TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Nigel AU - Juiz,Carlos ED - EPEW (Workshop) TI - Computer performance engineering: 5th European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2008, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 24-25, 2008 ; proceedings T2 - Lecture notes in computer science, SN - 9783540874126 AV - QA76.9.E94 E64 2008eb U1 - 004.029 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Berlin PB - Springer KW - Formal methods (Computer science) KW - Congresses KW - Stochastic models KW - Computer systems KW - Evaluation KW - Méthodes formelles (Informatique) KW - Congrès KW - Modèles stochastiques KW - Systèmes informatiques KW - Évaluation KW - Informatique KW - eclas KW - fast KW - Congress KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - lcgft KW - Actes de congrès KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Invited Papers -- Performance and Dependability Evaluation: Successes, Failures and Challenges -- Partial Evaluation of PEPA Models for Fluid-Flow Analysis -- Software Performance Engineering -- An Empirical Investigation of the Applicability of a Component-Based Performance Prediction Method -- A Calibration Framework for Capturing and Calibrating Software Performance Models -- Performance Evaluation of Embedded ECA Rule Engines: A Case Study -- Stochastic Process Algebra and SANs -- Towards State Space Reduction Based on T-Lumpability-Consistent Relations -- A Ticking Clock: Performance Analysis of a Circadian Rhythm with Stochastic Process Algebra -- Assembly Code Analysis Using Stochastic Process Algebra -- Product Form Steady-State Distribution for Stochastic Automata Networks with Domino Synchronizations -- Performance Query Specification and Measurement -- State-Aware Performance Analysis with eXtended Stochastic Probes -- Computer and Communications Networks -- Natural Language Specification of Performance Trees -- Recurrent Method for Blocking Probability Calculation in Multi-service Switching Networks with BPP Traffic -- An Approximate Model of the WCDMA Interface Servicing a Mixture of Multi-rate Traffic Streams with Priorities -- Queueing Theory and Markov Chains -- Performance Analysis of Dynamic Priority Shifting -- Performance Analysis of a Priority Queue with Place Reservation and General Transmission Times -- Analysis of BMAP/G/1 Vacation Model of Non-M/G/1-Type -- Applications -- Stochastic Bounds for Partially Generated Markov Chains: An Algebraic Approach -- Evaluation of P2P Algorithms for Probabilistic Trust Inference in a Web of Trust -- Approximation for Multi-service Systems with Reservation by Systems with Limited-Availability N2 - This book constitutes the proceedings of the Fifth European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2008, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in September 24-25, 2008. The 17 papers presented in this volume, together with abstracts of 2 invited papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The topics covered are software performance engineering; stochastic process algebra and SANs; performance query specification and measurement; computer and communications networks; queueing theory and Markov chains; and applications UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-540-87412-6 ER -