SIGMETRICS 1994: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Keynote Address

• Peter J. Denning:
  The Fifteenth Level. 1-4
  

Parallel Systems I

• Vinod G. J. Peris, Mark S. Squillante, Vijay K. Naik:
  Analysis of the Impact of Memory in Distributed Parallel Processing Systems. 5-18
  
• Cathy McCann, John Zahorjan:
  Processor Allocation Policies for Message-Passing Parallel Computers. 19-32
  
• Su-Hui Chiang, Rajesh K. Mansharamani, Mary K. Vernon:
  Use of Application Characteristics and Limited Preemption for Run-to-Completion Parallel Processor Scheduling Policies. 33-44
  

Database Systems

• Joel L. Wolf, John Turek, Ming-Syan Chen, Philip S. Yu:
  Scheduling Multiple Queries on a Parallel Machine. 45-55
  
• Jignesh M. Patel, Michael J. Carey, Mary K. Vernon:
  Accurate Modeling of the Hybrid Hash Join Algorithm. 56-66
  
• Avi Bittan, Yaakov Kogan, Philip S. Yu:
  Asymtotic Performance of a Buffer Model in a Data Sharing Environment. 67-76
  

Techniques I

• Dorina C. Petriu:
  Approximate Mean Value Analysis of Client-Server Systems with Multi-class Requests. 77-86
  
• Gianfranco Balbo, Steven C. Bruell, Matteo Sereno:
  Arrival Theorems for Product-Form Stochastic Petri Nets. 87-97
  
• Arun K. Somani, Kishor S. Trivedi:
  Phased-Mission System Analysis Using Boolean Algebraic Methods. 98-107
  

Workload Modeling

• Maria Ebling, Mahadev Satyanarayanan:
  SynRGen: An Extensible File Reference Generator. 108-117
  
• S. V. Raghavan, D. Vasuki Ammaiyar, Günter Haring:
  Generative Networkload Models for a Single Server Environment. 118-127
  
• Robert F. Cmelik, David Keppel:
  Shade: A Fast Instruction-Set Simulator for Execution Profiling. 128-137
  

File Systems

• Brian Noble, Mahadev Satyanarayanan:
  An Empirical Study of a Highly Available File System. 138-149
  
• Michael Dahlin, Clifford Mather, Randolph Y. Wang, Thomas E. Anderson, David A. Patterson:
  A Quantitative Analysis of Cache Policies for Scalable Network File Systems. 150-160
  
• David Kotz, Preston Crow:
  The Expected Lifetime of "Single-Address-Space" Operating Systems. 161-170
  

Parallel Systems II

• Anand Sivasubramaniam, Aman Singla, Umakishore Ramachandran, H. Venkateswaran:
  An Approach to Scalability Study of Shared Memory Parallel Systems. 171-180
  
• Pankaj Mehra, Catherine H. Schulbach, Jerry C. Yan:
  A Comparison of Two Model-Based Performance-Prediction Techniques for Message-Passing Parallel Programs. 181-190
  

Techniques II

• Graham Horton, Scott T. Leutenegger:
  A Multi-Level Solution Algorithm for Steady-State Markov Chains. 191-200
  
• Samir Ranjan Das, Richard Fujimoto:
  An Adaptive Memory Management Protocol for Time Warp Simulation. 201-210
  

Networks

• Hui Zhang, Edward W. Knightly:
  Providing End-to-End Statistical Performance Guarantees with Bounding Interval Dependent Stochastic Models. 211-220
  
• Sridhar Pingali, Donald F. Towsley, James F. Kurose:
  A Comparison of Sender-Initiated and Receiver-Initiated Reliable Multicast Protocols. 221-230
  
• Ioanis Nikolaidis, Richard Fujimoto, C. Anthony Cooper:
  Time-Parallel Simulation of Cascaded Statistical Multiplexers. 231-240
  

Systems

• Bruce L. Worthington, Gregory R. Ganger, Yale N. Patt:
  Scheduling Algorithms for Modern Disk Drives. 241-252
  
• David M. Nicol, Shahid H. Bokhari:
  Optimal Multiphase Complete Exchange on Circuit-Switched Hypercube Architectures. 252-260
  
• Olivier Temam, Christine Fricker, William Jalby:
  Cache Interference Phenomena. 261-271
  

Extended Abstracts

• John M. Danskin, Pat Hanrahan:
  Profiling the X Protocol. 272-273
  
• Ann L. Drapeau, David A. Patterson, Randy H. Katz:
  Toward Workload Characterization of Video Server and Digital Library Applications. 274-275
  
• Deepinder S. Gill, Songnian Zhou, Harjinder S. Sandhu:
  A Case Study of File System Workload in a Large-Scale Distributed Environment. 276-277
  
• Joseph L. Hellerstein:
  A Comparison of Techniques for Diagnosing Performance Problems In Information Systems. 278-279
  
• J. William Lee:
  Efficient User-Level Communication on Multicomputers with an Optimistic Flow-Control Protocol. 280-281
  
• Jerome A. Rolia, M. Starkey, G. Boersma:
  Modeling RPC Performance. 282-283
  
• Athar B. Tayyab, Jon G. Kuhl:
  Stochastic Performance Models of Parallel Task Systems. 284-285
  
• Richard Uhlig, David Nagle, Trevor N. Mudge, Stuart Sechrest:
  Kernel-Based Memory Simulation. 286-287
  
• Harald Wabnig, Günter Haring:
  Performance Prediction of Parallel Systems with Scalable Specifications - Methodology and Case Study. 288-289