How to parameterize models with bursty workloads

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 38-44

  Casale, Giuliano ^a   Mi, Ningfang ^a   Cherkasova, Ludmila ^b   Smirni, Evgenia ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; QUEUEING THEORY;

BURSTY WORKLOADS; BUSY PERIOD; INDEX OF DISPERSIONS; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL PREDICTION; QUEUEING MODEL; SERVICE PROCESS; SERVICE TIME;

PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 70450068952     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1453175.1453182     Document Type: Article

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