Performability Modelling

Performability modelling and evaluation brings together two disciplines that have long been treated separately in different communities: computer and communication system performance evaluation and system reliability and availability evaluation.
* Provides a single-source reference covering of all aspects of performability evaluation.
* Introduces a new approach to assessing the performance and dependability of systems thus revealing system characteristics that cannot be uncovered separately by performance or reliability evaluation.
* Explains how systems can operate partially in the presence of failures by discussing:
-Capacity of failure prone clusters of transaction processing systems.
-Network throughput when network nodes and links fail.
-Task completion times on degradable multiprocessor systems.
-A variety of modelling and evaluation techniques.
* Features software tool descriptions to support performability evaluations as well as an extensive bibliography.
Computer scientists and engineers will find this excellent overview compulsive reading as will postgraduates and researchers in computer science and related fields.Wie ermittelt man die Leistungsfähigkeit eines Computersystems? Einschlägige Methoden haben sich im Laufe der Jahre ständig weiterentwickelt. Dieser Band faßt den Stand der Forschung zusammen und vereint erstmals Modelle aus der Computer- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, die vornehmlich auf die (numerische) Schnelligkeit abzielen, mit Aspekten der Zuverlässigkeit und Verfügbarkeit von Systemen, die in der Regel von Elektrotechnikern behandelt werden. Contributing Authors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Introduction.

Queues with Breakdowns.

The Uniformization Method in Performability Analysis.

Closed-Form Solutions for Performability.

Markov-Reward Models and Hyperbolic Systems.

Monotonicity and Error Bound Results.

The Task Completion Time in Degradable Systems.

Rare Event Simulation.

Specification and Construction of Performability Models.

A Survey of Performability Modelling Tools.

Bibliography.

Concise Glossary.

Index. "...examines various computer techniques for analyzing computing performance in the presence of failures." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2001)

Boudewijn R. Haverkort is the editor of Performability Modelling : Techniques and Tools, published by Wiley. Raymond Marie is the editor of Performability Modelling : Techniques and Tools, published by Wiley. Performability modelling and evaluation brings together two disciplines that have long been treated separately in different communities: computer and communication system performance evaluation and system reliability and availability evaluation.
* Provides a single-source reference covering of all aspects of performability evaluation.
* Introduces a new approach to assessing the performance and dependability of systems thus revealing system characteristics that cannot be uncovered separately by performance or reliability evaluation.
* Explains how systems can operate partially in the presence of failures by discussing:
--Capacity of failure prone clusters of transaction processing systems.
--Network throughput when network nodes and links fail.
--Task completion times on degradable multiprocessor systems.
--A variety of modelling and evaluation techniques.
* Features software tool descriptions to support performability evaluations as well as an extensive bibliography.

Computer scientists and engineers will find this excellent overview compulsive reading as will postgraduates and researchers in computer science and related fields.