Performance measurements for multithreaded programs

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Ji, Minwen ^a   Felten, Edward W ^a   Li, Kai ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MULTIPROCESSING PROGRAMS; PERFORMANCE; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

MULTITHREADED PROGRAMS;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032093359     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/277858.277900     Document Type: Article

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