Measuring and characterizing system behavior using kernel-level event logging

2000 USENIX Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Yaghmour, Karim ^a   Dagenais, Michel R ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINUX; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

COMPLEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS; MEMORY OVERHEADS; OPEN-SOURCE CODE; POST PROCESSING; RUNNING PROCESS; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 85084162842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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