Performance 1984: Paris, France

Erol Gelenbe (Ed.): Performance '84, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Computer Performance Modelling, Measurement and Evaluation, Paris, France, 19-21 December, 1984. North-Holland 1985, ISBN 0-444-87680-4

@proceedings{DBLP:conf/performance/1984,
  editor    = {Erol Gelenbe},
  title     = {Performance '84, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium
               on Computer Performance Modelling, Measurement and Evaluation,
               Paris, France, 19-21 December, 1984},
  booktitle = {Performance},
  publisher = {North-Holland},
  year      = {1985},
  isbn      = {0-444-87680-4},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Distributed Systems/Systèmes Repartis

Sanjay R. Radia: A Markov Model for Distributed Communicating Sequential Processes. 3-16
Edmundo de Souza e Silva, Mario Gerla: Load Balancing in Distributed Systems with Multiple Classes and Site Constraints. 17-33
Debasis Mitra, Isi Mitrani: Analysis and Optimum Performance of Two Message-Passing Parallel Processors Synchronized by Rollback. 35-50
Joseph Betser, Mario Gerla, Gerald J. Popek: A Dual Priority MVA Model for a Large Distributed System: LOCUS. 51-66

Data Bases/Bases de Données

Reinhard Augustin, Heinrich A. Scholten, U. Prädel: Modelling Database Concurrency Control Algorithms Using a General Purpose Performance Evaluation Tool. 69-86
Robert J. T. Morris, Wing Shing Wong: Performance of Concurrency Control Algorithms with Nonexclusive Access. 87-101
Herwig Bruneel: Analysis of Discrete-Time Buffers with One Single Output Channel Subjected to a General Interruption Process. 103-115

Modelling Mehtods/Méthodes de Modelisation

Yves Dallery, R. David: Some New Results on Operational Analysis. 119-134
Janusz Filipiak, Andrzej R. Pach: Selection of Coefficients for a Diffusion-Equation Model of Multi-Server Queue. 135-146
Eugene Pinsky, Yechiam Yemini: A Statistical Mechanics of Some Interconnection Networks. 147-158
J. P. C. Blanc: The Transient Behaviour of Networks with Infinite Server Nodes. 159-174

Computer Networks/Reseaux d'Ordinateurs

Timothy C. Clausner, Satish K. Tripathi: Evaluation of the Hub Node in a Star Network: A Case Study. 177-198
Walter A. Rosenkrantz: Some Theorems on the Instability of the Exponential Back-Off Protocol. 199-205
Randolph Nelson: The Stochastic Cusp, Swallowtail, and Hyperbolic Umbilic Catastrophes as Manifest in a simple Communications Model. 207-224
Andrzej R. Pach: Performance Evaluation of ALOHA-Type Star Broadcast Systems with and Intelligent Central Node. 225-241
Thien Vo-Dai: A Steady-State Analysis of CSMA-CD. 243-264
Moshe Sidi: Tandem Packet-Radio Queueing Networks. 265-275
Asser N. Tantawi, Donald F. Towsley: A General Model for Optimal Static Load Balancing in Star Network Configurations. 277-291
Hideaki Takagi: New Message Waiting Time in a Symmetric Polling System. 293-302
Andre B. Bondi: Modeling the Effect of Local Area Network Contention on the Performance of Host Computers. 303-318

Queueing Networks/Reseaux de Files d'Attente

Jean-Yves Le Boudec: Calcul des Probabilités Stationnaires des Files PH/PH/1 et PH/PH/1/C. 321-336
Manfred Kramer: A Processor-Sharing Model with Several Types of Jobs and Preemptive Priorities. 337-344
J. S. Kaufman: Finite and Infinite Source Interactions. 345-359
James R. Kenevan, Anneliese von Mayrhauser: Convexity and Concavity Properties of Analytic Queuing Models for Computer Systems. 361-375
Debasis Mitra, James McKenna: Some Results on Asymptotic Expansions for Closed Markovian Networks with State Dependent Service Rates. 377-392
Wolfgang Schmitt: On Decompositions of Markovian Priority Queues and Their Application to the Analysis of Closed Priority Queueing Networks. 393-407
Onno J. Boxma: Two Symmmetric Queues with Alternating Service and Switching Times. 409-431

Large Scale System Architecture/Architecture de Grands Systèmes

Nachum Shacham: Organization of Dynamic Radio Network by Overlapping Clusters: Architecture Considerations and Optimization. 435-447
F. Le Gall, J. Bernussou, Jean-Marie Garcia: A One Moment Model for Telephone Networks with Dependance on Link Blocking Probabilities. 449-458
Ilkka J. Haikala, Petri H. Kutvonen: Split Cache Organizations. 459-472

Modelling Theory/Théorie de la Modelisation

Onno J. Boxma: A Probabilistic Analysis of the LPT Scheduling Rule. 475-490
Edward G. Coffman Jr., Leopold Flatto, George S. Lueker: Expected Makespans for Largest-First Multiprocessor Scheduling. 491-506
Joanne Bechta Dugan, Kishor S. Trivedi, Robert Geist, Victor F. Nicola: Extended Stochastic Petri Nets: Applications and Analysis. 507-519
Kym Watson: Performance Evaluation of Cyclic Service Strategies - A Survey. 521-533
Jan van Doremalen: A Mean Value Analysis of a Closed CP-Terminal System with Preemptive Resume Priorities and General Service Time Distributions. 535-546

Additional Paper

Yakov A. Kogan, A. A. Pukhal'skii: On Tandem Queues with Blocking in Heavy Traffic. 549-558