Simulation based performance analysis of web servers

Proceedings - 9th International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models, PNPM 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 59-68

  Wells, Lisa ^a   Christensen, Søren ^a   Kristensen, Lars M ^a   Mortensen, Kjeld H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HTTP; PETRI NETS;

ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; ARRIVAL RATES; COLORED PETRI NETS MODELS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; HEWLETT-PACKARD; HIERARCHICAL COLORED PETRI NETS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS; WEB SERVER MODELING; WEB SERVERS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 0345439074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PNPM.2001.953356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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