Computer Performance Evaluation: Modelling Techniques and Tools

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation, TOOLS 2002, held in London, UK in April 2002.The 18 revised full papers and six tool papers presented together with an invited contribution were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. Among the topics addressed are generic techniques like stochastic process algebras and the analysis of Petri nets and Markov chains, as well as the development and employment of tools in areas such as the Internet, software performance engineering, parallel systems, real-time systems, and transaction processing.

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Heavy Tails: The Effect of the Service Discipline.- The Möbius State-Level Abstract Functional Interface.- The ProC/BToolset for the Modelling and Analysis of Process Chains.- MRMSolve: Distribution Estimation of Large Markov Reward Models.- PhFit: A General Phase-Type Fitting Tool.- Traffic Modeling of IP Networks Using the Batch Markovian Arrival Process.- PEPA Nets: A Structured Performance Modelling Formalism.- Validation of GSPN and SWN Models through the PROD Tool.- Software Performance Models from System Scenarios in Use Case Maps.- Applying the UML Performance Profile: Graph Grammar-Based Derivation of LQN Models from UML Specifications.- A Passage-Time Preserving Equivalence for Semi-Markov Processes.- Symbolic Methods for the State Space Exploration of GSPN Models.- PRISM: Probabilistic Symbolic Model Checker.- MAMSolver: A Matrix Analytic Methods Tool.- The MOMBASA Software Environment - A Toolkit for Performance Evaluation of Multicast-Based Mobility Support.- GILK: A Dynamic Instrumentation Tool for the Linux Kernel.- Geist: A Web Traffic Generation Tool.- DrawNET++: Model Objects to Support Performance Analysis and Simulation of Systems.- A Visual Formalism for the Composition of Stochastic Petri Nets.- Symbolic Performance Prediction of Data-Dependent Parallel Programs.- Analysis of a Transaction System with Checkpointing, Failures, and Rollback.- Analyzing Voice-over-IP Subjective Quality as a Function of Network QoS: A Simulation-Based Methodology and Tool.- Hierarchical Workload Characterization for a Busy Web Server.- Enabling Network Caching of Dynamic Web Objects.- A Tool for Controlling Response Time in Real-Time Systems.