Performance Evaluation, Volume 54

Volume 54, Number 1, September 2003

• Andrea Bobbio, András Horváth, Marco Scarpa, Miklós Telek:
  Acyclic discrete phase type distributions: properties and a parameter estimation algorithm. 1-32
  
• Daniel A. Menascé, Virgilio Almeida, Rudolf H. Riedi, Flávia Ribeiro, Rodrigo C. Fonseca, Wagner Meira Jr.:
  A hierarchical and multiscale approach to analyze E-business workloads. 33-57
  
• Steve Drekic:
  A preemptive resume queue with an expiry time for retained service. 59-74
  

Volume 54, Number 2, October 2003

• Tony Field, Peter G. Harrison, Jeremy T. Bradley, Uli Harder:
  Modelling techniques and tools for computer performance evaluation. 77-78
  
• Stephen Gilmore, Jane Hillston, Leïla Kloul, Marina Ribaudo:
  PEPA nets: a structured performance modelling formalism. 79-104
  
• Salem Derisavi, Peter Kemper, William H. Sanders, Tod Courtney:
  The Möbius state-level abstract functional interface. 105-128
  
• Adrian E. Conway, Yali Zhu:
  A simulation-based methodology and tool for automating the modeling and analysis of voice-over-IP perceptual quality. 129-147
  
• Alexander Klemm, Christoph Lindemann, Marco Lohmann:
  Modeling IP traffic using the batch Markovian arrival process. 149-173
  
• Sem C. Borst, Onno J. Boxma, R. Núñez Queija, A. P. Zwart:
  The impact of the service discipline on delay asymptotics. 175-206
  

Volume 54, Number 3, November 2003

• Bara Kim, Jeongsim Kim, In-Suk Wee, Bong Dae Choi:
  Asymptotic analysis of loss probability in a finite queue where one packet occupies as many places as its length. 209-223
  
• Zhisheng Niu, Tao Shu, Yoshitaka Takahashi:
  A vacation queue with setup and close-down times and batch Markovian arrival processes. 225-248
  
• Robert D. van der Mei, J. L. van den Berg, Ralf Vranken, Bart Gijsen:
  Sojourn-time approximations for a multi-server processor sharing system with priorities. 249-261
  
• Toshiomi Takahashi, Toshihisa Ozawa, Yukio Takahashi:
  Bounds of performance measures in large-scale mobile communication networks. 263-283
  

Volume 54, Number 4, December 2003

• Hasina Abdu, Hanan Lutfiyya, Michael A. Bauer:
  A model for efficient configuration of management agents in distributed systems. 285-309
  
• Eeva Nyberg, Jorma T. Virtamo, Samuli Aalto:
  An exact end-to-end blocking probability algorithm for multicast networks. 311-330
  
• Bara Kim, Bong Dae Choi:
  Asymptotic analysis and simple approximation of the loss probability of the GIX/M/c/K queue. 331-356