(Fall 2003 Version) CSE 605 Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems (and Networks)
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Instructor:
Samir R. Das (contact info on
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Class Times:
Tu-Th 6:50-8:10pm, CS 2131
Text:
- [RJ] Raj Jain: The Art of Computer System
Performance Analysis, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-50336-3.
- [MD] Macdougall: Simulating Computer Systems,
MIT Press (out of print, will be made available).
- [QSP] Quantitative System
Performance:Computer System Analysis Using
Queueing Network Models, by Edward D.
Lazowska, John
Zahorjan, G. Scott
Graham, Kenneth C.
Sevcik. This book is out of print. But the authors have put it on the web for the
benefit of public.
- [KT] Kishore Trivedi, Probability and Statistics, with Reliability,
Queuing and Computer Science Applications, Wiley Interscience, 2002.
- Other supplementary materials will be made
available.
Electronic Handouts:
Homeworks:
Reading
List
Sample
Midterm - Solutions
(Also look at worked out examples and exercises in RJ and QSP).
Midterm
Solutions
SMPL
Simulator:
Installed in the ~cse605/SMPL directory in the departmental Sun/Solaris
machines. The machines to use are compserv1 (also 2 and 3) and sbpub1 (also
2,3,4,5 etc.) of domain cs.sunysb.edu. If you need an account, please let me
know. Also, you can install the simulator on any machine you have access to and
recompile the source to generate the libraries. Read the readme file.
Course
Project
Grading:
- Exams (midterm and final) 20% + 20%
- Homeworks (about 4 problem sets) 35%
- Term project (to be done in a group) - to be announced around the middle
of the semester 25%.