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IPPS
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
HMPI: Towards a Message-Passing Library for Heterogeneous Networks of Computers
The paper presents Heterogeneous MPI (HMPI), an extension of MPI for programming high-performance computations on heterogeneous networks of computers. It allows the application pr...
Alexey L. Lastovetsky, Ravi Reddy
ICS
2005
Tsinghua U.
14 years 5 months ago
Improved automatic testcase synthesis for performance model validation
Performance simulation tools must be validated during the design process as functional models and early hardware are developed, so that designers can be sure of the performance of...
Robert H. Bell Jr., Lizy Kurian John
WOSP
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
From UML to LQN by XML algebra-based model transformations
The change of focus from code to models promoted by OMG's Model Driven Development raises the need for verification of nonfunctional characteristics of UML models, such as pe...
Gordon Ping Gu, Dorina C. Petriu
WOSP
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Applying SPE techniques for modeling a grid-enabled JAVA platform
Advances in Internet and the availability of powerful computers and high-speed networks have propitiated the rise of Grids. The scheduling of applications is complex in Grids due ...
Mariela Curiel, M. Angélica Pérez, R...
ICAC
2005
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Dynamic Black-Box Performance Model Estimation for Self-Tuning Regulators
Methods for automatically managing the performance of computing services must estimate a performance model of that service. This paper explores properties that are necessary for p...
Magnus Karlsson, Michele Covell
NOMS
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Self-Adaptive SLA-Driven Capacity Management for Internet Services
— This work considers the problem of hosting multiple third-party Internet services in a cost-effective manner so as to maximize a provider’s business objective. For this purpo...
Bruno D. Abrahao, Virgilio Almeida, Jussara M. Alm...
ISPASS
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Automatic testcase synthesis and performance model validation for high performance PowerPC processors
The latest high-performance IBM PowerPC microprocessor, the POWER5 chip, poses challenges for performance model validation. The current stateof-the-art is to use simple hand-coded...
Robert H. Bell Jr., Rajiv R. Bhatia, Lizy K. John,...
ICAC
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
A Hybrid Reinforcement Learning Approach to Autonomic Resource Allocation
— Reinforcement Learning (RL) provides a promising new approach to systems performance management that differs radically from standard queuing-theoretic approaches making use of ...
Gerald Tesauro, Nicholas K. Jong, Rajarshi Das, Mo...
HICSS
2006
IEEE
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14 years 5 months ago
Systems Design, Process Performance and Economic Outcomes
IT value remains a serious concern of management today, especially how it should be measured and how it is created. Although we have made significant progress at the firm and aggre...
Prabu Davamanirajan, Robert J. Kauffman, Charles H...
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
A Performance Prediction Framework for Grid-Based Data Mining Applications
For a grid middleware to perform resource allocation, prediction models are needed, which can determine how long an application will take for completion on a particular platform o...
Leonid Glimcher, Gagan Agrawal