Performance prediction based on semi-formal software architectural description

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Abstract

Mature engineering includes systematic quantified architectural design. Software engineering lacks engineering methodologies in architectural design and the evaluation of the design in terms of performance. This paper presents a methodology and accompanying toolset, Workflow-to-SDL-Direct-Simulation (W2S), for generating a simulator from a semi-formal architecture description. We have used this simulator to study the behavior and the reliability of the system. This paper focuses on the performance aspect of the system. We used the simulator to predict the system's performance before the system is built to guild us in the selection of architecture designs. The focus of our research is the telecommunication domain. The W2S methodology was applied to a network resource management system, using a set of tools that we developed. Several sets of experiments were carried out. The result shows that the information generated by the simulator can be used to predict the performance of a system solely based on its architectural description. It allows designers to select architectures with better performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages193-199
Number of pages7
StatePublished - 1998
EventProceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC - Phoenix, AZ, USA
Duration: 16 Feb 199818 Feb 1998

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC
CityPhoenix, AZ, USA
Period16/02/9818/02/98

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