Three Other Models of Computer System Performance

2019/01/09 by Mark D. Hill, Hill, Mark D. · 1 voice · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Distributed systems and fault tolerance #Cloud Computing and Resource Management

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1901.02926

Abstract

This note argues for more use of simple models beyond Amdahl's Law: Bottleneck Analysis, Little's Law, and a M/M/1 Queue.

Citations

• A Proof for the Queuing Formula: L = λW

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