Quantitative Analysis of Computer Systems
Clement H. C. Leung · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1988
Preface The Purpose of Quantitative Analysis The Nature of Computer Systems Events and Their Descriptions Resource Contention: Basic Parameters and Measures of Effectiveness Fundamental Relationships and Their Applications Systems with Service Discriminations Systems with Practical Limitations Networks of Queues Operational Analysis Database and I/0 Subsystem Performance Approximations and Time-Dependent System Behaviour Workload Modelling and Characterisation Performance Measurement and Monitoring Performance Tuning and Improvement System Simulation Bibliography.