Proceedings, 7th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems. October 24-28, 1999, College Park, Maryland / sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (IEEE-TCSIM), IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (IEEE-TCCA).

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Book

Conference/Event

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IEEE Xplore (Online service)

IEEE Computer Society.

IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee on Simulation.

IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee on Computer Architecture.

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (7th : 1999 : College Park, Md.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital computer simulation--Congresses.

Digital computer simulation.

Telecommunication systems--Mathematical models--Congresses.

Telecommunication systems.

Telecommunication systems--Mathematical models.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 367 pages : illustrations

Other Title:

7th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems

Seventh International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems

Modeling, analysis, and simulation of computer and telecommunication systems

MASCOTS'99

Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1999, Proceedings, 7th International Symposium on.

Place of Publication:

Los Alamitos, Calif. : The Society, [1999]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents:

Session 1 ATM Networks

The Design and Management of ATM Virtual Path Connection Networks / A. Arvidsson, S. Berezner, A. Krzesinski 2

Performance and Robustness Testing of Explicit-Rate ABR Flow Control Schemes / M. Zoranovic, C. Williamson 10

Using ATM Services for (In) Efficient Support of TCP / J. Sydir, N. Taft-Plotkin, N. Akar 20

Local Resource Allocation for Providing End to End Delay Guarantees in ATM Networks Using PGPS Scheduling / A. Ayad, K. Elsayed, M. El-hadidi 30

Session 2 Mobile, Wireless and Optical Networks

Performance Evaluation of Distributed Co-Ordination Function for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Protocol in Presence of Mobile and Hidden Terminals / S. Khurana, A. Kahol, S. Gupta, P. Srimani 40

TCP Performance and Buffer Provisioning for Internet in Wireless Networks / H. Syed, K. Das, M. Devetsikiotis 48

Fair Scheduling in an Optical Interconnection Network / C. Baw, R. Chamberlain, M. Franklin 56

Session 3 Simulation Techniques and Environments

The SimUTC Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems Simulation Toolkit / B. Weiss, G. Gridling, U. Schmid, K. Schossmaier 68

Optimizing Message Aggregation for Parallel Simulation on High Performance Clusters / C. Pham, C. Albrecht 76

SDH Digital Cross-Connect Traffic Generation Algorithm / B. Johnston, H. Owen 84

Simulation of Broadband Multiple Access Protocols for Wireless Networks / B. Bing 92

Session 4 Network Simulation

CAC Performance with Self-Similar Traffic: Simulation Study and Performance Results / Y. Wang, C. Williamson, J. Doerksen 102

Simulation of Ultra-Large Communication Networks / D. Rao, P. Wilsey 112

Network Simulations of a General Class of Partial-Connection Multiple-Bus Systems / H-Y. Tu, L. Hawkes 120

A Generic Framework for Parallelization of Network Simulations / G. Riley, R. Fujimoto, M. Ammar 128

Session 5 Performance Techniques

Failure Distance Based Bounds for Steady-State Availability without the Knowledge of Minimal Cuts / V. Sune, J. Carrasco 138

Towards Performance Analysis with Partially Symmetrical SWN / L. Capra, C. Dutheillet, G. Franceschinis, J. Ilie 148

Jump Transitions in Second Order FSPNs / K. Wolter 156

Approximate Analysis of Open Network of GE/GE/m/N Queues with Transfer Blocking / H. Tahilramani, D. Manjunath, S. Bose 164

Session 6 Performance Modeling and Analysis

An Analytical Comparison of Cooperation Protocols for Web Proxy Servers / F. Quaglia, B. Ciciani, M. Colajanni 174

Modeling Overhead in Servers with Transactional Workloads / M. Curiel, R. Puigjaner 182

Analytical Modeling of the Network Traffic Performance / I. Garces, D. Franco, E. Luque 190

Universal Benchmark Suites / J. Dujmovic 197

Session 7 Workload

Analysis of Personal Computer Workloads / M. Zhou, A. Smith 208

Modeling User Behavior: A Layered Approach / H. Hlavacs, G. Kotsis 218

Predicting Behavior Patterns Using Adaptive Workload Models / S. Raghavan, N. Swaminathan, J. Srinivasan 226

Analysis of Self-Similarity in I/O Workload Using Structural Modeling / M. Gomez, V. Santonja 234

Session 8 QoS and Multimedia

An Auction-Based Flexible Pricing Scheme for Renegotiated QoS Connections and Its Evaluation / G. Malewicz, A. Shvartsman 244

Adaptive CPU Scheduling Policies for Mixed Multimedia and Best-Effort Workloads / M. Rau, E. Smirni 252

On the Design of Efficient Video-on-Demand Broadcast Schedules / A. Hu, I. Nikolaidis, P. van Beek 262

Combining Pay-Per-View and Video-on-Demand Services / J-F. Paris, S. Carter, D. Long 270

Session 9 Memory, Cache and I/O Performance

Multiprocessor Memory Reference Generation Using Cerberus / J. Rothman, A. Smith 278

Modeling Memory Reference Patterns of Programs in Cache Memory Systems / R. Mukkamala, A. Agrawala 288

A System-Assisted Disk I/O Simulation Technique / F. Sorenson, E. Sorenson, J. Flanagan, H. Zhou 296

Prediction of Disk Arm Movements in Anticipation of Future Requests / E. Mumolo 305

Session 10 Software Analysis

A Design and Management Framework for Mobile Agent Systems / O. Rana 314

A Synchronization Protocol for Group Communication Systems / A. Benslimane, A. Abouaissa 322

Evaluating Concurrency Options in Software Specifications / W. Scratchley, C. Woodside 330

Feature Interaction as a Satisfiability Problem / C. Areces, W. Bouma, M. de Rijke 339

Session 11 Analysis of Security Systems

An Experimental Analysis of Cryptographic Overhead in Performance-Critical Systems / W. Freeman, E. Miller 348

Model Checking the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) Protocol / S. Lu, S. Smolka 358.

ISBN:

0769503810

9780769503813

OCLC:

43059191

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