Quantitative methods in parallel systems
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Quantitative methods in parallel systems
(ESPRIT basic research series)
Springer Verlag, 1995
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Description
It is widely recognized that the complexity of parallel and distributed systems is such that proper tools must be employed during their design stage in order to achieve the quantitative goals for which they are intended. This volume collects recent research results obtained within the Basic Research Action Qmips, which bears on the quantitative analysis of parallel and distributed architectures. Part 1 is devoted to research on the usage of general formalisms stemming from theoretical computer science in quantitative performance modeling of parallel systems. It contains research papers on process algebras, on Petri nets, and on queueing networks. The contributions in Part 2 are concerned with solution techniques. This part is expected to allow the reader to identify among the general formalisms of Part I, those that are amenable to an efficient mathematical treatment in the perspective of quantitative information. The common theme of Part 3 is the application of the analytical results of Part 2 to the performance evaluation and optimization of parallel and distributed systems. Part 1. Stochastic Process Algebras are used by N. Gotz, H. Hermanns, U. Herzog, V. Mertsiotakis and M. Rettelbach as a novel approach for the struc tured design and analysis of both the functional behaviour and performability (i.e performance and dependability) characteristics of parallel and distributed systems. This is achieved by integrating stochastic modeling and analysis into the powerful and well investigated formal description techniques of process algebras.
Table of Contents
I Formalisms.- Stochastic Process Algebras.- Stochastic Process Algebra for Discrete Event Simulation.- GSPN and SPA Compared in Practice.- Functional and Performance Analysis of Cooperating Sequential Processes.- II Techniques.- Analysis of Parallel Processing Systems via the (max,+) Algebra.- TIPP and the Spectral Expansion Method.- G-Networks: A Survey of Results, a Solver and an Application.- Polling Models with Threshold Switching.- Two-Dimensional Nearest-Neighbour Queueing Models.- M/G/1 Queues with FCFS Negative Arrivals.- Operational Analysis of Timed Petri Nets and Application to the Computation of Performance Bounds.- Approximate Throughput Computation of Stochastic Marked Graphs.- III Applications.- Allocation of Customer Types to Servers: Clustering is Optimal.- Majorization and Stochastic Comparison Techniques for Scheduling of Parallel Systems.- Dependability of Distributed Programs: Algorithms and Performance.- A Fixed-Point Model of a Distributed Memory Consistency Protocol.- Routing Among Different Nodes Where Servers Break Down Without Losing Jobs.- Modeling Symmetric Computer Architectures by SWNs.- Arrival Theorems for Product-Form Stochastic Petri Nets.
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