Table of Contents

• An Automated Approach to IMS Screen Performance ReviewsRichard Hammond. 1-12
• Distributed Concurrency Control Analysis for Data SharingPhilip S. Yu, Daniel M. Dias, John T. Robinson, Balakrishna R. Iyer, Douglas W. Cornell. 13-20
• Tools to Analyze Minicomputer PerformanceThomas E. Bell, T. M. Thorley. 21-29
• HSS: A Tool for Evaluating the Performance of Office SystemsRichard L. Gimarc, K. Mani Chandy. 30-41
• Large Systems Performance Evaluation Studies in TSO EnvironmentsBernard A. Lichtig. 42-64
• The Accuracy of Time Sharing Option Performance MeasurementsC. Salisbury, J. Majikes. 65-75
• Capacity Prediction for Unix SystemsKasumu O. Salawu. 76-79
• A Large Unix Application Sizing MethodologyLi-Jin W. Chung. 80-84
• Prototyping Experimental Paging AlgorithmsWilliam H. Tetzlaff, Gerald A. Spivak, William M. Buco, Thomas Beretvas, Jerry Greenberg, David R. Patterson. 85-93
• Preliminary Analysis of Page Reference Strings of an Interactive SystemJuan A. Garay, Martin G. Kienzle, William H. Tetzlaff. 94-105
• On the Traffic Performance Evaluation of Processor Systems by Stochastic Petri NetsJosef Giglmayr. 106-111
• An Analytical Approach to Terminal Configuration EngineeringK. Sundar Das, B. D. Jensen. 112-115
• The Use of Analytic Modeling to Compare Various I/O ConfigurationsWilliam T. Gray. 116-122
• IMS Response Time Improvements Using the 3880-D13 Cached Control UnitTimothy S. Beach, John M. Cianci. 123-124
• Performance Evaluation of Microcomputers with Emphasis on the IBM PC/ATWayne E. Bell, Thomas E. Bell. 125-132
• Getting Good Performance from a PCA. Lewis Bastian. 133-135
• Solid State Device ConsiderationsFred Moore. 136-153
• Analysis of Device Level Select in IBM 3380 DisksJeffrey P. Buzen, Annie W. Shum. 154-160
• A Decision Process for Hardware MonitorsS. R. Nichols. 161-164
• Multiple Concurrent Sessions for a Single UserBrian Day. 165-169
• YSCOPE: A Shell for Building Expert Systems for Solving Computer-Performance ProblemsJoseph L. Hellerstein, Hugo M. Van Woerkom. 170-180
• ESP: An Expert System for Computer Performance ManagementAndrew P. Levine. 181-186
• Network Simplification: A Prudent Approach for Managing Distributed Communication NetworksTachen Leo Lo, Jack Peng. 187-192
• Analytic Model of a PABX Based Data NetworkAjit P. Narayan. 193-203
• A Capacity Planning Expert System for IBM System/38Gary J. Stroebel, Randy D. Baxter, Michael J. Denney. 204-212
• An Expert System for Terminal Fault DiagnosisJ. M. Taylor, P. R. P. Ingram. 213-219
• Interactive VM Benchmarks with a Simple Driver SystemSteven R. Dodge, Lester Kooyman. 220-226
• A Model of a Swapping System Under Disk SaturationSamuel T. Chanson, Barry J. Brachman. 227-234
• Comparison of Modeling Methods for a Large IMS SystemElaine L. Settles. 235-240
• IMS Workload Characterization: What Comes After Clustering?Bernard Domanski. 241-244
• Implementing Expert System Technology into the Field of Computer Performance EvaluationJoann M. Ostrowski, John L. Webb, Thomas A. Hilton. 245-250
• A Taxonomy of Reasoning Strategies for Expert SystemsMiriam R. Tausner. 251-258
• Computing End User Response Time in a Production CICS NetworkGeorge R. Paterson. 259-267
• Capacity Planning in an ACP/TPF Message Switching EnvironmentRonald T. Welf. 268-274
• System Dynamics and the Paging I/O ApproachJames S. DeArmon. 275-279
• A Performance Study of Multiprocessor Scheduling Algorithms on a VAX 11/782Kathy Morse, Robert E. Kinicki. 280-289
• An Economical Approach to System StimulationK. R. Strauss. 290-296
• How to Control Benchmarks of Large SystemsMartin G. Kienzle. 297-305
• Simulation of an International Standard Transport ProtocolKevin Mills, Marnie Wheatley, Richard Colella. 306-313
• Design and Performance Analysis of a Distributed Simulation SchemeDevendra Kumar. 314-320
• Some Parameters to Evaulate Performance and Capacity on Burroughs B5000/B6000/B7000 Mainframe ComputersHulan E. Jack Jr.. 321-327
• Response Time Components in Distributed NetworksHoward C. Berkowitz, Walter E. Palmer, Eugene L. Furtman. 328-337
• Comparing Polled and Packet-Switched Performance Using ANSI Standard TechniquesHoward C. Berkowitz, Mamie Y. Liu. 338-345
• Modelling the Performance of New Online SystemsFrank J. Ingrassia. 346-357
• XA Migration: Predicting the Performance Impact Using Analytic ModelsEllen M. Friedman, Jerry L. Rosenberg, Deborah A. Sheetz. 358-362
• A Performance Model of a Fault-Tolerant Distributed System for Evaluating Reliability MechanismsAnnette S. Palmer, James C. Browne, Jonathan M. Silverman, Anand R. Tripathi, Rajkumar Velpuri. 363-378
• Performance Improvements for IS TransportRichard Colella, Robert Aronoff, Kevin Mills. 379-385
• Projecting CPU Capacity Requirements - A Simple ApproachKaison Yen. 386-391
• Building Workload Profiles to Estimate Practical CPU PowerRobert Clements, Ken W. Kolence. 392-399
• Software Analysis Tools: A Method for Developing Performance Model InputsJeffrey L. Franklin, Phillip Q. Hwang, Arthur Wrenn, Teresa Park. 400-410
• Experience with Tools for Software Performance EngineeringConnie U. Smith. 411-417
• DASD Management and Tuning IssuesCatherine H. Liu, Roger P. Kovach. 418-426
• The Impact of 2-to-1 Volume Folding on Seek Time: A Comparison of Five CasesBruce McNutt. 427-433
• Some Metrics for Assessing the Degree of Fit of Software to its Host ComputerJohn E. Gaffney Jr.. 434-437
• A Timing Estimation Method for Large System Software DevelopmentW. Godwin, W. Suhler. 438-444
• Capacity Planning: A Strategic Planning ProcessJ. William Mullen. 445-451
• Establishing Performance & Capacity Planning in a Conversion EnvironmentLauren M. Greene, James J. Simon. 452-457
• Complex Network ManagementDavid Kimball. 458-461
• Principles of SNA Performance ManagementThomas W. McDonald. 462-467
• Managing DASD GrowthJames A. Sannerud, Raffael J. Guidone. 468-474
• Climbing the Corporate DP LadderFrank J. Ingrassia. 475-477
• Bridging the Management - DP GapBarbara C. Bowie. 478-480
• Use of Data Center Management Reviews to Improve Data Processing EfficiencyDave Richards. 481-483
• The Integration oF CPE Consultants into the WorkplaceRoberta S. Terkowitz. 484-485
• Management Control of Management Information SystemsDennis C. Wenk. 486-489
• A Second Look At Recruiting CPE ProfessionalsMarilyn T. Kanas. 490-492
• The Subject was Training.... Training in the Computer Performance Evaluation ArenaReinetta Van Eendenburg. 493-495
• PCC Information Center - A Unique Approach to Managing the Impact of Micro to Mainframe InterfaceSusan P. Nicholson, Grace M. Bardine, Frances D. Mendelsohn. 496-498
• The Productivity Center: An Attempt to Merge End User Computing With Traditional Software DevelopmentRalph S. Terkowitz. 499-501
• Effective Management Reporting: How to Optimally Present Results to ManagementJerry L. Rosenberg. 502-504
• Effective Service Level ReportingSidney Finehirsh. 505-509
• Management Reporting from a Performance Data BaseCarole Arruda Reed. 510-518
• Commercial Workload Demand Forecasting and Management Reporting at American AirlinesGeorge W. (Bill) Miller. 519-524
• The Role of Personal Computers in a Large System BenchmarkBernard Domanski. 525-529
• Management Reporting Facility Using A Personal ComputerG. Gewurtz. 530-534
• Capacity Management: A Multi-Relational ProcessTachen Leo Lo. 535-542
• Decision Support for Managers Built on Knowledge-Based Systems: A Future Trend in Information SystemsHerman P. Hoplin. 543-548
• Capacity Planning - A True Political ScienceD. J. Sanders. 549-551
• Why Shouldn t the People Who Asked You to Dinner Pay Their Own Tab?Joseph E. Trevaskis. 552-554
• Artificial Intelligence: Building the Perfect BeastFrank J. Ingrassia. 555-557
• Using Expert System Technology to Evaluate System Resource Planning Alternatives: A Management PerspectiveAnn T. Maeda, Linda A. Aho. 558-563
• The Five Stages of Capacity PlanningH. Pat Artis. 564-568
• A Performance Management Handbook: Documenting the ProcessRobert J. Creedon. 569-573
• Minicomputer Performance Analysis Problems and TechniquesThomas E. Bell, T. M. Thorley. 574-577
• Data Processing Financial PlanningAnthony M. Abowd. 578-585
• Designing and Using Chargeback Systems: A TutorialF. William Hoffman, William L. Fuerst. 586-588
• Capacity Planning: Basic Elements for the ProcessJ. William Mullen. 589-597
• Survey of Network Performance Evaluation and Prediction ToolsMargaret E. Berry. 598-603
• Why Performance Analysts and Capacity Planners Should be Involved in Data Center MovesJames E. Dalton, Kenneth E. Levy. 604-606
• Views on ProfessionalismMario M. Morino. 607-615
• Becoming a Manager: The Transition from Technician to ManagerJames A. Stanton. 616-622
• SMF Data Integrity and ArchivalJason G. Shane. 623-629
• A Second Look at Subsecond Response TimeKenneth E. Levy. 630-633
• System Performance Management and Capacity PlanningRobert A. Orchard, Bernard Domanski, John P. Pilch. 634-640
• MVS Performance and Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) Data AnalysisJ. William Mullen. 641-652
• Using Expert Systems for Analyzing RMF DataH. Pat Artis. 653-657
• How to Assess the Results of your CPU BenchmarkGeoff Senson. 658-667
• Capacity Planning Using Queueing Network Models - A TutorialEdward D. Lazowska. 668-669
• Validation Tips for Analytic Models of MVS SystemsRoger D. Stoesz. 670-674
• Introduction to Information System ModelingArnold O. Allen. 675-678
• A Methodology for Modeling M204 On-Line Existing Workloads Using BEST/1 and MICS MVS Model GeneratorWin-Yeu Winnie Chen. 679-683
• A Basic Approach To A Capacity Planning MethodologyD. J. Howe. 684-689
• An Introduction to I/O Configuration RedesignKenneth E. Levy. 690-692
• Introduction to RACF for the Performance AnalystDaniel J. Squillace. 693-696
• Disk Capacity Assessment Program Planning of the DASD ResourceBill Lulofs. 697-699
• Capacity Planning for Applications Still Under DevelopmentGlen Becker. 700-703
• Developing Effective Service Level AgreementsJohn W. Propst. 704-709
• Measuring and Modeling MVS Under VMEthan D. Bolker. 710-713
• Overview of I/O Architecture in the IBM 308X/3090Jeffrey P. Buzen, Annie W. Shum. 714-720
• Analytic Representations of MVS I/O SubsystemsSue Felix. 721-725
• How to Get Better Response from a Highly Modular Application. or What Do You Do When Structured Techniques Invade an IMS ShopHenry Steinhauer. 726-729
• IMS ModelingJames T. Cheeseman. 730-738
• Requirements for the Futures of Data Storage ManagementRobert D. Levy. 739-748
• DASD Performance Analysis Using ModelingThomas Beretvas. 749-760
• Systems Network ArchitecturePaula T. Guttman. 761-769
• Optimizations for a Complex Network SimulationMichael A. Salsburg. 770-779
• A Mathematical Approach to the Management of Service RequirementsRobert A. Orchard. 780-786
• The Management of Expert System DevelopmentNancy Martin. 787-790
• Management of Online Storage in a Multi-Processor EnvironmentRich Olcott. 791-812
• Managing DP Hardware: Capacity Planning, Cost Justification, Availability, and Energy Management (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983)James W. Cortada. 813-815
• The MIS ExecutiveJames C. Wetherbe. 816-821
• Elements of Practical Performance ModelingEdward A. MacNair, Charles H. Sauer. 822-825
• Quantitative System PerformanceEdward D. Lazowska, John Zahorjan, G. Scott Graham, Kenneth C. Sevcik. 826-828
• Programming Expert Systems in OPS5 - An Introduction to Rule-Based Programming(1)Nancy Martin. 829-832
• Computer Operations Training: A Strategy for ChangePeter E. Berkeley. 833-835
• Computer Usability Testing: Some Basic ConsiderationsR. H. Spencer. 836-839
• Executive Views and Expectations of Capacity PlanningJames A. Stanton. 840-841
• Panel Discussion on Chargeback IssuesHenry Steinhauer. 842