Title :
Fast simulation methods for highly dependable systems
Author :
Nakayama, Marvin K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We review fast simulation techniques for estimating various performance measures and their derivatives of highly dependable systems. We consider methods for steady-state and transient performance measures of Markovian and non-Markovian systems.
Keywords :
digital simulation; software performance evaluation; Markovian systems; fast simulation methods; highly dependable systems; nonMarkovian systems; performance measures; steady-state performance; transient performance measures; Computational modeling; Discrete event simulation; Information science; Monte Carlo methods; Packaging; Sampling methods; Utility programs;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1994. Winter
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2109-X
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1994.717132
