Over the last decade, a lot of research has been directed toward integrating performance
analysis into the software development process. Traditional software development methods …

Workload characterization is a well-established discipline that plays a key role in many
performance engineering studies. The large-scale social behavior inherent in the …

Integration of the Internet into the entities of the different domains of human society (such as
smart homes, health care, smart grids, manufacturing processes, product supply chains, and …

Interactive, distributed, and embedded systems often behave stochastically, for example,
when inputs, message delays, or failures conform to a probability distribution. However …

What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must
resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they …

Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) is an open-source implementation of a distributed ledger platform
for running smart contracts in a modular architecture. In this paper, we present a …

After going through all the previous chapters, it would be natural for readers to conclude that
DES are inherently complex and hard to analyze, regardless of the modeling framework …

An Integrated Approach to Product Development Reliability Engineering presents an
integrated approach to the design, engineering, and management of reliability activities …

A new, quantitative architecture simulation approach to software design that circumvents
costly testing cycles by modeling quality of service in early design states. Too often, software …

This paper presents the design, implementation, and performance of the Condor scheduling
system. Condor operates in a workstation environment. The system aims to maximize the …