This book covers ideas, methods, algorithms, and tools for the in-depth study of the performance and reliability of dependable fault-tolerant systems. The chapters identify the current challenges that designers and practitioners must confront to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of systems, with special focus on their dynamic behaviors and dependencies. Topics include network calculus, workload and scheduling; simulation, sensitivity analysis and applications; queuing networks analysis; clouds, federations and big data; and tools. This collection of recent research exposes system researchers, performance analysts, and practitioners to a spectrum of issues so that they can address these challenges in their work.
Focuses on methodologies and practices in modeling, performance and dependability evaluation, and optimization of complex systems
Discusses new analytical methods including operations research, computing methods including simulation and experimentation, test beds and testing
Covers theory and practice with examples related to interesting novel fields
Antonio Puliafito
Cloud Networks Sensor Networks Dependable fault-tolerant systems Queuing networks analysis Big Data Performance and Reliability Reliability and Maintenance Modeling Network workload quality control, reliability, safety and risk