A philosophy to system measurement
Henry O. Cureton · 1972
Although a great deal of emphasis has been placed on system measurement during the past few years, each of us has his own opinion and ideas as to what it means. From a practical and immediate point of view, System Measurement is the process of obtaining useful information on the performance of software and software-controlled computer hardware. From the same viewpoint, System Measurement is the key to system efficiency. The measurement tools currently available commercially are normally artificially classed as either hardware or software, based on whether they are constructed with electronics or software elements. This particular distinction is rather meaningless to the user since what is being measured and how useful the measurements are, is of far more importance.