Evaluation of a prototype visualization for distributed simulations

Author

Graham, James H. ; Karachiwala, Irfan S. ; Elmaghraby, Adel S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Louisville Univ., KY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

13-16 Dec 1998

Firstpage

1469

Abstract

Monitoring and improving the performance of complex distributed simulations can be challenging. Without proper software tools, the process of performance tuning could be complicated and tedious. The paper presents a new approach for visualizing the performance of distributed simulations. In particular, a formal methodology for constructing a visualization is presented, which includes a formal model for visualization and a systematic approach for identifying performance issues. The paper also presents results of a controlled evaluation of a prototype visualization created using the new methodology

Keywords

digital simulation; distributed processing; formal verification; program visualisation; software performance evaluation; controlled evaluation; distributed simulations; formal methodology; formal model; performance issues; performance tuning; performance visualization; prototype visualization; software tools; systematic approach; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Data mining; Data visualization; Displays; Performance analysis; Software prototyping; Switches; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1998. Winter

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5133-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1998.746017

Filename

746017