CMG Conference 1981 Papers Proceedings

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Analytic Modeling

• Approximate Analysis and Prediction of Time Delay Distributions in Networks of Queues
• Do It Yourself Modelling Using Open System Queueing Theory
• Optimal Design of an Interactive System: File Allocation, Device Capacity Selection, and CPU Speed Selection

Application System Modeling

• Existing Computer Applications Maintain or Redesign: How to Decide
• Increasing Information Systems Productivity by Software Performance Engineering
• Performance Evaluation During System Selection
• Predicting Software Efficiency During the Design Using Software and Performance Metrics

Capacity Management Techniques

• A Data Management Algorithm for MVS Capacity Planning
• Storage Media Analysis: Methodology and Findings

DASD Modeling

• Characteristics of DASD Use
• I/O Subsystem Workloads: Measurements and Modeling
• Managing DASD Performance to Satisfy Workload Requirements

Data Center Management

• A Performance Management Program at the FDA – A Case Study
• User Education for Capacity Management
• Using Operational Standards to Enhance System Performance

Distributed Computing / Network Measurements

• A Performance Measurement Facility for Distributed Computing
• CPE Case Study Using Simulation to Evaluate Implementation of a Local Computer Network
• Performance Measurement Problems in a Packet-Switch Network

Multiclass Models

• Aggregation in Multiclass Queueing Networks
• Computing Performance Measures of Computer Systems with Variable Degree of Multiprogramming

Performance Evaluation Experiments

• An Interactive Workload Model of a Virtual Memory System at Johnson Space Center
• Comparative Performance Evaluation of two Supercomputers: CDC Cyber-205 and CRI Cray-1
• Fiscal Aspects of ADP Service Management
• Measuring NCR Comten Communications Processors with Hardware Monitors
• Performance Analysis of a DECSYSTEM-20
• Response Component Analysis – A Tutorial Case Study
• Workload Characterization and Capacity Planning at a Large IBM Installation – A Case Study

System Design

• A Computer Modeling System Based on a User-Extensible Modeling Library
• Using Fractional Factorial Design to Examine Scheduling Policies

Tutorials

• Modelling the DP Organization for Capacity Planning
• MVS/SP Paging Tutorial
• Software Metrics and Performance

UNIVAC Systems Evaluation

• Data Collection for Analytic Modeling of UNIVAC 1100 Systems
• System Tuning the UNIVAC Executive Operating System’s Dynamic Allocator

Workload Characterization Techniques

• Cluster Analysis for Characterising Computer System Workloads – Panacea or Pandora
• The Evaluation of Methods for the Estimation of System Resource Usage for Capacity Planning