A Method for Design and Performance Modeling of Client/Server Systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1066-1085

  Menascé, Daniel A ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE QUERY OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING LANGUAGE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PROGRAM COMPILERS; QUEUEING NETWORKS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SERVERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034318160     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.881718     Document Type: Article

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