areas: performance tuning or the art of increasing performance for a specific application and capacity planning or deciding what hardware best fulfils a given role. This book focuses on the operating system the underlying... more

The text focuses on mathematical modeling and applications of advanced techniq... The text focuses on mathematical modeling and applications of advanced techniques of machine learning and artificial intelligence including artificial neural networks evolutionary computing data mining and fuzzy systems to solve performance and design... more

This monograph concentrates on reasoning techniques for intelligent autonomous... This monograph concentrates on reasoning techniques for intelligent autonomous agent systems. In particular it focuses on planning techniques for both single and multi-agent systems acting in uncertain domains. In modeling these domains two types of... more

The 21st century has seen a number of advancements in technology including the... The 21st century has seen a number of advancements in technology including the use of high performance computing. Computing resources are being used by the science and economy fields for data processing simulation and modeling. These innovations aid in... more

Over the last two decades a major challenge for researchers working on modelin... Over the last two decades a major challenge for researchers working on modeling and evaluation of computer-based systems has been the assessment of system Non Functional Properties (NFP) such as performance scalability dependability and security. In... more

This title is the definitive comprehensive daily operations guide to planning ... This title is the definitive comprehensive daily operations guide to planning deployment and maintenance of Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Administrators can learn how to use this scalable high-performance relational database management system to solve... more