SIGMETRICS 1989: Berkeley, California, USA

I/O and Data Base Systems

• Joel L. Wolf: The Placement Optimization Program: A Practical Solution to the Disk File Assignment Problem. 1-10 BibTeX
• John P. Kearns, Samuel DeFazio: Diversity in Database Reference Behavior. 11-19 BibTeX

Reliability

• Joseph L. Hellerstein: A Statistical Approach to Diagnosing Intermittent Performance-Problems Using Monotone Relationships. 20-28 BibTeX
• Richard R. Muntz, Edmundo de Souza e Silva, Ambuj Goyal: Bounding Availability of Repairable Computer Systems. 29-38 BibTeX

Systems

• Rick Bubenik, Willy Zwaenepoel: Performance of Optimistic Make. 39-48 BibTeX
• Thomas E. Anderson, Edward D. Lazowska, Henry M. Levy: The Performance Implications of Thread Management Alternatives for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors. 49-60 BibTeX
• John B. Carter, Willy Zwaenepoel: Optimistic Implementation of Bulk Data Transfer Protocols. 61-69 BibTeX

Memory Systems

• Craig B. Stunkel, W. Kent Fuchs: TRAPEDS: Producing Traces for Multicomputers Via Execution Driven Simulation. 70-78 BibTeX
• Kyle Gallivan, Dennis Gannon, William Jalby, Allen D. Malony, Harry A. G. Wijshoff: Behavioral Characterization of Multiprocessor Memory Systems: A Case Study. 79-88 BibTeX
• A. Dain Samples: Mache: No-Loss Trace Compaction. 89-97 BibTeX

Networks

• Amarnath Mukherjee, Lawrence H. Landweber, John C. Strikwerda: Evaluation of Retransmission Strategies in a Local Area Network Environment. 98-107 BibTeX
• Peter B. Danzig: Finite Buffers and Fast Multicast. 108-117 BibTeX
• Biswanath Mukherjee: Performance of a Dual-Bus Unidirectional Broadcast Network Operating Under a Probabilistic Scheduling Strategy. 118-126 BibTeX

Queuing Systems I

• Albert G. Greenberg, James McKenna: Solution of Closed, Product Form, Queueing Networks via the RECAL and Tree-RECAL Methods on a Shared Memory Multiprocessor. 127-135 BibTeX
• Martin Paterok, O. Fischer: Feedback Queues with Preemption-Distance Priorities. 136-145 BibTeX
• David B. Wagner, Edward D. Lazowska: Parallel Simulation of Queueing Networks: Limitations and Potentials. 146-155 BibTeX

Parallel Systems

• Debasis Mitra, Isi Mitrani: Control and Coordination Policies for Systems with Buffers. 156-165 BibTeX
• David M. Nicol, James C. Townsend: Accurate Modeling of Parallel Scientific Computations. 165-170 BibTeX
• Kenneth C. Sevcik: Characterizations of Parallelism in Applications and Their Use In Scheduling. 171-180 BibTeX

Queuing Systems II

• Randolph D. Nelson, Thomas K. Philips: An Approximation to the Response Time for Shortest Queue Routing. 181-190 BibTeX
• Kimmo E. E. Raatikainen: Approximating Response Time Distributions. 190-199 BibTeX
• Debasis Mitra, Alan Weiss: A Closed Network with a Discriminatory Processor-Sharing Server. 200-209 BibTeX

Tutorial Extended Abstracts

• Domenico Ferrari: Workload Characterization for Tightly-Coupled and Loosely-Coupled Systems. 210 BibTeX
• Ashok K. Thareja: UNIX Performance Evaluation. 211 BibTeX
• Ram Chillarege: Experimental Methods in Reliability Measurement. 212 BibTeX
• Andrew L. Reibman: Modeling the Effect of Reliability on Performance. 213 BibTeX
• Lawrence W. Dowdy: Performance Prediction Modeling: A Tutorial. 214 BibTeX
• Yonathan Bard: Introduction to Queueing Network Models. 215 BibTeX
• Raj Jain: Congestiion Control in Computer Networks. 216 BibTeX
• Marjory J. Johnson: Network Protocol Performance. 217 BibTeX
• Dieter Wybranietz: Measurement Techniques for Distributed Systems During Operation. 218 BibTeX
• Alan Jay Smith: CPU Cache Memories. 219 BibTeX
• David R. Kaeli: PC Workload Characterization. 220 BibTeX
• Rainer Klar: Integrating Monitoring and Modeling for Evaluation of Multiprocessor Systems. 221 BibTeX

Poster Session

• Gianfranco Balbo, Giovanni Chiola, Steven C. Bruell, Pozung Chen: An Example of Validation and Evaluation ofa Concurrent Program: Lamport's Fast Mutual Exclusion Algorithm. 222 BibTeX
• Onno J. Boxma, Wim P. Groenendijk, Jan A. Weststrate: A Pseudoconservation Law for Service Systems with a Polling Table. 223 BibTeX
• Arif Ghafoor, Paul R. Austin, Douglas L. Bray, Daniel Wong: The Effect of High Performance Processors in Butterfly Multiprocessor System (Extended Abstract). 224 BibTeX
• Boudewijn R. Haverkort, Ignas G. Niemegeers: Performability Modelling Using Dynamic Queueing Networks. 225 BibTeX
• Philip Heidelberger, Peter A. Franaszek: Traffic Studies of Unbuffered Delta Networks. 226 BibTeX
• Wen-mei W. Hwu, Thomas M. Conte: A Simulation Study of Simultaneous Vector Prefetch Performance in Multiprocessor Memory Subsystems (Extended Abstract). 227 BibTeX
• Ahmed E. Kamal: Modeling Multibus Interconnection Networks Using State Aggregation. 228 BibTeX
• Øivind Kure: File Migration in Distributed File Systems without Replication. 229 BibTeX
• T. Paul Lee, Ronald E. Barkley: Design and Evaluation of A Watermark-Based Lazy Buddy System. 230 BibTeX
• Eugene Pinsky: Some Applications of Gibbs Ensemble Theory to Systems Performance Analysis. 231 BibTeX
• Antonio Pizzarello, William J. Brophy: Memory Management for a Large Operating System. 232 BibTeX
• Irvin Y. Wang, Thomas G. Robertazzi: Service Stage Petri Net Protocols with Product Form Solution. 233 BibTeX
• Kang G. Shin, Yi-Chieh Chang: Load Sharing in Distributed Real-Time Systems with Broadcast of State Changes. 234 BibTeX
• Arun N. Swami: A Validated Cost Model for Main Memory Databases. 235 BibTeX
• Tetsuya Takine, Hideaki Takagi, Yutaka Takahashi, Toshiharu Hasegawa: Analysis of Asymmetric Single-Buffer Polling and Priority Systems without Switchover Times. 236 BibTeX
• Alexander Thomasian: Analysis of a Threshold Policy for Scheduling Readers and Writers. 237 BibTeX
• Philip S. Yu, Daniel M. Dias: Performance Analysis of Optimistic Concurrency Control Schemes for Systems with Large Memory. 238 BibTeX
• John W. Roberts, John Antonishek, Alan Mink: Hybrid Performance Measurement Instrumentation for Loosely-Cpupled MIMD Architectures. 239 BibTeX
• Nico M. van Dijk: Product Forms for Random Access Schemes. 240 BibTeX