Faculty of Science

Objectives

This course introduces the student on how to measure the performance of computer systems and packages, and so predict their behaviour.

Contents

Introduction. Mathematical preliminaries (statistics and probability; basic Markov processes and queueing theory). Data analysis; filters. Sample software performance analysis tools and techniques. Useful characteristics to model; Introductory mathematical and computational notions on modelling and simulation; sample predictive models. Simple experimental design. Benchmark tests/testing; result analysis and error handling. Modelling various computer systems and predicting their behaviour: real-time systems, fault-tolerant systems, etc.; other application areas.

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