SIGMETRICS 1988: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Topics in Parallelism

• R. C. Covington, Sridhar Madala, V. Mehta, J. Robert Jump, James B. Sinclair:
  The Rice Parallel Processing Testbed. 4-11
  
• Boris D. Lubachevsky:
  Efficient Distributed Event-Driven Simulations of Multiple-Loop Networks. 12-21
  
• Bradley J. Lucier:
  Performance Evaluation for Multiprocessors Programmed Using Monitors. 22-29
  

Communication Networks

• Aura Ganz, Imrich Chlamtac:
  Queueing Analysis of Finite Buffer Token Networks. 30-36
  
• Mirjana Zafirovic-Vukotic, Ignas G. Niemegeers:
  Performance Modelling of a HSLAN Slotted Ring Protocol. 37-46
  
• Dah-Ming Chiu, Ram Sudama:
  A Case Study of DECnet Applications and Protocol Performance. 47-55
  

Load Sharing

• Scott Shenker, Abel Weinrib:
  Asymptotic Analysis of Large Heterogeneous Queueing Systems. 56-62
  
• Derek L. Eager, Edward D. Lazowska, John Zahorjan:
  The Limited Performance Benefits of Migrating Active Processes For Load Sharing. 63-72
  
• Jiawei Hong, Xiaonan Tan, Marina C. Chen:
  From Local to Global: An Analysis of Nearest Neighbor Balancing on Hypercubes. 73-83
  

Parallel Systems

• Krishna Kant:
  Application Level Modeling of Parallel Machines. 83-93
  
• Richard G. Börn, James R. Kenevan:
  Analytic Derivation of Processor Potential Utilization in Straight Line, Ring, Square Mesh, and Hypercube Networks. 94-103
  
• Shikharesh Majumdar, Derek L. Eager, Richard B. Bunt:
  Scheduling in Multiprogrammed Parallel Systems. 104-113
  

Interconnection Networks

• Naresh M. Patel, Peter G. Harrison:
  On Hot-Spot; Contention in Interconnection Networks. 114-123
  
• Suresh C. Kothari, Anita Jhunjhunwala:
  Performance Analysis of Multipath Mulistage Interconnection Networks. 124-132
  
• José L. Melús, E. Sanvicente, J. Magriñá:
  Modelling and Performance Evaluation of Multiprocessor Based Packet Switches. 133-140
  

Case Studies

• T. Paul Lee:
  A Manufacturing Capacity Planning Experiment Through Functional Workload Decomposition. 141-150
  
• Adam E. Irgon, Anthony H. Dragoni Jr., Thomas O. Huleatt:
  FAST: A Large Scale Expert System For Application and System Software Performance Tuning. 151-156
  
• William Alexander, George P. Copeland:
  Comparison of Dataflow Control Techniques In Distributed Data-Intensive Systems. 157-166
  

Multiprocessor Analysis

• Scott T. Leutenegger, Mary K. Vernon:
  A Mean-Value Performance Analysis of a New Multiprocessor Architecture. 167-176
  
• James T. Blake, Andrew L. Reibman, Kishor S. Trivedi:
  Sensitivity Analysis of Reliability and Performability Measures for Multiprocessor Systems. 177-186
  
• Ravi Mukkamala, Steven C. Bruell, Roger K. Shultz:
  Design of Partially Replicated Distributed Database Systems: An Integrated Methodology. 187-196
  

Measurement Techniques

• Dieter Wybranietz, Dieter Haban:
  Monitoring and Performance Measuring Distributed Systems During Operation. 197-206
  
• Stephen W. Melvin, Yale N. Patt:
  The Use of Microcode Instrumentation for Development, Debugging and Tuning of Operating System Kernels. 207-214
  

Program Behavior and Paging

• Anant Agarwal, Anoop Gupta:
  Memory-Reference Characteristics of Multiprocessor Applications under MACH. 215-225
  
• Jennifer M. Murphy, Richard B. Bunt:
  Characterising Program Behaviour with Phases and Transitions. 226-234
  
• Yasufumi Yoshizawa, Toshiaki Arai, Takashige Kubo, Toshiharu Shinozaki:
  Adaptive Storage Control For Page Frame Supply in Large Scale Computer Systems. 235-243
  

Queueing Network Modeling

• Krishna R. Pattipati, Michael M. Kostreva, John L. Teele:
  On The Properties of Approximate Mean Value Analysis Algorithms for Queueing Networks. 244-252
  
• Asser N. Tantawi, Jack K. Wolf, Donald F. Towsley:
  Optimal Allocation of Multiple Class Resources in Computer Systems. 253-260
  
• Ching-Tarng Hsieh, Simon S. Lam:
  PAM - A Noniterative Approximate Solution Method for Closed Multichain Queueing Networks. 261-269
  

Poster Session Abstracts

• Bernard Domanski: A PROLOG-Based Expert System for Tuning MVX/XA. 270
• Thomas J. Mowbray: Performance Analysis of Heterogeneous Multiprocessors. 270
• Prabuddha Biswas: Load Balancing in VAX Clusters. 271
• Anna Hác, Xiaowei Jin, Jo-Han Soo: Algorithms for File Replication in a Distributed System. 271
• M. Becker, C. Dekoninck, J. P. Prost, B. Verrier: An Aggregated Stochastic Petri Net for the FPS/264 Model. 272
• Jack David Katzberg: A Lisp System for Evaluating Garbage Collector Performance. 272
• C.-C. Wang, Bob P. Weems: Some Considerations in Using VSCAN Disk Scheduling With Optimal Page Arrangements. 273
• Paul F. Tsuchiya: On the Generation of Connected General-Topology Networks with Control Over Diameter. 273
• Dipak Ghosal, Laxmi N. Bhuyan, Uday Choudhury: Approximate Analysis of Task Graphs for Parallel Processing Systems. 274
• Marc Abrams: Design of a Measurement Instrument for Distributed Systems. 274
• Delynn Kelly, Jim Busse, John Greene, Dave Sudbeck: I-Xpert A Performance Analysis Expert System. 275
• Rebecca Koskela: Hardware Usage Measurements for a Scientific Workload. 276
• Neil J. Gunther: A New Interpretation of Instabilities in Computer Performance Models. 276
• Neil J. Gunther, Jeffrey S. Weinstein: PARCBench: A Benchmark Methodology for Multiprocessors. 277
• John D. Garofalakis, Paul G. Spirakis: Approximate Queueing Models for the Load Balancing Problem. 277
• Josef Giglmayr: On the Distribution of Flow Times of Marking States in Stochastic Petri Nets. 278
• Alfredo de J. Perez-Davila: A Generalized Queueing Network Model of a Local Area Network for Performance Evaluation of File Management Techniques with File Locking. 278
• Mouw-Ching Tjiok: Interpreting RMF/XA Data for I/O Performance Issues. 279
• Vittoria De Nitto Persone: Immediate vs Deferred Blocking Policies in Symmetrical Networks. 279

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