A Hybrid Monitor for Behavior and Performance Analysis of Distributed Systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 197-211

  Haban, Dieter ^a   Wybranietz, Dieter ^b  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KAISERSLAUTERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Distributed system; Evaluation; Graphical display; Hybrid monitor; Instrumentation; Measuring

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING--DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS;

HYBRID MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROCESSOR;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DIGITAL;

EID: 0025386282     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.44382     Document Type: Article

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