1993 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, Santa Clara, California, USA, May 10-14, 1993, Proceedings. Performance Evaluation Review 21(1), June 1993

I/O System Performance I

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  Peter M. Chen, David A. Patterson: A New Approach to I/O Performance Evaluation - Self-Scaling I/O Benchmarks, Predicted I/O Performance. 1-12
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  Prabuddha Biswas, K. K. Ramakrishnan: Trace Driven Analysis of Write Caching Policies for Disks. 13-23

Cache Simulation

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  Rabin A. Sugumar, Santosh G. Abraham: Efficient Simulation of Caches under Optimal Replacement with Applications to Miss Characterization. 24-35
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  Jacqueline Chame, Michel Dubois: Cache Inclusion and Processor Sampling in Multiprocessor Simulations. 36-47

Parallel Systems I

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  Steven K. Reinhardt, Mark D. Hill, James R. Larus, Alvin R. Lebeck, James C. Lewis, David A. Wood: The Wisconsin Wind Tunnel: Virtual Prototyping of Parallel Computers. 48-60
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  Vikram S. Adve, Mary K. Vernon: The Influence of Random Delays on Parallel Execution Times. 61-73
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  Emilia Rosti, Evgenia Smirni, Thomas D. Wagner, Amy W. Apon, Lawrence W. Dowdy: The KSR1: Experimentation and Modeling of Poststore. 74-85

I/O System Performance II

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  Gregory R. Ganger, Yale N. Patt: The Process-Flow Model: Examining I/O Performance from the System's Point of View. 86-97
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  Edward K. Lee, Randy H. Katz: An Analytic Performance Model of Disk Arrays. 98-109

Tools and Techniques

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  Dong Tang, Ravishankar K. Iyer: MEASURE+ - A Measurement-Based Dependability Analysis Package. 110-121
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  A. V. Ramesh, Kishor S. Trivedi: On the Sensitivity of Transient Solutions of Markov Models. 122-134

Simulation Methods

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  David M. Nicol, Philip Heidelberger: Parallel Simulation of Markovian Queueing Networks Using Adaptive Uniformization. 135-145
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  Stephen R. Goldschmidt, John L. Hennessy: The Accuracy of Trace-Driven Simulations of Multiprocessors. 146-157

Parallel Systems II

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  Sanjeev Setia, Mark S. Squillante, Satish K. Tripathi: Processor Scheduling on Multiprogrammed, Distributed Memory Parallel Computers. 158-170
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  Kun-Lung Wu, Philip S. Yu, James Z. Teng: Performance Comparison of Thrashing Control Policies for Concurrent Mergesorts with Parallel Prefetching. 171-182
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  Dikran S. Meliksetian, C. Y. Roger Chen: A Markov-Modulated Bernoulli Process Approximation for the Analysis of Banyan Networks. 183-194

Real-Time Scheduling

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  Hiroshi Arakawa, Daniel I. Katcher, Jay K. Strosnider, Hideyuki Tokuda: Modeling and Validation of the Real-Time Mach Scheduler. 195-206
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  Sanjoy K. Baruah, Jayant R. Haritsa: ROBUST: A Hardware Solution to Real-Time Overload. 207-216
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  Jayanta K. Dey, James F. Kurose, Donald F. Towsley, C. M. Krishna, Mahesh Girkar: Efficient On-Line Processor Scheduling for a Class of IRIS (Increasing Reward with Increasing Service.) Real-Time Tasks. 217-228

Cache Models

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  Robert J. T. Morris: Analysis of Superposition of Streams into a Cache Buffer. 229-235
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  Jory Tsai, Anant Agarwal: Analyzing Multiprocessor Cache Behavior Through Data Reference Modeling. 236-247
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  Margaret Martonosi, Anoop Gupta, Thomas E. Anderson: Effectiveness of Trace Sampling for Performance Debugging Tools. 248-259

Extended Abstracts

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  Jong Suk Ahn, Peter B. Danzig, Deborah Estrin, Brenda Timmerman: Hybrid Technique for Simulating High Bandwidth Delay Computer Networks. 260-261
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  Jeffrey C. Becker, Arvin Park: An Analysis of the Information Content of Address and Data Reference Streams. 262-263
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  Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Luis Ramos: An Evaluation of Alternative Virtual Replication Strategies for Continuous Retrieval of Multimedia Data. 264-265
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  Jonathan S. Kay, Joseph Pasquale: A Summary of TCP/IP Networking Software Performance for the DECstation 5000. 266-267
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  Gary Lewandowski, Anne Condon, Eric Bach: Asynchronous Analysis of Parallel Dynamic Programming. 268-269
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  Kang G. Shin, Chao-Ju Hou: Evaluation of Load Sharing in HARTS while Considering Message Routing and Broadcasting. 270-271
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  Josep Torrellas, Andrew Tucker, Anoop Gupta: Benefits of Cache-Affinity Scheduling in Shared-Memory Multiprocessors: A Summary. 272-274
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  Vidar Vetland, Peter H. Hughes, Arne Sølvberg: A Composite Modelling Approach to Software Performance Measurement. 275-276
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  David B. Wagner: Approximate Mean Value Analysis of Interconnection Networks with Deflection Routing. 277-278
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  Carey L. Williamson: Optimizing File Transfer Response Time Using the Loss-Load Curve Congestion Control Mechanism. 279-280