Performance Evaluation, Volume 10

Volume 10, Number 1, 1989

Oliver C. Ibe, Xian Cheng: Performance Analysis of Asymmetric Single-Buffer Polling Systems. 1-14
Philip S. Yu, Douglas W. Cornell, Daniel M. Dias, Alexander Thomasian: Performance Comparison of IO Shipping and Database Call Shipping: Schemes in Multisystem Partitioned Databases. 15-33
Hanoch Levy: Delay Computation and Dynamic Behavior of Non-Symmetric Polling Systems. 35-51
Stephen S. Lavenberg: A Perspective on Queueing Models of Computer Performance. 53-76

Jerry Breecher: A Study of Program Restructuring in a Virtual Memory System. 79-92
Bin Qin, Howard A. Sholl, Reda A. Ammar: A Model to Predict the Average Response Time of User Programs. 93-101
Wei Kang Tsai, Pierce E. Cantrell: A Simple Derivation of Transient Queue Statistics and Applications. 103-114
Hiroshi Saito: Optimal Control of Variable Rate Coding in Integrated Voice/Data Packet Networks. 115-128
Peter J. B. King, Nachum Shacham: Queueing Models for Buffers with Dial-Up Servers. 129-145

Nico M. van Dijk: A Simple Throughput Bound for Large Closed Queueing Networks with Finite Capacities. 153-167
Demetres D. Kouvatsos, Nikos P. Xenios: MEM for Arbitrary Queueing Networks with Multiple General Servers and Repetitive-Service Blocking. 169-195
Yannik Frein, Yves Dallery: Analysis of Cyclic Queueing Networks with Finite Buffers and Blocking Before Service. 197-210
Alexandre Brandwajn, Anil K. Sahai: A Note on Approximate Iterative Solution of Open Tandem Networks with Blocking. 211-218
Frederick S. Hillier, Kut C. So: The Assignment of Extra Servers to Stations in Tandem Queueing Systems with Small or No Buffers. 219-231
Mostafa H. Ammar, Stanley B. Gershwin: Equivalence Relations in Queueing Models of Fork/Join Networks with Blocking. 233-245
Raif O. Onvural: A Note on the Product Form Solutions of Multiclass Closed Queueing Networks with Blocking. 247-253
Harry G. Perros: A Bibliography of Papers on Queueing Networks with Finite Capacity Queues. 255-260

J. S. Kaufman, Y. T. Wang: A Conservation Law Based Approximate Analysis For a Class of Simultaneous Resource Possession Problems. 263-280
Gary J. Chastek, John P. Kearns: Efficient Calculation of the Space-Time Performance of the Working Set. 281-294
Paul Glasserman, Yu-Chi Ho: Aggregation Approximations for Sensitivity Analysis of Multi-Class Queueing Networks. 295-308
Norman S. Matloff: On the Value of Predictive Information in a Scheduling Problem. 309-315