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Submit a ProposalQuantitative Assessments of Distributed Systems
 | Methodologies and Techniques Edited by Dario Bruneo and Salvatore Distefano Series: Performability Engineering Series Copyright: 2015 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781118595213 | Hardcover | 384 pages Price: $200.95 USD  |
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Provides an overview of techniques and methodologies dealing with performance, reliability/availability, energy efficiency, scalability, and sustainability issues in distributed systems.
Audience
Engineers (researchers and practitioners) in information and computer technology (ICT) and computer science. The techniques addressed in the book are used in many fields such as economics, biology, chemistry, mechanics, electronics, etc. so its appeal and usefulness should be widespread.
Engineers (researchers and practitioners) in information and computer technology (ICT) and computer science. The techniques addressed in the book are used in many fields such as economics, biology, chemistry, mechanics, electronics, etc. so its appeal and usefulness should be widespread.
Description
Distributed systems are at the heart of modern technology with applications ranging from critical networks to infrastructure, from management to social dynamics. Examples of distributed system technologies are the internet and its services and applications such as grid and cloud computing. They must fulfill dependability, timeliness, and performance requirements, and since these systems most often operate in an unpredictable environment, their design and maintenance imply quantitative evaluation of deterministic and probabilistic timed models.
The aim of Quantitative Assessments of Distributed Systems is to provide an overview of techniques and methodologies dealing with such specific issues in the context of distributed systems and covering aspects such as: performance evaluation, reliability/availability, energy efficiency, scalability, and sustainability. Specifically, techniques for checking and verifying if and how a distributed system satisfies the requirements (verification), as well as to properly evaluate non functional aspects as the ones listed above (evaluation), or to optimize the overall behavior of the system (optimization) are discussed in the book.
The chapters have been written by more than 40 leading experts from both academia and industry and the contents of the book have been selected to provide a fairly exhaustive coverage of the issues, models and techniques related to validation, evaluation and optimization of distributed systems. A key objective of the book is to help to bridge the gaps between modeling theory and practice in distributed system contexts through specific examples.
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Distributed systems are at the heart of modern technology with applications ranging from critical networks to infrastructure, from management to social dynamics. Examples of distributed system technologies are the internet and its services and applications such as grid and cloud computing. They must fulfill dependability, timeliness, and performance requirements, and since these systems most often operate in an unpredictable environment, their design and maintenance imply quantitative evaluation of deterministic and probabilistic timed models.
The aim of Quantitative Assessments of Distributed Systems is to provide an overview of techniques and methodologies dealing with such specific issues in the context of distributed systems and covering aspects such as: performance evaluation, reliability/availability, energy efficiency, scalability, and sustainability. Specifically, techniques for checking and verifying if and how a distributed system satisfies the requirements (verification), as well as to properly evaluate non functional aspects as the ones listed above (evaluation), or to optimize the overall behavior of the system (optimization) are discussed in the book.
The chapters have been written by more than 40 leading experts from both academia and industry and the contents of the book have been selected to provide a fairly exhaustive coverage of the issues, models and techniques related to validation, evaluation and optimization of distributed systems. A key objective of the book is to help to bridge the gaps between modeling theory and practice in distributed system contexts through specific examples.
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Author / Editor Details
Dario Bruneo received his PhD in Advanced Technologies for Information Engineering at the University of Messina, Italy in 2005. Since then he has been engaged in research on distributed systems. He is currently an associate researcher at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Messina. Dr. Bruneo’s research activity has been focused on the study of distributed systems with particular regards to the management of advanced service provisioning, to the system modeling and performance evaluation. Is the co-author of more than 40 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings.
Dario Bruneo received his PhD in Advanced Technologies for Information Engineering at the University of Messina, Italy in 2005. Since then he has been engaged in research on distributed systems. He is currently an associate researcher at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Messina. Dr. Bruneo’s research activity has been focused on the study of distributed systems with particular regards to the management of advanced service provisioning, to the system modeling and performance evaluation. Is the co-author of more than 40 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings.
Salvatore Distefano is an assistant professor of the Politecnico di Milano. research interests include performance evaluation, parallel and distributed computing, software engineering, and reliability techniques. During his research activity, he has contributed in the development of several tools such as WebSPN, ArgoPerformance and GS3. He has been involved in several national and international research projects and is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers.
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