About the book
Reliable performance evaluations require the use of representative workloads. This is no easy task since modern computer systems and their workloads are complex, with many interrelated attributes and complicated structures. Experts often use sophisticated mathematics to analyze and describe workload models, making these models difficult for practitioners to grasp. This book aims to close this gap by emphasizing the intuition and the reasoning behind the definitions and derivations related to the workload models. It provides numerous examples from real production systems, with hundreds of graphs. Using this book, readers will be able to analyze collected workload data and clean it if necessary, derive statistical models that include skewed marginal distributions and correlations, and consider the need for generative models and feedback from the system. The descriptive statistics techniques covered are also useful for other domains.
Editions of Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781107078239
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Reliable performance evaluations require the use of representative workloads. This is no easy task since modern computer systems and their workloads are complex, with many interrelated attributes and complicated structures. Experts often use sophisticated mathematics to analyze and describe workload models, making these models difficult for practitioners to grasp. This book aims to close this gap by emphasizing the intuition and the reasoning behind the definitions and derivations related to the workload models. It provides numerous examples from real production systems, with hundreds of graphs. Using this book, readers will be able to analyze collected workload data and clean it if necessary, derive statistical models that include skewed marginal distributions and correlations, and consider the need for generative models and feedback from the system. The descriptive statistics techniques covered are also useful for other domains.
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What is Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation about?
Reliable performance evaluations require the use of representative workloads. This is no easy task since modern computer systems and their workloads are complex, with many interrelated attributes and complicated structures. Experts often use sophisticated mathematics to analyze and describe workload models, making these models difficult for practitioners to grasp. This book aims to close this gap by emphasizing the intuition and the reasoning behind the definitions and derivations related to the workload models. It provides numerous examples from real production systems, with hundreds of graphs. Using this book, readers will be able to analyze collected workload data and clean it if necessary, derive statistical models that include skewed marginal distributions and correlations, and consider the need for generative models and feedback from the system. The descriptive statistics techniques covered are also useful for other domains.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation?
Computing and Information Technology > Computer science > Computer architecture and logic design
Where can I read a sample of Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781107078239
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation?
Dror G. Feitelson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Workload Modeling for Computer Systems Performance Evaluation is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781107078239)