A component part for a performance course

ABSTRACT

The maturation of Computer System Performance Courses is briefly described giving excerpts from the two major ACM curriculum documents and providing a list of possible texts for such a course. It is then proposed that a course in performance evaluation contain a component on the role of performance work in the product life cycle. A prototype model for this is described in detail. The description includes the need for such work, who accomplishes it, what sort of interactions are necessary and appropriate, and what steps comprise integrating performance work into a product life cycle.

REFERENCES

• BEIZ78: Boris Beizer, Micro-Analysis of Computer System Performance, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1978
• CACM68: "Curriculum 68," Communications of the ACM, Volume l l, No. 3, March, 1968, pp 151 - 197.
• CACM79: Richard H. Austing , Bruce H. Barnes , Della T. Bonnette , Gerald L. Engel , Gordon Stokes, Curriculum '78: recommendations for the undergraduate program in computer science— a report of the ACM curriculum committee on computer science, Communications of the ACM, v.22 n.3, p.147-166, March 1979 [doi>10.1145/359080.359083]
• FERR78: Ferrari, D., "Computer Systems Performance Evaluation," Prentice Hall, 1978, 554 pages.
• KOBA81: Kobayashi, H., "Modeling and Analysis: An Introduction to System Performance Evaluation Methodology," Addison Wesley, 1981, t~#6 pages.
• LAVE83: Stephen S. Lavenberg, Computer Performance Modeling Handbook, Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, FL, 1983
• LAZO84: Edward D. Lazowska , John Zahorjan , G. Scott Graham , Kenneth C. Sevcik, Quantitative system performance: computer system analysis using queueing network models, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1984
• MACK83: Mackey, K., "The Pitfalls of Doing Things Right," Colloquium, Western Electric Auditorium, Denver, Colorado, 1983.
• MORR82: Morris, M. F. and Roth, P. F., "Computer Performance Evaluation: Tools and Techniques for Effective Analysis," Van Nostrand Reinhold, 19827 260 pages.
• SAUE81: Sauer, C. H. and Chandi7 K. M., "Computer Systems Performance Modeling," Prentice Hail, 1981, 352 pages.
• SMIT84: Smith, C. U., "Performance Prediction of Software Designs," A.C.M. Lecture, Boulder, Colorado, March, 1984.
• STUC85: B W. Stuck , E Arthurs, A computer and communications network performance analysis primer, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1984

INDEX TERMS

Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Curriculum

General Terms:
Performance