SIGMETRICS 1994: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

1994 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, May 16-20, 1994, Proceedings. Performance Evaluation Review 22(1), May 1994

Keynote Address

Peter J. Denning: The Fifteenth Level. 1-4 BibTeX

Parallel Systems I

Vinod G. J. Peris, Mark S. Squillante, Vijay K. Naik: Analysis of the Impact of Memory in Distributed Parallel Processing Systems. 5-18 BibTeX
Cathy McCann, John Zahorjan: Processor Allocation Policies for Message-Passing Parallel Computers. 19-32 BibTeX
Su-Hui Chiang, Rajesh K. Mansharamani, Mary K. Vernon: Use of Application Characteristics and Limited Preemption for Run-to-Completion Parallel Processor Scheduling Policies. 33-44 BibTeX

Database Systems

Joel L. Wolf, John Turek, Ming-Syan Chen, Philip S. Yu: Scheduling Multiple Queries on a Parallel Machine. 45-55 BibTeX
Jignesh M. Patel, Michael J. Carey, Mary K. Vernon: Accurate Modeling of the Hybrid Hash Join Algorithm. 56-66 BibTeX
Avi Bittan, Yaakov Kogan, Philip S. Yu: Asymtotic Performance of a Buffer Model in a Data Sharing Environment. 67-76 BibTeX

Techniques I

Dorina C. Petriu: Approximate Mean Value Analysis of Client-Server Systems with Multi-class Requests. 77-86 BibTeX
Gianfranco Balbo, Steven C. Bruell, Matteo Sereno: Arrival Theorems for Product-Form Stochastic Petri Nets. 87-97 BibTeX
Arun K. Somani, Kishor S. Trivedi: Phased-Mission System Analysis Using Boolean Algebraic Methods. 98-107 BibTeX

Workload Modeling

Maria Ebling, Mahadev Satyanarayanan: SynRGen: An Extensible File Reference Generator. 108-117 BibTeX
S. V. Raghavan, D. Vasukiammaiyar, Günter Haring: Generative Networkload Models for a Single Server Environment. 118-127 BibTeX
Robert F. Cmelik, David Keppel: Shade: A Fast Instruction-Set Simulator for Execution Profiling. 128-137 BibTeX

File Systems

Brian Noble, Mahadev Satyanarayanan: An Empirical Study of a Highly Available File System. 138-149 BibTeX
Michael Dahlin, Clifford Mather, Randolph Y. Wang, Thomas E. Anderson, David A. Patterson: A Quantitative Analysis of Cache Policies for Scalable Network File Systems. 150-160 BibTeX
David Kotz, Preston Crow: The Expected Lifetime of "Single-Address-Space" Operating Systems. 161-170 BibTeX

Parallel Systems II

Anand Sivasubramaniam, Aman Singla, Umakishore Ramachandran, H. Venkateswaran: An Approach to Scalability Study of Shared Memory Parallel Systems. 171-180 BibTeX
Pankaj Mehra, Catherine H. Schulbach, Jerri C. Yan: A Comparison of Two Model-Based Performance-Prediction Techniques for Message-Passing Parallel Programs. 181-190 BibTeX

Techniques II

Graham Horton, Scott T. Leutenegger: A Multi-Level Solution Algorithm for Steady-State Markov Chains. 191-200 BibTeX
Samir Ranjan Das, Richard Fujimoto: An Adaptive Memory Management Protocol for Time Warp Simulation. 201-210 BibTeX

Networks

Hui Zhang, Edward W. Knightly: Providing End-to-End Statistical Performance Guarantees with Bounding Interval Dependent Stochastic Models. 211-220 BibTeX
Sridhar Pingali, Donald F. Towsley, James F. Kurose: A Comparison of Sender-Initiated and Receiver-Initiated Reliable Multicast Protocols. 221-230 BibTeX
Ioanis Nikolaidis, Richard Fujimoto, C. Anthony Cooper: Time-Parallel Simulation of Cascaded Statistical Multiplexers. 231-240 BibTeX

Systems

Bruce L. Worthington, Gregory R. Ganger, Yale N. Patt: Scheduling Algorithms for Modern Disk Drives. 241-252 BibTeX
David M. Nicol, Shahid H. Bokhari: Optimal Multiphase Complete Exchange on Circuit-Switched Hypercube Architectures. 252-260 BibTeX
Olivier Temam, Christine Fricker, William Jalby: Cache Interference Phenomena. 261-271 BibTeX

Extended Abstracts

John M. Danskin, Pat Hanrahan: Profiling the X Protocol. 272-273 BibTeX
Ann L. Drapeau, David A. Patterson, Randy H. Katz: Toward Workload Characterization of Video Server and Digital Library Applications. 274-275 BibTeX
Deepinder S. Gill, Songnian Zhou, Harjinder S. Sandhu: A Case Study of File System Workload in a Large-Scale Distributed Environment. 276-277 BibTeX
Joseph L. Hellerstein: A Comparison of Techniques for Diagnosing Performance Problems In Information Systems. 278-279 BibTeX
J. William Lee: Efficient User-Level Communication on Multicomputers with an Optimistic Flow-Control Protocol. 280-281 BibTeX
Jerome A. Rolia, M. Starkey, G. Boersma: Modeling RPC Performance. 282-283 BibTeX
Athar B. Tayyab, Jon G. Kuhl: Stochastic Performance Models of Parallel Task Systems. 284-285 BibTeX
Richard Uhlig, David Nagle, Trevor N. Mudge, Stuart Sechrest: Kernel-Based Memory Simulation. 286-287 BibTeX
Harald Wabnig, Günter Haring: Performance Prediction of Parallel Systems with Scalable Specifications - Methodology and Case Study. 288-289 BibTeX