Combining simulation and visualization through dynamic sampling

ISPASS 2007: IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 72-83

  Falcón, Ayose ^a   Faraboschi, Paolo ^a   Ortega, Daniel ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SAMPLING; MEMORY ACCESS; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; VIRTUAL MACHINES (VM);

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA VISUALIZATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); VIRTUAL REALITY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 36949008750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPASS.2007.363738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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