1989 ACM SIGMETRICS and PERFORMANCE'89 International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, Berkeley, California, USA, May 23-26, 1989, Proceedings. Performance Evaluation Review 17(1), May 1989

I/O and Data Base Systems

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  Joel L. Wolf: The Placement Optimization Program: A Practical Solution to the Disk File Assignment Problem. 1-10
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  John P. Kearns, Samuel DeFazio: Diversity in Database Reference Behavior. 11-19

Reliability

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  Joseph L. Hellerstein: A Statistical Approach to Diagnosing Intermittent Performance-Problems Using Monotone Relationships. 20-28
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  Richard R. Muntz, Edmundo de Souza e Silva, Ambuj Goyal: Bounding Availability of Repairable Computer Systems. 29-38

Systems

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  Rick Bubenik, Willy Zwaenepoel: Performance of Optimistic Make. 39-48
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  Thomas E. Anderson, Edward D. Lazowska, Henry M. Levy: The Performance Implications of Thread Management Alternatives for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors. 49-60
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  John B. Carter, Willy Zwaenepoel: Optimistic Implementation of Bulk Data Transfer Protocols. 61-69

Memory Systems

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  Craig B. Stunkel, W. Kent Fuchs: TRAPEDS: Producing Traces for Multicomputers Via Execution Driven Simulation. 70-78
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  Kyle Gallivan, Dennis Gannon, William Jalby, Allen D. Malony, Harry A. G. Wijshoff: Behavioral Characterization of Multiprocessor Memory Systems: A Case Study. 79-88
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  A. Dain Samples: Mache: No-Loss Trace Compaction. 89-97

Networks

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  Amarnath Mukherjee, Lawrence H. Landweber, John C. Strikwerda: Evaluation of Retransmission Strategies in a Local Area Network Environment. 98-107
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  Peter B. Danzig: Finite Buffers and Fast Multicast. 108-117
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  Biswanath Mukherjee: Performance of a Dual-Bus Unidirectional Broadcast Network Operating Under a Probabilistic Scheduling Strategy. 118-126

Queuing Systems I

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  Albert G. Greenberg, James McKenna: Solution of Closed, Product Form, Queueing Networks via the RECAL and Tree-RECAL Methods on a Shared Memory Multiprocessor. 127-135
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  Martin Paterok, O. Fischer: Feedback Queues with Preemption-Distance Priorities. 136-145
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  David B. Wagner, Edward D. Lazowska: Parallel Simulation of Queueing Networks: Limitations and Potentials. 146-155

Parallel Systems

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  Debasis Mitra, Isi Mitrani: Control and Coordination Policies for Systems with Buffers. 156-165
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  David M. Nicol, James C. Townsend: Accurate Modeling of Parallel Scientific Computations. 165-170
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  Kenneth C. Sevcik: Characterizations of Parallelism in Applications and Their Use In Scheduling. 171-180

Queuing Systems II

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  Randolph D. Nelson, Thomas K. Philips: An Approximation to the Response Time for Shortest Queue Routing. 181-190
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  Kimmo E. E. Raatikainen: Approximating Response Time Distributions. 190-199
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  Debasis Mitra, Alan Weiss: A Closed Network with a Discriminatory Processor-Sharing Server. 200-209

Tutorial Extended Abstracts

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  Domenico Ferrari: Workload Characterization for Tightly-Coupled and Loosely-Coupled Systems. 210
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  Ashok K. Thareja: UNIX Performance Evaluation. 211
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  Ram Chillarege: Experimental Methods in Reliability Measurement. 212
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  Andrew L. Reibman: Modeling the Effect of Reliability on Performance. 213
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  Lawrence W. Dowdy: Performance Prediction Modeling: A Tutorial. 214
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  Yonathan Bard: Introduction to Queueing Network Models. 215
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  Raj Jain: Congestiion Control in Computer Networks. 216
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  Marjory J. Johnson: Network Protocol Performance. 217
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  Dieter Wybranietz: Measurement Techniques for Distributed Systems During Operation. 218
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  Alan Jay Smith: CPU Cache Memories. 219
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  David R. Kaeli: PC Workload Characterization. 220
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  Rainer Klar: Integrating Monitoring and Modeling for Evaluation of Multiprocessor Systems. 221

Poster Session

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  Gianfranco Balbo, Giovanni Chiola, Steven C. Bruell, Pozung Chen: An Example of Validation and Evaluation ofa Concurrent Program: Lamport's Fast Mutual Exclusion Algorithm. 222
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  Onno J. Boxma, Wim P. Groenendijk, Jan A. Weststrate: A Pseudoconservation Law for Service Systems with a Polling Table. 223
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  Arif Ghafoor, Paul R. Austin, Douglas L. Bray, Daniel Wong: The Effect of High Performance Processors in Butterfly Multiprocessor System (Extended Abstract). 224
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  Boudewijn R. Haverkort, Ignas G. Niemegeers: Performability Modelling Using Dynamic Queueing Networks. 225
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  Philip Heidelberger, Peter A. Franaszek: Traffic Studies of Unbuffered Delta Networks. 226
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  Wen-mei W. Hwu, Thomas M. Conte: A Simulation Study of Simultaneous Vector Prefetch Performance in Multiprocessor Memory Subsystems (Extended Abstract). 227
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  Ahmed E. Kamal: Modeling Multibus Interconnection Networks Using State Aggregation. 228
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  Øivind Kure: File Migration in Distributed File Systems without Replication. 229
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  T. Paul Lee, Ronald E. Barkley: Design and Evaluation of A Watermark-Based Lazy Buddy System. 230
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  Eugene Pinsky: Some Applications of Gibbs Ensemble Theory to Systems Performance Analysis. 231
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  Antonio Pizzarello, William J. Brophy: Memory Management for a Large Operating System. 232
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  Irvin Y. Wang, Thomas G. Robertazzi: Service Stage Petri Net Protocols with Product Form Solution. 233
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  Kang G. Shin, Yi-Chieh Chang: Load Sharing in Distributed Real-Time Systems with Broadcast of State Changes. 234
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  Arun N. Swami: A Validated Cost Model for Main Memory Databases. 235
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  Tetsuya Takine, Hideaki Takagi, Yutaka Takahashi, Toshiharu Hasegawa: Analysis of Asymmetric Single-Buffer Polling and Priority Systems without Switchover Times. 236
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  Alexander Thomasian: Analysis of a Threshold Policy for Scheduling Readers and Writers. 237
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  Philip S. Yu, Daniel M. Dias: Performance Analysis of Optimistic Concurrency Control Schemes for Systems with Large Memory. 238
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  John W. Roberts, John Antonishek, Alan Mink: Hybrid Performance Measurement Instrumentation for Loosely-Cpupled MIMD Architectures. 239
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  Nico M. van Dijk: Product Forms for Random Access Schemes. 240