Performance feature identification by comparative trace analysis

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-380

  Spooner, Daniel P ^a   Kerbyson, Darren J ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Performance and Architecture Lab   (United States)

^d ACM   (United States)

^e IEEE

Author keywords

Dynamic trace analysis; High performance systems; Performance modeling; Performance visualization

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC TRACE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE MODELING; PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 28044449895     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2004.11.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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