Performability
The analysis of a communication network from the pure performance viewpoint
tends to be optimistic since it ignores the failure/repair behavior in the
system. On the other hand, pure reliability analysis tends to be too
conservative since performance considerations are not taken into account.
Also, in a well-designed system, the failure of a component or subsystem will
cause partial outage of the system. Therefore, in real systems, availability,
and performance are important QoS indices which should be studied in a
composite manner. The combined evaluation of the indices described above
is useful when the system under study can operate in a gracefully degradable
manner in the presence of component failures. SHARPE and SPNP software packages
that we have developed allows such combined performance/availability analysis.
Papers on software rejuvenation that deal with performability include the
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 1998 paper and ISSRE99 papers.
Publications on Performability:
Books on Performability
Performability Modeling Tools and Techniques, edited by B. Haverkort, R. Marie and G. Rubino, and K. S. Trivedi, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England, 2001.
If you are interested in purchasing this book, please go to any of the following sites:
Articles Published in Journals
Performability Modeling Based on Real Data: a Case Study, with M. C. Hsueh and R. Iyer, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. C-37, No. 4, pp. 478-484, Apr. 1988.
Performability Analysis: Measures, An Algorithm and a Case Study, R. M. Smith, K. S. Trivedi, and A. Ramesh, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. C-37, No. 4, pp. 406-417, Apr. 1988. This paper is a standard reference for performability.
Performability Analysis Using Semi-Markov Reward Processes, G. Ciardo, R. Marie, B. Sericola, and K. S. Trivedi, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. C-39, No. 10, pp. 1251-1264, Oct. 1990.
Multiprocessor Performability Analysis, with Noe Lopez-Benitez, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 42, No. 4, Dec. 1993, pp. 579-587.
A Measurement-Based Performability Model for a Multiprocessor System, with M. C. Hsueh and R. Iyer, in: Proc. of the Second Int. Workshop on Applied Mathematics and PerformanceReliability Models of Computer/Communication Systems, Rome, Italy, May 1987 (invited).
Dependability and Performability Analysis, K. S. Trivedi, G. Ciardo, M. Malhotra, and R.A. Sahner, in: Performance Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
L. Donatiella, R. Nelson (eds.), pp. 587-612, Springer-Verlag, 1993.
Analysis of Software Rejuvenation using Markov Regenerative Stochastic Petri Nets
S. Garg, A. Puliafito, M. Telek and K. S. Trivedi, Int'l. Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 1995, October 1995.
Markov Renewal Theory Applied to Performability Evaluation, R. Fricks, M. Telek, A. Puliafito, K. S. Trivedi, in State-of-the Art in Performance Modeling and Simulation. Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Computer Systems: Applications and Systems, K. Bagchi
and G. Zobrist (eds.), pp. 193-236; Gordon and Breach Publishers, Newark, NJ, 1998.
Analysis of Preventive
Maintenance in Transactions Based Software Systems, S. Garg, A. Puliafito,
M. Telek and K. S. Trivedi., IEEE Transactions on Computers, Jan 1998.
A Measurement-Based Model
for Estimation of Software Aging in Operational Software Systems,
K. Vaidyanathan and K. S. Trivedi., Int'l. Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 1999, November 1999.
Stochastic Modeling Formalisms for Dependability, Performance and Performability, K. Goseva - Popstojanova and K. S. Trivedi, in Performance Evaluation - Origins and Directions, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, G. Haring, C. Lindemann, M. Reiser (eds.), pp. 385-404, Springer Verlag, 2000.
Analysis and Implementation
of Software Rejuvenation in Cluster Systems,
K. Vaidyanathan, R. E. Harper, S. W. Hunter and K. S. Trivedi.,
ACM SIGMETRICS 2001/Performance 2001, June 2001.
Articles in Symposia Proceedings
Numerical Evaluation of Performability Measures and Job Completion Time in a Repairable Fault-Tolerant System, with V. Kulkarni, V. Nicola and R. Smith, Proc. Sixteenth International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, Vienna, Austria, July 1986.
An Analysis of Performability of Two Multiprocessor Systems, with Roger Smith, Proc. Seventeenth International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing,Pittsburgh, PA, IEEE Press, pp. 224-229, 1987.
Sensitivity Analysis of Reliability and Performability for Multiprocessor Systems, J. Blake, A. Reibman, and K. S. Trivedi, Proc. 1988 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, pp. 177-186, May 1988.
Reliability and Performability Techniques and Tools: A Survey (invited paper), with Manish Malhotra, Proc. 7th ITG/GI Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems, Aachen University of Technology, pp. 27-48, Sept. 1993.
Markov reward approach to performability and reliability analysis, with M. Malhotra and R.M. Fricks, Proc. MASCOTS 1994, the Second International Workshop. pp. 7-11 1994
Stochastic Reward Nets for Reliability and Performability Prediction, invited talk presented to VII Simposio de Computadores Tolerantes a Falhas (VII SCTF), Campina Grande, Brazil, Jul. 1997.
Performability Analysis of Handoff Calls in Personal Communication Networks, C. W. Ro and K. S. Trivedi, Proc. Sixth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N'97), Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 1997.
Performability Analysis of Channel Allocation with Channel Recovery Strategy in Cellular Networks, Yue Ma, C. W. Ro, and K. S. Trivedi, Proc. of IEEE 1998 International Conference on Universal Personal Communications (ICUPC'98), Florence, Italy, pp. 71-75, Oct. 5-9, 1998.
Performability Analysis of Fault Tolerant RF Link Design in Wireless Communications Networks, invited paper, Yue Ma, James J. Han, K. S. Trivedi, Proc. of 13th European Simulation Multiconference (ESM99), Warsaw, Poland, pp. 33-44, June 1-4, 1999.
Performability Analysis of TDMA Cellular Systems, Yonghuan Cao, Hairong Sun, K. S. Trivedi, International Conference on the Performance and QoS of Next Generation Networking, P & QNet2000, Nagoya, Japan, Nov., 2000.
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