Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Metrics of performance
- 3 Average performance and variability
- 4 Errors in experimental measurements
- 5 Comparing alternatives
- 6 Measurement tools and techniques
- 7 Benchmark programs
- 8 Linear-regression models
- 9 The design of experiments
- 10 Simulation and random-number generation
- 11 Queueing analysis
- Appendix A Glossary
- Appendix B Some useful probability distributions
- Appendix C Selected statistical tables
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Metrics of performance
- 3 Average performance and variability
- 4 Errors in experimental measurements
- 5 Comparing alternatives
- 6 Measurement tools and techniques
- 7 Benchmark programs
- 8 Linear-regression models
- 9 The design of experiments
- 10 Simulation and random-number generation
- 11 Queueing analysis
- Appendix A Glossary
- Appendix B Some useful probability distributions
- Appendix C Selected statistical tables
- Index
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- Measuring Computer PerformanceA Practitioner's Guide, pp. xv - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000