Formal methods and stochastic models for performance evaluation : Third European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2006, Budapest, Hungary, June 21-22, 2006 : proceedings / András Horváth, Miklós Telek (eds.)
Stochastic Process Algebra -- A Precedence PEPA Model for Performance and Reliability Analysis -- A Function-Equivalent Components Based Simplification Technique for PEPA Models -- Functional Performance Specification with Stochastic Probes -- Embedding Real Time in Stochastic Process Algebras -- Workloads and Benchmarks -- Precise Regression Benchmarking with Random Effects: Improving Mono Benchmark Results -- Working Set Characterization of Applications with an Efficient LRU Algorithm -- Theory of Stochastic Processes -- Model Checking for a Class of Performance Properties of Fluid Stochastic Models -- Explicit Inverse Characterizations of Acyclic MAPs of Second Order -- Implementation Relations for Stochastic Finite State Machines -- On the Convergence Rate of Quasi Lumpable Markov Chains -- Formal Dependability and Performance Evaluation -- Applying the UML Class Diagram in the Performance Analysis -- Dependability Evaluation of Web Service-Based Processes -- Queues, Theory and Practice -- Improving the Performance of IEEE 802.11e with an Advanced Scheduling Heuristic -- Worst Case Analysis of Batch Arrivals with the Increasing Convex Ordering -- The Impact of Buffer Finiteness on the Loss Rate in a Priority Queueing System -- Experimental Analysis of the Correlation of HTTP GET Invocations