AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE MODELING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

Julie A. Street, Robert G. Pettit IV

2007

Abstract

In many software development projects, performance requirements are not addressed until after the application is developed or deployed, resulting in costly changes to the software or the acquisition of expensive high-performance hardware. Many techniques exist for conducting performance modeling and analysis during the design phase; however, there is little information on their effectiveness. This paper presents an experiment that compared the predicted data from the UML Profile for Schedulability, Performance, and Time (SPT) paired with statistical simulation and coloured Petri nets (CPNs) for a sample implementation. We then discuss the results from applying these techniques.

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A. Street J. and G. Pettit IV R. (2007). AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE MODELING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-06-7, pages 417-420. DOI: 10.5220/0001336804170420


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft07,
author={Julie A. Street and Robert G. Pettit IV},
title={AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE MODELING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2007},
pages={417-420},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001336804170420},
isbn={978-989-8111-06-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE MODELING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
SN - 978-989-8111-06-7
AU - A. Street J.
AU - G. Pettit IV R.
PY - 2007
SP - 417
EP - 420
DO - 10.5220/0001336804170420