English | 146 pages | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (January 1, 1987) | 0898710200 | PDF | 13.01 Mb

The scope of the discussion is limited to certain types of general purpose computing systems whose characteristics involve multiprogramming, multiprocessors, communication lines serving many users, and on-line terminal systems. The goal is to gain a better understanding of computing systems through the techniques of measurement and performance evaluation.