A systematic approach for workload modeling for parallel processing systems

Parallel Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1771-1787

  Kotsis, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Parallel program characteristics; Performance analysis; Workload models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE; USER INTERFACES;

USER INTERACTION; WORKLOAD MODELS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0040094245     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8191(96)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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