MASCOTS 2003. Proceedings of the 11th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer Telecommunications Systems : proceedings : 12-15 October, 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA / sponsored by IEEE, ACM.

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Book

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IEEE Xplore (Online service)

IEEE Computer Society.

Association for Computing Machinery.

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (11th : 2003 : Orlando, Fla.)

International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer Telecommunications Systems (11th : 2003 : Orlando, Fla.)

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:

xiii, 353 pages : illustrations

Other Title:

IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer Telecommunications Systems

Modeling, analysis, and simulation of computer telecommunications systems

Place of Publication:

Los Alamitos, Calif. : IEEE, [2003]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents:

Perf: An Ongoing Research Project on Performance Evaluation / M. Calzarossa 2

Session 1 Workload Characterisation

Synthesizing Representative I/O Workloads Using Iterative Distillation / Z. Kurmas, K. Keeton, K. Mackenzie 6

Tracking the Evolution of Web Traffic: 1995-2003 / F. Hernandez-Campos, K. Jeffay, F. Smith 16

Using Linear Regression to Characterize Data Coherency Traffic / J.-T. Acquaviva, F. Quessette 26

Session 2 Mobile Devices and Optical Networks

Considering the Energy Consumption of Mobile Storage Alternatives / F. Zheng, N. Garg, S. Sobti, C. Zhang, R. Joseph, A. Krishnamurthy, R. Wang 36

Using User Interface Event Information in Dynamic Voltage Scaling Algorithms / J. Lorch, A. Smith 46

k-Weighted Minimum Dominating Sets for Sparse Wavelength Converters Placement under Non-uniform Traffic / M. Houmaidi, M. Bassiouni 56

Session 3 Network Performance Simulation

Creating Realistic BGP Models / X. Dimitropoulos, G. Riley 64

Mapping Peer Behavior to Packet-Level Details: A Framework for Packet-Level Simulation of Peer-to-Peer Systems / Q. He, M. Ammar, G. Riley, H. Raj, R. Fujimoto 71

Minimizing Packet Loss by Optimizing OSPF Weights Using Online Simulation / H. Kaur, T. Ye, S. Kalyanaraman, K. Vastola 79

Session 4 Storage Systems I

SPEK: A Storage Performance Evaluation Kernel Module for Block Level Storage System / M. Zhang, Q. Yang, X. He 88

A Light-Weight, Temporary File System for Large-Scale Web Servers / J. Wang, D. Li 96

Zone-Based Shortest Positioning Time First Scheduling for MEMS-Based Storage Devices / B. Hong, S. Brandt, D. Long, E. Miller, K. Glocer, Z. Peterson 104

Large-Scale Network Simulation: How Big? How Fast? / R. Fujimoto, K. Perumalla, A. Park, H. Wu, M. Ammar 116

Session 5 Web Server Performance

Quantifying the Properties of SRPT Scheduling / M. Gong, C. Williamson 126

NAM: A Network Adaptable Middleware to Enhance Response Time of Web Services / S. Ghandeharizadeh, C. Papadopoulos, P. Pol, R. Zhou 136

DEVS Today: Recent Advances in Discrete Event-Based Information Technology / B. Zeigler 148

Session 6 Wireless and Mobile Networks

Modelling Differentiated Services in UMTS Networks / K. Al-Begain, I. Awan 164

Performance Evaluation of Packet Scheduling and Synchronization Algorithms for Wireless Multimedia Systems / A. Boukerche, H. Owens II 172

Tool Papers

On Modeling and Analyzing Cache Hierarchies Using CASPER / R. Iyer 182

TwoTowers 3.0: Enhancing Usability / M. Bernardo 188

MQNA

Markovian Queueing Networks Analyser / L. Brenner, P. Fernandes, A. Sales 194

An Evaluation Framework for Active Queue Management Schemes / A. Bitorika, M. Robin, M. Huggard 200

System-Level Simulation Modeling with MLDesigner / G. Schorcht, I. Troxel, K. Farhangian, P. Unger, D. Zinn, C. Mick, A. George, H. Salzwedel 207

p-sim: A Simulator for Peer-to-Peer Networks / S. Merugu, S. Srinivasan, E. Zegura 213

An Open Tool to Compute Stochastic Bounds on Steady-State Distribution and Rewards / J.-M. Fourneau, M. Le Coz, N. Pekergin, F. Quessette 219

Quantifying the Effects of Recent Protocol Improvements to Standards-Track TCP / M. Weigle, K. Jeffay, F. Smith 226

Profit-Driven Service Differentiation in Transient Environments / Q. Zhang, E. Smirni, G. Ciardo 230

Optimal Mobility-Aware Admission Control in Content Delivery Networks / N. Bartolini, E. Casalicchio, S. Tucci 234

An Active Traffic Splitter Architecture for Intrusion Detection / I. Charitakis, K. Anagnostakis, E. Markatos 238

Toward Scaling Network Emulation Using Topology Partitioning / K. Yocum, E. Eade, J. Degesys, D. Becker, J. Chase, A. Vahdat 242

Managing of Flash Crowds on the Internet / I. Ari, B. Hong, E. Miller, S. Brandt, D. Long 246

Performance Benchmarking of Dynamic Web Technologies / L. Titchkosky, M. Arlitt, C. Williamson 250

Markovian Performance Analysis of a Synchronous Optical Packet Switch / J. Tomasik, I. Kotuliak, T. Atmaca 254

Session 7 Internet Performance

Small-World Characteristics of the Internet and Multicast Scaling / S. Jin, A. Bestavros 260

A Unified Framework for Modeling TCP-Vegas, TCP-SACK, and TCP-Reno / A. Wierman, T. Osogami, J. Olsen 269

Bottleneck Estimation for Load Control Gateways / K. Pandit, J. Schmitt, M. Karsten, R. Steinmetz 279

Session 8 Storage Systems II

It's Not Fair

Evaluating Efficient Disk Scheduling / A. Riska, E. Riedel 288

An Integrated Performance Model of Disk Arrays / E. Varki, A. Merchant, J. Xu, X. Qiu 296

Disk Built-in Caches: Evaluation on System Performance / Y. Zhu, Y. Hu 306

Session 9 Web Proxies

Analysis of Design Alternatives for Reverse Proxy Cache Providers / B. Ciciani, F. Quaglia, P. Romano, D. Dias 316

A Packet-Level Simulation Study of Optimal Web Proxy Cache Placement / G. Houtzager, C. Williamson 324

Session 10 Distributed and Cluster Computing

Scheduling Parallel Jobs with CPU and I/O Resource Requirements in Cluster Computing Systems / J. Abawajy, S. Dandamudi 336

Derivation of Passage-Time Densities in PEPA Models Using ipc: The Imperial PEPA Compiler / J. Bradley, N. Dingle, S. Gilmore, W. Knottenbelt 344.

Notes:

"IEEE Computer Society Order Number PR02039"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

ISBN:

0769520391

9780769520391

OCLC:

53336768

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