Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation : Third European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2006, Budapest, Hungary, June 21-22, 2006, Proceedings

by Horvath, Andras; Telek, Mikl¢s

• ISBN13: 9783540353621
• ISBN10: 3540353623
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2006, held in Budapest, Hungary in June 2006.The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on stochastic process algebra, workloads and benchmarks, theory of stochastic processes, formal dependability and performance evaluation, as well as queues, theory and practice.

Table of Contents

A precedence PEPA model for performance and reliability analysis	p. 1
A function-equivalent components based simplification technique for PEPA models	p. 16
Functional performance specification with stochastic probes	p. 31
Embedding real time in stochastic process algebras	p. 47
Precise regression benchmarking with random effects : improving mono benchmark results	p. 63
Working set characterization of applications with an efficient LRU algorithm	p. 78
Model checking for a class of performance properties of fluid stochastic models	p. 93
Explicit inverse characterizations of acyclic MAPs of second order	p. 108
Implementation relations for stochastic finite state machines	p. 123
On the convergence rate of quasi lumpable Markov chains	p. 138
Applying the UML class diagram in the performance analysis	p. 148
Dependability evaluation of Web service-based processes	p. 166
Improving the performance of IEEE 802.11e with an advanced scheduling heuristic	p. 181
Worst case analysis of batch arrivals with the increasing convex ordering	p. 196
The impact of buffer finiteness on the loss rate in a priority queueing system	p. 211
Experimental analysis of the correlation of HTTP GET invocations	p. 226
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