This page contains the readings for
System Simulation. The readings consist of excerpts from textbooks,
published papers, and other material. Unless otherwise noted, this material
is available in your ProCopy Custom textbook.
Reading for Week #1
Chapter 1 of Custom textbook
Chapter 1 of M. Molloy "Fundamentals of Performance Modeling"
Chapter 16 of R. Jain "The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis"
Reading for Week #2
Chapter 2 of Custom textbook
Chapter 2 of M. Molloy "Fundamentals of Performance Modeling"
Reading for Week #3
Chapter 3 of Custom textbook
Chapter 26 of R. Jain "The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis"
(read sections 26.1, 26.2, 26.6, 26.7, and 26.8).
Chapter 1 of M. MacDougall "Simulating Computer Systems" (sections 1.1
and 1.2).
G. Anthes, "The Quest for Randomness," Communications of the ACM,
Vol. 54, No. 4, April 2011, pp. 13-15.
(here).
P. Barford and M. Crovella, "Generating Representative Web Workloads for
Network and Server Performance Evaluation," Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM,
pp. 151-160, July 1998.
(here).
Reading for Week #4
Chapter 4 of Custom textbook
Chapter 1 of M. MacDougall "Simulating Computer Systems" (sections 1.3
to 1.5).
